About the Technical Editors

Ken Cox is a technical writer and Web applications programmer in Toronto, specializing in .NET technologies. For the past six years , Microsoft has selected him as a Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for ASP/ASP.NET. Ken is co-author of several books, including Inside ASP.NET (New Riders), Teach Yourself Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET in 21 Days (Sams), and .NET Mobile Web Developer's Guide (Syngress). His software reviews and articles appear frequently in Visual Studio Magazine . Ken has a bachelor's degree in Radio and Television Arts and a college certificate in Technical Communication. In a previous life he was as a broadcast journalist in Toronto and Quebec City.

Steve Heckler is president of Accelebrate, an IT training and programming firm based in Atlanta. An avid ASP.NET, Java, and ColdFusion developer and trainer, Steve served more than six years as a senior manager and instructor at a leading East Coast IT training firm prior to founding Accelebrate. He holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Stanford University.