About the Contributors

About the Author

Tom Carpenter is the senior consultant for SYSEDCO and teaches in-depth courses on Microsoft technologies, wireless networking and security, and professional development skills such as project management, team leadership, and communication skills for technology professionals. Tom holds a CWNA, CSWP, and Wireless# certification with the CWNP program and is also a Microsoft Certified Partner and an MCTS. He lives with his lovely wife, Tracy, and their four children, Faith, Rachel, Thomas, and Sarah, in Ohio.

SYSEDCO is a training and consulting firm located in Ohio. The organization provides the one-of-a-kind Spend a Week with the Expert training where a tech spends one week with Tom to learn his or her technology of choice and prepare for applicable certifications. You can learn more at www.SYSEDCO.com.

About the Technical Editor

Darril Gibson has been a technical trainer for more than eight years, specializing in delivering leading edge technical training. He has developed several video training courses for Keystone Learning on topics such as A+, MCSE 2003, and Exchange 2003. He has taught as adjunct faculty at colleges and universities and is currently working on a key government contract providing extensive training to Air Force personnel in support of a major Network Operations Support Center on a wide array of technologies. He holds about 20 current certifications including MCSE, MCSD, MCTS: SQL Server 2005, MCITP: Database Developer, and MCITP: Database Administrator. He lives with his wife of 14 years, Nimfa, and their 3 dogs in Virginia Beach.

About LearnKey

LearnKey provides self-paced learning content and multimedia delivery solutions to enhance personal skills and business productivity. LearnKey claims the largest library of rich streaming-media training content that engages learners in dynamic media-rich instruction complete with video clips, audio, full motion graphics, and animated illustrations. LearnKey can be found on the Web at www.LearnKey.com.