Remo Laubacher grew up in Central Switzerland in a small village surrounded by mountains and natural beauty. He started working with computers a long time ago and then, after various computer-related projects, focused on ERP and Oracle development.

After completing his BSc in Business Administration, Remo became a partner at Ortic, his ERP and Oracle business, as well as a partner at mesch web consulting and design GmbH. At mesch—where he's responsible for all development-related topics—he discovered concrete5 as the perfect tool for their web-related projects and has since become a key member of the concrete5 community. You can find his latest publications on http://www.codeblog.ch/. He is also the author of three books published by Packt Publishing: concrete5 Beginner's Guide, concrete5 Beginner's Guide – Second Edition, and Creating concrete5 Themes.

Werner Nindl is an Oracle Hyperion consultant by day and a concrete5 web developer by night. As a consultant he has lived and worked in Europe, China, and the US. During his day job, Werner manages consulting programs for financial consolidation and reporting.

Intrigued by the capabilities of concrete5 he has started to convert his clients' websites to concrete5. Participating in the review of this book has helped him to plan for future enhancements; and he believes that he can implement those enhancements now at a much lower resource cost then previously planned.

Sharon L. Rivera has attained the expert level in Business Intelligence Reporting Development. She has worked with legacy systems, North America-wide intranets, and corporate teams in developing Business Intelligence solutions.

She currently acts as a consultant and business developer for independent businesses.

James Shannon has been actively developing with concrete5 since its early days. He's contributed to the core and built a number of concrete5-powered sites, but mostly uses it as a framework to build complex web applications. Additionally, he's released a handful of popular packages that augment the core functionality of concrete5. More generally, he's been developing websites for 15 years using a number of technologies.

James' professional expertise is in strategic project management and change management.

James grew up in Southern California and graduated from UC Berkeley. He collects certifications; the most recent being the one that allows him to fly planes, and one that helps him manage projects.