Andy Olsen, Olsensoftware

Andy is a freelance consultant based in the UK, specializing in .NET and Java enterprise solutions. Andy has been working with Microsoft .NET since Beta 1 days, and has authored many courses for Microsoft on a variety of .NET topics. Andy has also co-written several .NET books for Microsoft Press and Wrox Press. On the Java front, Andy has been using Java since the days when there were only six packages and you could learn all the classes over a weekend. Andy's current interests lie in using XML and Web services to integrate and deploy multi-tier solutions using .NET and J2EE, plus football and skiing where time permits.