Marco Cantù is the author of the best-selling series Mastering Delphi and a few other programming books. Marco is an expert in Delphi, XML technologies, and object-oriented design. Marco lives in Italy, teaches many Delphi and XML classes, and is a frequent speaker at conferences worldwide.

Jim Cooper is a consultant with Falafel Software. He is also the UK Developer Group’s Technical Leader, and the architect of Tabdee Ltd's TurboSync Palm conduit components. He has used Delphi since its first release, and has long had an interest in developing for PDAs. An Australian living in England (temporarily, according to his wife), he has written for The Delphi Magazine and spoken at conferences in Europe, the UK and the US.

Terry is president and co-founder of The DSW Group, Ltd., a nationally recognized application development and training firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. Terry has been a Borland Certified Delphi Trainer since 1996 and is co-author of the book JBuilder3 Unleashed. Since the inception of DSW in 1987, Terry has managed and developed on many software projects for a wide range of companies. During that time, he has become an accomplished developer and trainer familiar with several development products & languages with current proficiencies focused on Java, JBuilder, Delphi and C#. He has also spoken at many conferences including 7 Entwickler (Borland Delphi & JBuilder) & 2 JAX (Java/Apache/XML) Conferences in Frankfurt, Germany, 2005 SDA.NET Conference in Singapore, as well as numerous domestic conferences and seminars.

Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Joachim Dürr ist Senior Product Support Analyst bei iAnywhere und leitet dort das Advantage Supportteam für die gesamte EMEA Region. Nebenbei ist er Sprecher auf internationalen Entwicklerkonferenzen, Autor unzähliger Artikel in Fachzeitschriften und Co-Autor des Buches „Datenbanken mit Delphi“, erschienen im Computer und Literatur Verlag.

Neal is an application architect at ThoughtWorks. He is also the designer and developer of applications, instructional materials, magazine articles, video presentations, and author of the books Developing with Delphi: Object-Oriented Techniques, JBuilder 3 Unleashed, and Art of Java Web Development. Neal has also spoken extensively at national and international conferences.

Hadi Hariri is Senior Developer and Project Manager at Atozed Software. He is also Project Co-coordinator for Internet Direct (Indy), the Open-source project of TCP/IP components that is included in both Kylix and Delphi 6. Having formerly worked for an ISP and software development company, he has extensive knowledge with Internet and client/server applications as well as network administration and security. Hadi is married and lives in Spain, where he has been a major contributing author to a leading Delphi magazine. He is also co-author of the book "Indy In Depth" and has spoken at Borland Conferences and user groups.

Paul joined the company at the start of 2003, following the acquisition of TogetherSoft by Borland. Paul brings over 16 years' experience in the IT industry, specialising in Java and UML , object-oriented analysis and design, and J2EE. He is an accomplished speaker and has presented many papers on his specialist areas at conferences, seminars and training courses throughout the UK and Europe. In addition to software development project consulting, Paul has been involved in the specification and provision of analysis methods, software development methods and systems support.

Jon Harrison is the EMEA Product Line Manager for the JBuilder line of products at Borland. In his current role, Jon is a key resource for Borland's Java business in EMEA. Jon has more than 10 years’ experience in pre-sales technical support and consultancy in the IT industry with two major software development tool vendors. In more recent years, Jon has focused on the emerging areas of distributed object computing including CORBA, EJB, and J2EE. Jon is an entertaining and popular speaker with a proven track record in presenting technical subjects in an interesting and easy to understand way.

Stefan Heymann ist Geschäftsführer und Teilhaber von Consic Software Engineering. Er hat 20 Jahre Erfahrung in der Entwicklung von Datenbank-, Netzwerk- und Web-Applikationen mit Turbo/Borland Pascal und Delphi und ist Autor des destructor.de OpenSource XML-Parsers. Seit einigen Jahren hält er als Speaker bei der EKON Sessions zu Delphi, XML und InterBase.

Andreas Holubek arbeitet als Chief Architect für die Signsoft GmbH. Sein besonderes Interesse gilt dabei den verschiedenen Persistenztechniken, Java und Architekturen. Hierbei ist auch sein neustes Buch "Java Persistenzstrategien" entstanden. Er ist bekannt als Autor und als Referent auf verschiedenen Konferenzen. Daneben beschäftigt er sich mit der Einführung von modernen Technologien und Spezifikationen in die Praxis und deren Umsetzung.

Chad Z. Hower, a.k.a. "Kudzu" is the original author and project coordinator for Internet Direct (Indy). Indy consists of over 110 components and is included as a part of Delphi, Kylix and C++ Builder. Chad's background includes work in the employment, security, chemical, energy, trading, telecommunications, wireless, and insurance industries. Chad's area of specialty is TCP/IP networking and programming, inter-process communication, distributed computing, Internet protocols, and object-oriented programming. When not programming, he likes to cycle, kayak, hike, downhill ski, drive, and do just about anything outdoors. Chad, whose motto is "Programming is an art form that fights back", also posts free articles, programs, utilities and other oddities at Kudzu World at http://www.Hower.org/Kudzu/. Chad is an American ex-patriate who currently spends his summers in St. Petersburg, Russia and his winters in Limassol, Cyprus. Chad can be reached at cpub@Hower.org.

