About the Reviewers

Adnan Masood is a Software Engineer and Architect with zeal for solving interesting algorithmic, business, and technology problems. With special interest in scalable architectures, algorithm design, application security, and software development, he has over a decade of hands-on experience in financial services and application service providers. He currently works as a System Architect for Green Dot Corporation, a leading pre-paid financial institution where he develops robust, scalable, and secure SOA based middle-tier architectures, distributed systems, and web applications. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and holds various technical certifications including MCPD (Enterprise Developer), MCSD .NET, and SCJP-II. He is attributed and published in print media and on the Web; he also taught Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) courses at the University of California, San Diego.

He regularly presents at local code camps and user groups. He is actively involved in the .NET community as Co-founder and President of the of San Gabriel Valley .NET Developers group and recipient of the INETA Community Champion Award for contributions to the developer community in Southern California.

He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Machine Learning; specifically interestingness measures in outliers using belief networks. He also holds systems architecture certification from MIT and SOA Migration, Adoption, and Reuse Technique certificate from SEI, Carnegie Melon University. He can be reached at .

Alhamdullilah - Thanks to my family for their constant support during the process of editing this book. I would also like to thank Hammad for the opportunity and both Hammad and Rick for putting up with my feedback and tech edits. Last but not least, thank you Joel for your great project coordination skills.

Zubair Ahmed is an experienced software developer, blogger, and technical presenter. His interests include software architecture, improving code quality, and keeping an eye on the latest technologies. He works as a Software Consultant for Infusion Development in Dubai. When he is not working he likes to spend time in front of his large monitor at home writing some code, go for long drives with his wife, or socialize with friends.

His technical blog is at zubairahmed.net and his tweet handle is @zubairdotnet.

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