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About the Author
Joe Mayo started his software development career in 1986, working on an RCA
Spectrum 70 mainframe computer, programming in assembly language where input was
via Hollerith card, output was a line printer, and the debugging experience was a light
panel where you had to push buttons to load registers and step through commands. Since
then, Joe has worked with various mini-computers, workstations, and PCs. The operating
systems he’s worked on include proprietary, UNIX-based, MS-DOS, and Windows.
Besides assembly and dozens of scripting languages, Joe has worked professionally with
C, C++, VBA, Visual C++, Forte Tool, Java, VB.NET, and C#. In addition to software
engineering, he has worked in many positions, including team lead, supervisor, manager
(even running a 24×7 computer operations center with over 50 people). Today, Joe runs
his own company, Mayo Software, providing custom software development services
and specializing in Microsoft .NET technology. He is the author of LINQ Programming
(McGraw-Hill Professional, 2008) and other books. Joe is also the recipient of multiple
Microsoft MVP awards. You can follow Joe on Twitter: @JoeMayo.
About the Technical Editor
Roy Ogborn has worn almost every hat one time or another during his interesting and
continuing career in the Information Technology field. He was systems manager and
developer for Texaco Europe Research, Inc., in Moscow, USSR, during the attempted coup.
Back in the United States, he has designed and implemented a GIS system for managing
oil and gas wells and leases, and has architected and implemented an enterprise workflow
system that managed the business process of taking wells from conception to completion.
He architected a system for Forest Oil in Denver that linked disparate accounting, lease
management, and production tracking systems for business intelligence for senior executives’
daily and strategic decisions. Recently he architected and designed a SharePoint-, Silverlight-,
and CSLA-based greenhouse gas emissions evaluation, prediction, and decision tool for a
multinational environmental engineering firm using the new Visual Studio 2010 Architecture
Edition tools. Roy is an independent software architect consultant in the Denver Metro Area
specializing in custom solutions that leverage SharePoint. In January 2010 he presented
SharePoint 2010 for Developers at the Denver Visual Studio .NET User Group.