Professional ADO 2.5 Programming

James Conard is an architect evangelist with Microsoft's Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) group. James is responsible for driving the early adoption of Windows Workflow Foundation with key ISVs and customers.

, MCP, MCT and MCSD, is a trainer and a developer with Blue Sand Software, Inc in Raleigh, NC. He contributes articles to Visual Basic Programmer's Journal and Microsoft Interactive Developer (MIND).

Simon Robinson first encountered serious programming while earning his Ph.D. in physics-modeling all sorts of weird things related to superconductors and quantum mechanics. Rapidly adopting C++ and COM techniques in his professional development, Robinson mastered ATL before moving onto the new C# and ASP.NET technologies in .NET. Robinson is a recognized expert in Microsoft technologies, and he has authored many well-known .NET titles, covering topics from ADSI, to ASP, to pure C#. Robinson lives in Lancaster, England, where he oversees the ASP Today website and other game development ventures.

David Sussman gained experience in BASIC, Pascal, COBOL and OCCAM, before joining a UNIX system house where he stayed for 4 years, becoming the chief UNIX/C guru. For the last 3 years he has been working for a Microsoft Solution Provider, specializing in Access, VB and SQL Server, as well as playing extensively with every Beta product that comes his way.
Dave Sussman speaks frequently at Microsoft development conferences and has been writing about ASP since its earliest releases.