Donald Thompson
Donald Thompson, an architect for Microsoft Research, is responsible for overseeing the design and management of the software, protocols, and technology strategy that fuel the SPOT initiative. He built the centralized internet-ad serving system used by all MSN Web properties, including Hotmail®, MSNBC, Search, and MSN.com. Before he joined Microsoft Corporation, Donald developed an automated loan kiosk and decisioning system for Citibank, a cellular billing and management system for BellSouth, and artificial intelligence and 3-D graphics algorithms for commercial game companies.
Rob Miles
Rob Miles, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hull in the UK, has been teaching programming for more years than he can, or cares to, remember. He has also developed a number of embedded applications, including a toilet flush testing system for Reckitt + Coleman and "the machine that puts datestamps on Budwieser beer". He has written a number of courses and articles on programming and is also the author of the "world famous robmiles.com blog".