Brian specializes in designing and building data driven distributed applications. He is a contributing editor for asp.netPRO, C#Pro, and Visual Studio Magazine, and has published over 40 articles on .NET and other development topics. He is the author of ".NET and COM: Working Together", an e-Book by MightyWords press, and co- author of “Teach Yourself DirectX 7 in 24 Hours” by Sams Publishing. He is working on a new book on building data driven Windows Forms applications with .NET 2.0 for Addison Wesley. He speaks at development conferences and .NET User’s groups all over the world and is a member of the INETA Speaker’s Bureau, a selection of the world’s top .NET speakers.