Jaco Fouché has been involved with software development for over 22 years and is currently a database architect and software developer at SilverBridge in Pretoria, South Africa. He holds a B.Sc degree in Computer Science from the University of Pretoria. He has worked with different technologies but specializes in Microsoft technologies with specific emphasis on ASP.NET MVC and Microsoft SQL Server.
With a number of years in the coding field, Tinus Smit has a passion for good, clean code and solving problems. A C# .NET developer at his core, he has also gained extensive knowledge of Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, JavaScript, Entity Framework, and MVC.
The CRM experience is not limited to clicking a few buttons and dragging fields around in a form. He has had a hand in solving complex business problems with CRM's workflow and plugin engines, often integrating with other systems in the process. Over the years, he has learned exactly where CRM fits best, what the product can do, where and how to extend it, and the best practices thereof.
However, in the end, these are merely tools to solve problems. In Johannesburg, South Africa, he finds himself working tirelessly on projects for many companies over the years (from small to enterprise-sized), using these tools and experience. He sees every new challenge as an opportunity to learn something new and finds ways to teach what he has learned. Armed with a database and Visual Studio, he uses pragmatism and logic to help users reach their goal.
He can be reached on Twitter at @CodingWithTinus or on his blog at http://codingwithtinus.wordpress.com.
Stephan Swart has been interested in software development for the last 30 years. He has used a variety of technologies, programming languages, and platforms. Starting as a Cobol developer, embracing most of the latest technologies that were released at the time, he has been involved in .NET development since the very first release of .NET. In the last few years, he has lived and worked as a senior .NET developer using Web, Windows, and mobile technologies for a number of different companies in Europe, Canada, and South Africa. Among the technologies he used recently are ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, Knockout, C#, VB .NET, WPF, Silverlight, MVVM, Xamarin, and many more.