Course Credits and References

Course Developer Ben Brumm is a software consultant, advanced application programmer and a certified Oracle expert. He has been successfully consulting and teaching software applications, programming, and database development for over 10 years. After receiving his Bachelor of Computing with a specialty in Databases and Java, he went onto complete several IT diplomas in software and website development, before starting his own successful consulting business (DWS Consulting). He has performed comprehensive work for business intelligence reporting, telecommunications and financial models.

Course Developer Jennifer Marsh (BS) is a talented application developer and programmer with over 14 years experience in development and design. She is proficient in various programming languages and frameworks including MVC, C#, WCF, PHP, T-SQL, VB.NET, jQuery/Ajax, LINQ, JavaScript, SOAP APIs, and XML. She also has 12 years experience in SQL Server database design and stored procedures. She has worked for several companies as a senior developer and engineer and is a regular contributor in the webmaster SEO support forums.

Course Instructor With over 25 years experience in programming applications in nearly every language available, there just isn't a programming problem I haven't yet encountered or couldn't easily solve with enough persistence--or at the very least, provide a clever work around. Anything is possible! Particularly with programming software. With a liberal arts background and graduate work in Computing, Technology, and Education, I'm in a unique position to help bridge the gap for non-technical users to understand programming and technology without getting too heavy-handed in the tech jargon.