He’s very passionate about user experience and next-generation user interfaces. He’s been a freelancer the last seven years, working on several .NET projects, mainly in the enterprise software development world. Arvai was honored with the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award in 2009, and has been recognized three times as a Silverlight MVP. He is a frequent speaker at local Microsoft events. Arvai has co-authored Hungarian books about Silverlight 4.0 and Windows Phone 7.5. He lives in Budapest, Hungary, where he enjoys playing jazz on his old piano, and is a big fan of meeting different cultures all over the world.