About the Reviewers

Jerry Spohn has been working with computers since the age of 11, at which he first began learning programming on a Commodore VIC 20. Times have changed, and he moved through the interesting world of IBM mainframes into PCs. After taking numerous courses on database design, programming, and object-oriented methodologies, he moved into Visual Basic and other Microsoft languages.

Jerry currently works as a Development Manager for a medium-sized software company in Pennsylvania. He also manages over 25 different websites using DotNetNuke, and is the owner of Spohn Software LLC, which does custom development across the entire Microsoft development toolset.

Jim Wooley began working on portals by building his own engine base on XML and XSLT. Just as he was about to release it, the IBuySpy Portal was released.

Promptly dumping his custom solution, he has been working on extending and deploying a number of IBuySpy and DotNetNuke portals. He is always striving to stay at the forefront of technology and enjoys the thrill of a new challenge. In addition, he attempts to pass on the insights he has gained by being active in the community, including leading the Atlanta VB Study Group and serving as INETA NorAm Membership Manager for the Georgia region.