Nicholas Armstrong is a software developer and technology enthusiast currently living in Waterloo, Ontario. A graduate in computer engineering at the University of Waterloo (BASc and MASc), Nicholas is currently VP Engineering at Pravala Networks, a start-up focused on improving multinetwork experiences on mobile devices and connected vehicles. Nicholas has traveled throughout Asia and North America to interact with mobile operators, OEMs, automotive suppliers, and other technology companies.
Nicholas's development interests include user experience, interface design, high-performance web applications, and web services. His recent work has focused on delivering high-performance web services to drive mobile clients and web applications on a large scale and single-page web applications built on top of these services. Over the course of his career, Nicholas has worked extensively with Node.js, Android, WPF, SQL, and .NET and has experience in numerous other languages, platforms, tools, and environments.
Learn more about Nicholas at nicholasarmstrong.com.
Mattias Cibien is a C# programmer with a passion for .NET technologies. After graduation, he started working for a company in Milan (Italy) that specialized in Microsoft technologies. After 2 years, he moved on to work for a famous Italian web company.
His primary skills are in C# (WPF, WCF, and MVC), but he has also worked on other technologies, such as C++. His main interest is in 3D technologies, such as Microsoft XNA (MonoGame right now), DirectX, and OpenGL. To know more about Mattias, visit http://mattiascibien.net.
Alexey Tcherniak is a UI/UX designer and a frontend developer with broad experience in creating desktop, web, and mobile applications. He has been working in the IT industry for over 15 years.
After spending several years building websites and creating graphic arts, his focus shifted to UI/UX design, and currently, he is specializing mainly in .NET-based desktop and mobile applications. He uses C#/XAML to design and develop WPF projects, taking on every project with enthusiasm. Also, Alexey is still a graphics designer, creating icons and illustrations for commercial and free use.
Today, he lives a digital nomad's life and enjoys traveling Europe with his wife and two wonderful children, remotely serving businesses from all over the world. You can find out more about the projects he has participated in at www.alexeytcherniak.com.