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Rocky Lhotka

Rockford Lhotka is Chief Software Architect at Marimer LLC and is the creator of the open source CSLA .NET development framework. He is the author of numerous books, and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a member of the Microsoft Regional Director and MVP programs. For more information go to https://lhotka.net.

Bill Vaughn

William (Bill) Vaughn is an industry-recognized author, mentor, and subject-matter expert. He's been in the computer industry for over thirty years - He's worked with mainframe, minicomputer, and personal computer systems as a developer, manager, trainer, marketer, support person, and writer.

After 14 years at Microsoft, Bill stepped away to work on his new books and training seminars. His area of specialization is focused on data access and especially Visual Basic and SQL Server. He's written six editions of the Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic and SQL Server (published by Microsoft Press) and two editions of ADO.NET and ADO Examples and Best Practices for Visual Basic Programmers. There's even a C# version, ADO.NET Examples and Best Practices for C# Programmers.

Bill is a top-rated speaker and frequents conferences all over the world including VSLive, DevConnections, and PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server). He's also written a wealth of articles for magazines such as SQL Server Magazine, Visual Basic Programmer's Journal, .NET Magazine, and many others. Bill is currently working on new content focusing on the .NET Compact Framework and SQL Server CE as well as the next version of SQL Server. He's available for consulting or custom training.