About Us

Chris is the Co-founder, Administrator, Architect, Chief Editor and Shameless Hack who wrote and runs The Code Project. He's been programming since 1988 while pretending to be, in various guises, an astrophysicist, mathematician, physicist, hydrologist, geomorphologist, defence intelligence researcher and then, when all that got a bit rough on the nerves, a web developer. He is a Microsoft Visual C++ MVP both globally and for Canada locally.
 
His programming experience includes C/C++, C#, SQL, MFC, ASP, ASP.NET, and far, far too much FORTRAN. He has worked on PocketPCs, AIX mainframes, Sun workstations, and a CRAY YMP C90 behemoth but finds notebooks take up less desk space.
 
He dodges, he weaves, and he never gets enough sleep. He is kind to small animals.
 
Chris was born and bred in Australia but splits his time between Toronto and Melbourne, depending on the weather. For relaxation he is into road cycling, snowboarding, rock climbing, and storm chasing.

I direct The Code Project's business activities, such as strategic direction, partnerships, and vendor relations. I started photo-etching circuit boards when I was 8, and at 11 was haunting the halls and computer science labs at the local college so much that I was invited by Professor Wayne Ayott to audit his software and hardware design courses.
 
Over my career I have used C# , C++, Win32, MFC, Assembler, Basic, and Clipper, on applications for the military, commercial ventures, medical research and the labour movement. Through my medical informatics work I came to know what real-time and mission-critical really mean… just try being part of the critical path when a woman goes into labor. 
 
I have been honoured to receive many business, industry and leadership awards including being named an Exceptional Young Entrepreneur (Profit Magazine) and to the list of Who's Who in Canadian Business. The companies I started have been recognized as the Fastest Growing companies in Canada (Profit Magazine), as the Fastest Growing North American Technology Companies (Deloitte & Touché) and named as a Top 100 Innovator and Leader by SDTimes in every year from 2003 to 2008.
 
Here's my professional profile on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcunningham
 
In 2007 Microsoft acquired technology from one of my companies, Dundas Data Visualization, for inclusion in SQL Server 2008.
 
I live in Toronto and enjoy photography, scuba, food, riding my Honda Nighthawk motorcycle, and am trying to learn enough about wine to not be completely lost with a wine list in my hands. I find myself spending a lot of time these days thinking about the world our children will inherit, and so have been paying a lot of attention to alternative energy (wind, solar), robotics, education and (for the first time in my life) politics.

I'm President at CodeProject Solutions/Developer Media and I'm responsible for managing day-to-day activities as well as guiding new projects.
 
I'm a University of Waterloo Electrical Engineering graduate and I've been in the technology field forever. The first software I ever wrote was a charting application in BASIC running on the CP/M-80 operating system on a Sanyo MBC-1200 (4MHz Z-80 CPU). My programming experiences includes assembler, Turbo Pascal, dBASE III, Clipper, VB/VB.NET, C#, C/C++, Java, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, WPF, and Silverlight. I also spent 7 years at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond as lead evangelist and group manager engaged with the ISV and development tools communities.
 
I now live in Burlington and in my spare time I play Rugby and hang out with my two boys.

Jeff has worked with personal computers since the late seventies, when he learned to program BASIC on an Apple II (not an Apple II Plus, mind you). Since then, he’s learned Pascal, Fortran and VB/VB.NET – all of which have been enough to show him that he’s not a born developer, but he can play one on TV, so to speak. He's working to make CodeProject even more valuable to community members and help bring new services online to make CodeProject even better.
 
Jeff has worked with developers and developer communities for 20 years. He is the former Editorial Director of WordPerfect Magazines (remember macros?). He's also the former Editor in Chief and Publisher of Visual Basic Programmer's Journal, Visual Studio Magazine, Java Pro magazine, Visual C++ Developers Journal, Exchange & Outlook Magazine, Enterprise Architect magazine, and Microsoft Architecture Journal. He also worked on the VBITS/VSLive! conferences and the various related websites for those publications and conferences. He has spoken and presented at many industry conferences and events.
 
