David Studebaker is the Chief Technical Officer and a cofounder of Liberty Grove Software with his partner, Karen Studebaker. David has had a wide range of development, consulting, sales and management roles throughout his career. He has been a partner or owner and manager of several software development businesses while always maintaining a significant role as a business application developer.

David started programming in 1962. He has been developing in C/AL since 1996. David has been an active participant in each step of computing technology from the first solid state mainframes to today's technology, from binary assembly language coding to today's C/AL. David's special achievements include his role as co-developer of the first production multiprogrammed SPOOLing system in 1967. He has worked on a diverse set of software applications including manufacturing, distribution, retail, engineering, and others.

David has a BS in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He has been writing for publications since he was an undergraduate and has had numerous magazine and reference books published. Prior to coauthoring this book, David was the author of Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV (for the Classic Client), Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 (for the Role Tailored Client), and Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013. He has been a member of the Association for Computing Machinery since 1963 and was a founding officer of two local chapters of the ACM.