Gaurav Aroraa has an M.Phil in computer science. He is a Microsoft MVP, certified as a scrum trainer/coach, XEN for ITIL-F, and APMG for PRINCE-F and PRINCE-P. Gaurav serves as a mentor at IndiaMentor and webmaster at dotnetspider, and he cofounded Innatus Curo Software LLC. Over more than 19 years of his career, he has mentored over a thousand students and professionals in the industry. You can reach Gaurav via Twitter @g_arora.

Rich Pizzo has many years of experience in the design and development of software and systems. He was a senior architect and project lead, especially in the realm of financial engineering and trading systems. He was the chief technologist at two companies. His knowledge and expertise in digital electronics left its mark in the software domain, as well in providing heterogeneous solutions to tough optimization problems. He has come up with many unique solutions for maximizing computing performance, utilizing Altera FPGAs and the Quartus development environment and test suite.