He currently works to help businesses understand and reach developers better as part of Developer Media.
 
All things considered, he'd rather be cycling.

Matthew works on improving the performance and experience of the Code Project site for users, clients, and administrators.
 
Matthew has more years of software develeopment, QA and architecture experience under his belt than he likes to admit. He gradutated for the University of Waterloo with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering. He started out developing micro-processor based hardware and software including compilers and operating systems.
His current focus is on .NET web development including jQuery, Webforms, MVC, AJAX, and patterns and practices for creating better websites.
He is the author of the Munq IOC, the fastest ASP.NET focused IOC Container.
His non-programming passions include golf, pool, curling, reading and building stuff for the house.

Systems administrator with background in security and performance optimizations of server systems.
Prior joining CodeProject I worked in Poland's biggest hosting companies.
I like good music, good movies. I got my own sea aquarium - it looks good, it calms me down and no one in vicinity owns one...

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Carrie is Director of Marketing for CodeProject Solutions, and the Senior Product Manager of CodeProject.TV. She is a dynamic business builder with a specialty for getting people together behind a project. With 20 years of experience in project management, public relations and investor relations, Carrie has the drive, resources and perseverance to achieve success.
 
Her first venture into the technology field was in 1995, when she co-founded MCW Business Systems. In partnership with her father, she helped build MCW into a $20-million company before selling it in 2000. Since then, she has consulted many IT companies in project management and communications.

Carrie studied Fine Arts at McMaster, where she eventually completed an undergrad in Philosophy. She also holds a post-graduate certificate in Public Relations. Strangely enough, these degrees landed her in technology, where she loves hanging out with other like-minded geeks. Her favourite Star Trek captain is Picard, and she holds a soft-spot in her heart for eighties hair bands. She is a mom, part-time princess, chef, social networker and avid runner.

Christina is an online media executive with over 10 years’ experience that includes business development, sales, account management, marketing and project management. Has achieved a degree in Psychology from the University of Western Ontario, Marketing Certificate, and is working towards her Master’s in Business Administration.
Christina is responsible for managing all facets of publishing partner relationships for Developer Media. Developer Media was formed to extend the CodeProject umbrella to represent the advertising needs of others in the development space. Today Developer Media is partnered with more than 400 participating websites, and blogs including CodeProject and CodePlex.
Also an avid dog lover, Christina volunteers with LOYAL Rescue in her spare time and lives in Toronto with her husband and dog, Leo.

My experience in the Tech industry began in 1997, when I joined Visual Basic Programmer's Journal and Visual Studio Magazine (Fawcette Technical Publications), as Advertising Coordinator. I moved into the direction of Sales over the next few years.
 
After a brief stint of trying to turn my passion for cycling into a career, I realized it is best to keep some things as hobbies. Returning to the Advertising Sales in the Tech Industry in 2010, I have teamed back up with some of my favorite co-workers, and found a true passion for providing excellent service to my clients.
 
...When I am not working, or spending time with my family, I still like to turn the pedals.

Daniel is computer science enthusiast. From ten years he works as software engineer. He wrote first programs in Basic, then in z80 assembler... long time ago...
After that he work with Delphi, C++, C# and more, with desktop, web and web services applications. Now, he joins to CodeProject group and looks for new challenges

Daniel works as a project manager with a talented team of developers helping create new and exiting solutions.
 
Daniel is University of Zielona Gora (Poland) software engineer graduate. After his studies he spent considerate part of his life traveling/living abroad.
 
He is an Open Source advocate and a long-time fan of Linux. Considers himself a geek with fondness of all types of gadgets.
 
In his free time, his non-IT activities include board games, year-round cycling and trying to survive on his MTB.

Deeksha got her Master's degree in Information Systems and learnt how to program in HTML, C++, SQL, Java and JavaScript. She has worked in the capacity of Systems Operator, Systems Administrator, and Project Manager during which she interacted a lot with professional programmers.
 
