Ben Forta is Allaire Corporation's Product Evangelist for the ColdFusion product line. He has more than 15 years of experience in the computer industry in product development, support, training, and product marketing. Ben is the author of the best-selling ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit (now in its third edition), and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion 4 Development (both published by Que), as well as titles on ColdFusion Express, Allaire Spectra, Allaire HomeSite, SQL, WAP, and JavaServer Pages (the complete list of his books can be found at http://www.forta.com/books/). Ben coauthored the official Allaire ColdFusion training courses, helped create the content for the Certified Developer exam, writes regular columns on ColdFusion and Internet development, and now spends a considerable amount of time lecturing and speaking on ColdFusion and Internet application development worldwide. Born in London, England, and educated in London, New York, and Los Angeles, Ben now lives in Oak Park, Michigan, with his wife, Marcy, and their six children. Ben welcomes your email at [email protected], and invites you to visit his Web site at http://www.forta.com/.
Matthew Boles started training for Allaire in 1997, making him one of the first Allaire instructors. He is currently a Senior Instructor. In addition to training, Matthew also has some responsibility for curriculum development and instructor readiness. Matthew is also a certified Microsoft and Novell instructor.
Geoffrey Bowers was educated in Scotland and studied biochemistry at Oxford before returning home to Australia as an options derivatives dealer. Leaving the City, Geoff founded Daemon Internet Consultants in 1995 (http://www.daemon.com.au/) and has been building Web applications ever since. Based in Sydney, Geoff is the Allaire Master Instructor for Australasia and divides his time between teaching, consulting, and playing the ancient game of Real Tennis. He can be reached at [email protected].
Emily Kim is Director of Business Development and co-founder of Trilemetry, Inc., a Web design and programming company. She has coauthored a college-level workbook about the Internet and was contributing author to a popular ColdFusion book, and occasionally writes for ColdFusion magazines. She is also a Certified Allaire Instructor and teaches both ColdFusion and Spectra courses for Allaire. You can reach Emily at [email protected].
Matthew Reider has been working for commercial software vendors since 1992, beginning with the database driver team at Q+E in Raleigh, North Carolina. Initially, Allaire hired Matt to manage West Coast partner and customer relationships. After joining the education team as a Master Instructor in 1999, he coauthored the Advanced ColdFusion, Advanced Spectra Development, and Fast-track to JRun curriculum. Before joining Allaire, Matt enjoyed a position at Sybase as a product specialist for the Watcom SQL database family. Matt loves to backpack in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.