About the Technical Reviewers

Steve Heckler is a freelance programmer and IT trainer specializing in .NET, ASP, Visual Basic, Java, ColdFusion, Flash ActionScript, and XML. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, he works with clients nationwide. In addition, he is the author of Sun Certification Instructor Resource Kit (310-025, 310-027): Java 2 Programmer and Developer Exams and Sun Certification Instructor Resource Kit (310-080): Java 2 Web Component Developer Exam, both from Que Publishing.

Before being self-employed, he served nearly seven years as vice president and president of a leading East Coast IT training firm. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University.

Doug Safford is a senior enterprise architect for Empowered Software Solutions, a Microsoft Gold Partner in Burr Ridge, Illinois. He specializes in Enterprise Architecture design and implementation using Microsoft .NET for large corporations. He was a contributing author to .NET Mobile Web Developer's Guide (Syngress, 2001). He has been an active MCSD since 1998 and is a frequent speaker at .NET and corporate user groups.