Brian is Chief Architect with iDesign, Microsoft’s Regional Director for the Mid-Atlantic Region, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and Owner of Software Insight Brian has written 2 bestseller books - Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce and Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0. He published various books on Workflow, Windows Forms 2.0, MSDN magazine and more and continuously publishes articles and speaks at international conferences.

Brian has long term experience having worked for defence and federal agencies as a software developer and architect and as a government software project manager while in the Navy. He got started with programming to stimulate his brain while flying F-14 Tomcats in the Navy and is a Top Gun and Test Pilot School graduate.