Allen Jones has more than 15 years of experience covering a wide range of information technology disciplines in a variety of sectors; however, his true passion has always been software development. Allen is chief architect at SmithBayes, a U.K.-based software firm that develops high-end strategic decision support software derived from technology used in Formula 1 motor racing.
Sam Bourton is a technologist with 9 years of commercial experience as a software designer and developer across a wide variety of industries including e-commerce, telephony, and Formula 1 racing. He has been using the .NET Framework since the very first beta, and .NET 3.0 and the Windows Presentation Foundation since the early community technology previews. He has a passion for design patterns, application architecture, and best-practice methodologies.
Sam Noble is a computer science graduate turned software developer. At Reading University, he specialized in 3D graphics programming, artificial neural networks, and compiler design. Sam has 18 months of experience developing sophisticated strategic visualization tools using .NET 3.0 and Windows Presentation Foundation.