Corné Human - joined Borland Software Corporation at the start of 2003 as part of it's acquisition of Starbase Corporation, in the role of European Product Line Manager for StarTeam and CaliberRM. Corné brings over 10 years of involvement in the IT industry, and has focussed in the last 5 years on Software Configuration and Change Management as well as Requirements Management. In his current capacity, Corné is focussed on representing the new product lines in SCM and Requirements Management within the broader Borland ALM strategy, thus extending Borland's traditional strength in development tools into the areas of Software Quality and Software Process Improvement.

Cary Jensen is President of Jensen Data Systems, Inc., a company that provides computer software training, consulting, mentoring, and development services. He is an award-winning, best-selling co-author of nineteen books, including Advantage Database Server: The Official Guide (2003, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media Group), Building Kylix Applications (2001, Osborne/McGraw-Hill), Oracle JDeveloper (1998, Oracle Press), JBuilder Essentials (1998, Osborne/McGraw-Hill), Delphi In Depth (1996, Osborne/McGraw-Hill), and Programming Paradox 5 for Windows (1995, Sybex). Cary's online Web column, The Professional Developer, is currently a feature of the Borland Developers Networ (bdn.borland.com), and he is a popular speaker at conferences, workshops, and training seminars throughout North America and Europe. Cary is the author and trainer for the Delphi Developer Days 2001-2004 seminars and workshops series and the Advnatage Developer Days 2004 seminars. He was also the author and principle speaker for the 1995-1999 Delphi World Tours and the 1999-2001 Delphi Development Seminars. Cary's company, Jensen Data Systems, Inc., won the 2002 and the 2003 Delphi Informant Reader's Choice Awards for Best Training. Cary has a Ph.D. in Human Factors Psychology from Rice University, specializing in human-computer interaction.

Mein beruflicher Schwerpunkt liegt im Bereich OOP, UML und Systemarchitektur u.a. als Dozent, Coach, Projektleiter und Publizist. Die Reise reicht vom ZX81 über Delphi hin zu MDA. Aktuelles Delphi Softwareprojekt ist die Sicherheitslösung SecureCenter, aktuelle Publikation "Patterns konkret". Schlicht, funktionell und zuverlässig, ja so sollte Software sein ;)

Ray Konopka founded Raize Software, Inc. in 1995. Today, he serves as Raize Software’s President as well as Chief Architect for the company’s award winning CodeSite and Raize Components products. Ray is also the author of the highly acclaimed “Developing Custom Delphi Components” books and has published numerous magazine articles on software development. Ray specializes in user interface design and custom VCL and .NET component development, and is a frequent speaker at developer conferences in North America, Europe, and Australia.

Andreas Kosch ist ein bekannter Buchautor und regelmäßiger Autor im Entwickler Magazin und dot.net magazin, aber auch als Speaker der Entwickler Konferenz und dot.net Konferenz bekannt. Seine Schwerpunkte liegen im Bereich Client/Server- und Three-Tier-Anwendungen. Beginnend mit GUPTA SQL Windows führte sein Weg über Borland Delphi letztendlich zu .NET, wobei dort Delphi und C# die zur Zeit bevorzugten Sprachen sind.

Andreas Lobeck arbeitet seit über 7 Jahren bei Borland. Als Technologie-Berater bei Borland setzt er sich ständig mit den Themen Integration und Interoperabilität von Java, C++, CORBA, J2EE-Application-Servern, .NET und deren Zugriff auf Altsysteme auseinander. In den letzten 3 Jahren wurden aber gerade projektübergreifende Themen wie Anforderungsmanagement, UML-Modellierung und Configuration & Change Management (CCM) neue Schwerpunkte.

Brian Long used to work at Borland UK, performing a number of duties including Technical Support on all the programming tools. Since leaving in 1995, Brian has been providing training and consultancy services to the Delphi and C++Builder communities, and more recently to the .NET and C# communities. Brian now consults for Falafel Software (www.falafelsoft.com), acting as a European representative. Besides authoring a Borland Pascal problem-solving book published in 1994, Brian is a regular columnist in The Delphi Magazine and has had numerous articles published in Developer's Review, Computing, Delphi Developer's Journal and EXE Magazine. He was nominated for the Spirit of Delphi 2000 award. He has many online articles available to read at www.blong.com.

Thomas Pfister ist selbstständiger Softwareentwickler, Trainer und Berater insbesondere im Bereich der öffentlichen Verwaltungen mit dem Schwerpunkt Datenbankentwicklung. Seit über neun Jahren arbeitet er unter Delphi mit Rave Reports als Report Engine und ist als TeamNevrona-Mitglied in vielen Newsgroups und Foren aktiv. Daneben schreibt er des öfteren Artikel für Fachzeitschriften.

