About the Authors

ALESSANDRO GALLO is a Microsoft MVP in the Visual ASP/ASP.NET category and a .NET developer/consultant with a primary focus on ASP.NET application design and development. He is a contributor for the Ajax Control Toolkit project, owned by Microsoft. Alessandro has been developing with ASP.NET AJAX since the first CTP. He won the Grand Prize at the Mash-it-up with ASP.NET AJAX contest held by Microsoft in 2006. Alessandro lives in Sassari, a small city on the beautiful Italian island of Sardinia.

DAVID BARKOL is a Principal Consultant for Neudesic, one of Microsoft’s leading .NET professional service firms and a Gold Certified Partner. At Neudesic, David specializes in providing custom .NET solutions that leverage the Microsoft technology platform. A frequent speaker at code camps and .NET user groups in Southern California, David is also an MCSD in .NET and avid urban hang-glider. David resides in tropical La Palma, California, with his wife Emily and two daughters Miranda and Madeline.