Ultra-Fast ASP.NET: Build Ultra-Fast and Ultra-Scalable web sites using ASP.NET and SQL Server
Rick Kiessig has been doing software design and development for more than 30 years. He is currently an independent software consultant who focuses on architecting and building large-scale websites using .NET and SQL Server. His clients have included companies such as Microsoft, MySpace, Shop.com and the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Before that, he worked at Microsoft for four years, first as an architect and developer in MSN, and later at the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC). His experience at the MTC included leading weekly two to three day long Architectural Design Sessions with some of Microsoft's largest customers, to help them design and improve the architectures of their websites and other software. Before coming to Microsoft, Rick worked as an independent consultant in Silicon Valley for 20+ years. Projects included designing and building a large-scale Java-based Content Management System and architecting systems to deliver web content to millions of Interactive TV subscribers. He has also developed mission-critical real-time software for spacecraft that have flown to Mars several times, to the Moon and to a nearby comet. Rick has been an Internet user and developer since 1974. He moved from California to New Zealand in 2006, where he now resides.