Jeroen W. Pluimers is trainer, coach and consultant at Oosterkamp training | consultancy. They deliver top-training for Microsoft .NET and Borland. Their goal is to breed some great software developers. Jeroen has a wide experience with Delphi, ADO.NET, C# and much much more. His passion is to assist people in getting up to speed. To keep his high level of experience, he also participates in some real software development projects. Right now, he is involved in creating a work-flow that enables requesters and facilitators of network-security processes. You can reach Jeroen by e-mail at jeroen@oosterkamp.nl or on the internet at www.oosterkamp.nl

Peter Pohmann arbeitet seit 15 Jahren als Software-Entwickler, Projektleiter, Architekt und Coach sowohl in der eigenen Firma dataWeb GmbH als auch für Kunden-Projekte. Sein besonderes Interesse gilt dem Entwurf stabiler und verständlicher Software-Architekturen hauptsächlich im Bereich technischer Software. Seine bevorzugte Entwicklungsumgebung ist seit vielen Jahren Delphi, in der letzten Zeit kam C# hinzu. Als großes und wichtiges Versprechen für die Zukunft der Software-Entwicklung sieht Peter die ALM-Strategie von Borland, also die Integration des gesamten Entwicklungsprozesses von Definition über Entwurf und Implementierung bis hin zu Test und Auslieferung in einem einzigen Werkzeug.

Ein langjähriger InterBase/Firebird-Kenner, bekannt aus dem Entwickler-Forum und Autor der etablierten IB LogManager Produktfamilie, einer Logging/Auditing Lösung für InterBase und Firebird.

Bob Swart (a.k.a. Dr. Bob - www.drbob42.net) is an author, trainer, and consultant for his own one-man company called Bob Swart Training & Consultancy (or "eBob42") in Helmond, The Netherlands. Bob, who writes his own "Delphi Clinic" training material, has spoken at Delphi and Borland Developer Conferences since 1993. Bob is co-author of the "Revolutionary Guide to Delphi 2", "Delphi 4 Unleashed", "C++ Builder 4 Unleashed", "C++ Builder 5 Developer's Guide", "Kylix Developer's Guide", "Delphi 6 Developer's Guide" and the "C++ Builder 6 Developer's Guide".

Peter Tabatt ist freiberuflicher Softwareentwickler, Dozent, Konferenz-Speaker und Autor verschiedener Publikationen im Software und Support Verlag. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt bei der Realisierung von Client/Server- und Web-Anwendungen auf verschiedenen SQL-Server-Datenbanken. Als Programmiersprachen kommen hierbei Delphi, C++Builder und Java zum Einsatz.

Softwareentwicklung mit Delphi und InterBase seit ca 1993. Seitdem auch Speaker, Autor und Trainer. Selbstständig und Geschäftsführer der SDCTec GmbH seit 1996. Interessenschwerpunkt ist datenbankorientierte Anwendungsentwicklung, Datenbank Replikation und Inter- Intranet Portale zur Supportunterstützung.

Bernd Ua arbeitet seit mehreren Jahren als Software-Entwickler und Trainer mit Schwerpunkt auf Datenbankprojekten und Borland Delphi. Mit dem .NET Framework hat sich ein neuer Schwerpunkt neben Delphi entwickelt. Daneben ist er als Autor unter anderem für den Entwickler tätig. Im Mai 2002 hat Bernd Ua die Firma Bernd Ua Consulting ( www.uaconsulting.de ) gegründet, die Trainings, Consulting und Projektunterstützung anbietet. Bernd Ua ist seit 1995 freier Systemberater bei Borland und führt seit Jahren Delphi-Trainings für die Borland GmbH durch.

Hans is a Senior Developer Architect within the EMEA Developer Platform Evangelism Group. His focus is on working with Independent Software Vendors and customers looking to adopt Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 as part of their solutions. He has been working on end-to-end .NET architecture and prior to joining Microsoft, he was a Visual Basic developer and a trainer on enterprise development and SQL Server. Currently, Hans is diving deeper into Visual Studio Team System.

Jason Vokes is European Product Line Manager, .NET, C++ and Mobile products at Borland. He has over 15 years of experience in IT, with many of those year being in software development with C++, Delphi and Java. Jason is an award winning developer and author. Jason often presents at conferences and seminars across Europe and it was following a presentation that he was approached to write his first book.

Henry Wolf beschäftigt sich seit 10 Jahren mit der Entwicklung von Client/Server-Applikationen auf der Grundlage der Datenbanksysteme Oracle und Interbase. Hierbei sammelte er zahlreiche Erfahrungen bei der Konzeption und Implementierung datenbankgestützter Informationssysteme. Er ist Co-Autor des Buches "Java programmieren mit JBuilder" und Autor von Artikeln im "Entwickler" und dem Java Magazin.