Carlos Hulot has been working in the IT area for more than 20 years in different capabilities, from software development, project management, to IT marketing, product development, and management. He has worked for multinational companies such as Royal Philips Electronics, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, and Microsoft.

Carlos currently works as an independent IT consultant. He is also a Computer Science lecturer at two Brazilian universities. Carlos holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Electronics from the University of Southampton, UK and a B.Sc. in Physics from University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Ahmed Ilyas has a BEng degree from Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland, having majored in Software development. He has 15 years of professional experience in software development.

After leaving Microsoft, Ahmed ventured into setting up his consultancy company Sandler Ltd. (UK), offering the best possible solutions for a magnitude of industries, and providing real-world answers to those problems. The company uses the Microsoft stack to build these technologies. Being able to bring in the best practices, patterns, and software to its client base for enabling long term stability and compliance in the ever changing software industry, pushing the limits in technology, as well as improving software developers around the globe.

Ahmed has been awarded the MVP in C# by Microsoft three times, for providing excellence and independent real-world solutions to problems that developers face.

Ahmed,s breadth and depth of knowledge has been obtained from his research and from the valuable wealth of information and research at Microsoft. By knowing the fact that 90 percent of the world uses at least one form of Microsoft technology, motivates and inspires him.

Ahmed has worked for a number of clients and employers. With the great reputation that he has, it has resulted in having a large client base for his consultancy company, which includes clients from different industries. From media to medical and beyond. Some clients have included him on their "approved contractors/consultants" list. The list includes ICS Solution Ltd. (placed on their DreamTeam portal) and also EPS Software Corp. (based in the USA).

Ken Tucker is a Microsoft MVP (2003 present) in Visual Basic and currently works at Amovius LLC in Melbourne, Florida (FL). He is also the President of the Space Coast .Net User Group and a frequent speaker at Florida Code Camps. Ken be reached at <[email protected]>.