Paul Manzotti created his first website in 1995, running the newly released CERN httpd on a spare Silicon Graphics machine in the lab he was working in.
A decade of designing websites progressing into mild programming using Microsoft's ASP technology ended with him going back to university to gain an MSc in computer programming.
Then he came out fully armed as a programmer and started using ASP.NET with a lot of heavy JavaScript work; that's what single-page applications (SPA) are all about. And hence, when single-page applications became a thing, he was more than happy to dive into it.
He is a senior developer at Purple Bricks (https://www.purplebricks.com/).
Julia Rechkunova is a software engineer who is inspired by web development and design. She has over 4 years of experience and focuses on the quality and usability of web applications. She enjoys working as a frontend developer as well as a backend developer. Modern web technologies and tools are the best instruments that help her build great applications and make the world better. She graduated with a master's degree in computer science, started working as an HTML5 game developer, and then participated in start ups. She has a passion for frontend programming and contributes to open source projects. Currently, she works with technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Node.js, and other popular frameworks. Julia also likes creating new tools that bring something different to the industry.
Tatsuro Shibamura is a Microsoft MVP of ASP.NET/IIS. He develops applications that use the Azure websites and ASP.NET MVC architecture in Japan. He has mainly used Knockout.js as a client-side technology. Thanks to that, it has received the advice to Akira Inoue's Microsoft Japan.
Cristian Trifan is a full-time developer based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He started developing ERP desktop applications in .NET about 10 years ago but switched to web development as he felt more attracted to Node.js and single page applications. As a pragmatic perfectionist, he's constantly seeking to improve himself. Apart from his job, he's also a contributor to the Knockout-Validation library.
He is currently working at Acunetix, building the frontend for their Online Vulnerability Scanner. It is a single page application that provides security scanning services to users who need to protect their web applications and perimeter networks. Its strong focus is on simplicity and usability while maintaining a high level of security in the system.
Saul Wiggin completed a PhD in transformation optics and metamaterials from the Department for Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London. His thesis was on applications for transformation optics to engineering electromagnetic waves and optics. He worked with the QUEST platform grant. He presented his research at international conferences: META12 in Paris and EUCAP 2014 in Orlando Florida. His square Luneberg Lens was patented by BAE systems. Prior to this, he completed his master's at the University of Manchester in physics, where his final year project involved astrophysical simulations of Masers around late-type stars using Fortran and IDL, and he discovered evidence for the existence of a radio photosphere near to the stellar surface. His supervisors were Professor Clive Parini FRS, Professor Ian Youngs (DSTL), and Dr. Malcom Grey at the centre for astrophysics at the University of Manchester. He was funded partly by the EPRSC and partly by DSTL. He has written books on parallel programming in Haskell and worked on the open source project Ropensci, which led to a package being distributed on cran.