12.7. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chris O'Brien (MCSD.NET, MCTS, MVP) is an independent SharePoint consultant with more than ten years of experience working with complex projects on Microsoft technologies. O'Brien is still very much a hands-on developer, and has led several large-scale web initiatives, including e-commerce, WCM, intranet, back-end integration, and workflow projects. Past clients include BP, Microsoft, London's Metropolitan Police Service, the Ministry of Defence (UK), Northern Ireland government, and Standard Chartered Bank. With a background in ASP.NET/Content Management Server/Commerce Server, O'Brien's work often involves building public-facing websites on SharePoint.

In addition to his day job, O'Brien runs a highly regarded blog focused on the development aspects of SharePoint at www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com, and has created several popular community tools such as the SharePoint Content Deployment Wizard. O'Brien is also a regular speaker at the UK SharePoint user group, and is based in London, England.