Don Kiely, MVP, MCSD, is a senior technology consultant specializing in developing secure desktop and Web applications that integrate databases and related technologies, using tools including SQL Server, Visual Basic, C#, ASP.NET, and XML. Don has authored and co-authored several programming books, many of which you’re likely to see in the bargain bin at your local mega-bookstore. He writes regularly for many industry journals, including Visual Studio Magazine, MSDN Magazine, CoDe Magazine, and asp.netPRO. Don trains developers and speaks regularly at industry conferences, including TechEd, SQL PASS, VSLive!, DevConnections, DevTeach, and others, and is a member of the INETA and MSDN Canada speaker bureaus. He writes courseware for AppDev and records instructional videos for them. Don is a full member of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He earned a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Colorado, but fortunately learned the error of his ways. In his spare time he roams the Alaska wilderness by foot, dog sled, skis, and kayak. He is President of Second Chance League, a 501(c)3 non-profit sleddog rescue organization in Interior Alaska. Contact him at donkiely@computer.org.