May 1, 2008 Ask An Expert Live Chat Experts

written by Ryan Olshan on Wednesday, April 30 2008

Below is a list of the experts are participating in the Ask An Expert Live Chat on May 1, 2008. They'll be there to answer your questions.

	Javier Lozano Javier Lozano is a senior developer at ImageTek. He's an MCSD.NET specializing in ASP.NET, system architecture, and training. Javier is also a co-founder of the Iowa .NET Users Group. On his blog, www.lozanotek.com, you can find posts on ASP.NET, architecture, design patterns, interop, .NET, XML and WCF. Javier enjoys giving back to the community by speaking at user groups, local/regional .NET events, being active in forums and by writing articles for Code Project. In his spare time, Javier enjoys spending time with his wife, newborn son, two golden retrievers and writing about himself in the third person.

	Peter Blum Peter Blum is the author of several commercial and freeware ASP.NET products. His company, PeterBlum.com, has been contributing to the ASP.NET community since June 2002. He regularly participates in several forums at www.asp.net, with a focus on the concepts of validation, date and time entry, and polling (all due his experience in building products in these categories).

	Peter Kellner Peter Kellner founded 73rd Street Associates in 1990, where he successfully delivered systems for university clinic scheduling, insurance company management, and a turnkey physician office management to more than 500 customers nationwide. Ten years later, in 2000, 73rd Street Associates was purchased by a large insurance company, and Peter started a new career as an independent software consultant. Among the technologies he currently is involved with are ASP.NET, Oracle, Java, VOiP, and soon, SQL Server. When not working, Peter spends most his free time biking. He has ridden his bike across the globe. Most recently he and his wife, Tammy, rode across the U.S., from California to Georgia, in just 27 days http://peterkellner.net

	Rachel Appel Rachel Appel lives in northeastern Pennsylvania and is the senior technology consultant at Appel Consulting. Rachel is a MVP and a member of ASPInsiders and holds the MCT MCAD & MCSD certifications. She has been working as an instructor, software developer, architect and DBA for a wide variety of organizations. She is the Vice President and a regular speaker of the dotNetValley user’s group, as well as an active member in other local user groups of northeastern Pennsylvania and the tri-state area. Rachel’s expertise lies within developing solutions that align business and technology using the Microsoft .NET family of products.

	Ryan Olshan Ryan Olshan is the creator of StrongTypes.com, an extensive .NET generics website. He works as a software engineer for LAN International, a child company of Clear Channel Communications. He's a top poster and moderator on the ASP.NET Forums as well as a frequent contributor to other online communities. Ryan is also the founder of the Strong Coders Community.

	K. Scott Allen In 13 years of software development, Scott worked on everything from 8 bit embedded devices to video games. He's shipped commercial web applications and built web services to connect COM+ and J2EE components. He enjoy designing, architecting, and writing code. Scott has co-authored a few .NET books, and has articles published in the best technical magazines in the industry. He speaks at industry conferences, code camps, and regional user groups. When away from the computer he likes to play softball and golf. http://www.odetocode.com

	William Ryan Bill Ryan is a typical .NET nerd. Currently, he works as a technology evangelist for Magenic Technologies in Atlanta, GA. In addition to spending most of his time playing with ADO.NET and the Compact Framework, he helps run KnowDotNet.com and DevBuzz.com.