About the Reviewers

John Baird is the founder of Xamlware, a professional consulting firm specializing in Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 development. John has 30 years of experience in designing, coding, and implementing software solutions.

John co-founded the Northern Delaware .Net Users Group, is heavily involved in the local .NET communities, and travels extensively, presenting to user groups, code camps, and special interest groups. John is also a four-time recipient of Microsoft's MVP award for Windows Phone 7.

Feyaerts David has worked on .NET technologies for more than three years. After completing a Bachelor's degree in Informatique and System, he worked as a Software Engineer at BizzDev (Belgium).

David works predominantly on C# and .NET, and was quickly promoted to a project leader. He works on multiple projects such as desktop applications (ERP), mobile applications (Windows Mobile and Windows Phone), ASP.NET websites, and so on.

To validate his expertise on .NET technologies, David is both a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Silverlight 4.

As a mobile developer for his employer he participates in development of an e-Health application for Windows Phone. He appreciates the Windows Phone platform as it is easy to use and provides new opportunities for design.

During this personal time, David also works independently as a developer for Windows Phone applications. At the time of writing, he was working on his ninth application.

Ian Lackey worked as a systems engineer for a St. Louis-based ISP from 1999 to 2002. At that time, he began developing web applications using ASP and migrated to ASP.NET shortly before the 2.0 release. Ian now works as a full-time developer for the Pediatrics department of Washington University's School of Medicine. He also runs a small business, DigitalSnap Inc. (http://www.digitalsnap.net), which primarily provides custom Silverlight software, LightSwitch applications, individual DotNetNuke modules (http://www.itlackey.net), as well as custom and commercial Windows Phone 7 applications.

Ian is currently involved in community-driven areas such as the OpenLight Group (http://www.openlightgroup.net), which manages open source projects including several DotNetNuke modules and many Silverlight-based applications. He has also co-authored a book with Michael Washington (Building Websites with DotNetNuke 5, Michael Washington and Ian Lackey, Packt Publishing), and was one of the reviewers for the book Windows Phone 7 Data Cookbook, Ramesh Thalli, Packt Publishing. Ian currently lives in a small town in Illinois, just east of St. Louis, with his wife Julie and two daughters, Britney and Brooklynn.