Richard Gibson lives in London and has worked as a .NET developer for 8 years. His work has brought him into the world of DevOps, and PowerShell has become a necessary skill for the automation of everyday tasks.
He is currently working for Asos.com (http://www.asos.com/) as a senior developer, spending most of his time with PowerShell to automate TeamCity to provide continuous deployment for the business. Richard blogs on various issues related to .NET and PowerShell at http://richiban.uk/.
David Green is an IT professional from the south of England with a wealth of experience in both the public and private sectors. Currently working for a leading food manufacturing company, he is always looking to provide robust and scalable solutions that contribute to business objectives.
Also, he writes a blog about his projects and the solutions he finds to the problems he encounters. He helps where he can and generally tries to learn something useful everyday. Contributing to this book has been another fortunate opportunity for David.
More information about him can be found on his website at http://www.tookitaway.co.uk.
Keith Lindsay graduated from Sacred Heart University with honors and spent nearly a decade as a software engineer. After deciding to explore a new path, he moved to product management for Citrix ShareFile, where he uses his technical skills to help improve and promote APIs and SDKs. He is a big proponent of PowerShell and has helped his company develop a PowerShell SDK for file sharing. You can read more about using PowerShell for file sharing on his blog at http://blogs.citrix.com/author/keithl1/.
Mayur Arvind Makwana is a software professional with more than 5 years of experience in the field of IT. He has a degree in computer engineering. He is a huge believer in certifications, with his current certification acronyms including Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware technologies. His other certifications include:
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix XenApp 6.5 (CCA)
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Microsoft Specialist [Microsoft Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center]
VMware Certified Associate—Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) V3 Foundation
ChangeBase AOK (Application Compatibility Testing and Remediation)
OCA (Oracle Certified Associate)
Mayur has reviewed many technical books and written technical blogs. He has attended several courses and conducted training sessions on the following technologies:
Licensing Windows Server
Advanced Tools & Scripting with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start
Deploying Windows 8
Licensing Windows 8
Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7
Networking Fundamentals
Introduction to Hyper-V Jump Start
Some other books Mayur has worked on include:
Microsoft Application Virtualization Cookbook
Windows PowerShell for .NET Developers
TroubleShooting Citrix XenDesktop
TroubleShooting Citrix XenApp
Ashley Poole is a highly motivated software support analyst with over 6 years of professional experience in the field of IT. Normally, he can be found exploring topics such as Microsoft SQL Server, C#, PowerShell, and DevOps.
Recently, he has been exploring software development technologies and practices as he has begun a journey into the world of software development.
Ashley can be found blogging on various IT and software topics on his website at www.ashleypoole.co.uk, tweeting at @AshleyPooleUK, or sharing open source projects and scripts for the community at https://github.com/AshleyPoole.