Editing articles written by smart and experienced programmers on The Code Project is a job she loves and it keeps her updated on the latest technologies.
 
She has lived in four countries in the last 10 years and has a flair for learning new languages (not the programming ones).
She enjoys playing with her 3-year old son, travelling and listening to music.

As one of the most recent additions to CodeProject, I bring with me a background in Public Relations and Advertising.
 
I come aboard this team of zany, and extremely intelligent people as Marketing and Business Development Coordinator.
 
I have a passion for life’s simple pleasures, and enjoy spending my free time with my family. I like to explore my personal journey by traveling, meditating, tasting culinary delights and meeting new people. I value clean living and enjoy rollerblading and practicing yoga.
 
Fortunate to be working with this team, I look forward to applying my skills, dedication and hard work to CodeProject's present and future endeavours. Namaste and Happy coding!

I joined Developer Media (and CodeProject) in 2007 because it gave me an opportunity to work in the developer/IT/DevOp space with some of the most amazing minds of our time. I'm in total awe of developer websites like CodeProject which provide free technical content on an array of development and IT topics. The team at Developer Media and CodeProject, including the website dev community, are some of the smartest people the industry has to offer. IMHO.
 
I come to Developer Media with a strong background in technology and online media. My job is to help find the best resources and tools available to help developers and IT Pros with their day to day development and IT needs.
 
When I'm not working, I'm hiking or running with my dog, Bella, or watching basketball! Go Warriors!
 
My all time favorite chant: "DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!" --Steve Ballmer

Joe brings over 20 years of media sales experience to Developer Media after spending the last ten years in a Sales and Management capacity with Toolbox.com, a social media platform for IT professionals.
 
Prior to working at Toolbox.com, Joe served as Advertising Director and Sales Manager for American Lawyer Media in their Philadelphia office. A graduate of La Salle University, Joe has worked with high profile clients such as IBM, SAP and Dell to deliver their marketing message to IT professionals around the world.
 
When Joe isn't working with his clients, he is an avid sports fan (GO FLYERS!) and enjoys spending time with his wife and two boys. Joe volunteers his time by coaching his sons' Cal Ripken and Little League tournament baseball teams.
 
According to Joe, there's nothing better on a summer afternoon than a cold beer and a good cigar!

Kamil has been programming various devices since 1989, using C++/C, assembler (6502, M68k, PowerPC, SH4, ...), Java, Javascript, Objective-C, Ruby, C#, and much more. He actively avoided web development for a very long time, but web development is almost all that he does now. Except for the times when he puts on his Linux administrator hat.
For many years he was leading various development teams, and is currently focusing on growing the Polish branch of the CodeProject.
 
Kamil likes playing the Chinese board game named Go and exploring the mathematical side of Forex trading.

In my role as Advertising Operations Manager I have the opportunity to work closely with all of our campaigns and help our advertisers meet their goals.
 
Prior to joining Developer Media I worked in the media/print industry before making the switch to online advertising in 2009.
 
When I’m not at work I enjoy spending time with my family and sailing on Lake Ontario when the weather permits!

I am one of the newest additions to the CodeProject/Developer Media team and will be filling the role of Editor and Special Projects Manager. Some might find it curious that my educational background in History and Journalism has led to a job in the technology industry, but those who know me and my innate geekiness probably aren't too surprised.
 
I previously served as a Staff Writer with "IT in Canada" and as Associate Editor for its sister company, "The Canadian Channel Standard", providing coverage of information technology news, new product launches, business programs, industry events and conferences, and performing interviews with experts and executives from some of today's largest IT companies.
 
When I'm not in the office or attached to my screen and keyboard, you can probably find me catching up my some reading, exploring the outdoors, DJing your favourite house music, or enjoying a local microbrew beer.

As VP Sales, I have the best job in the world leading Developer Media's team of amazing Sales Pros.
 
After graduating from University of Houston with a BS in Chemistry, I started my career as a research chemist but eventually did my MBA so I could move into marketing and sales and attend the launch parties for products like the ones I was inventing. I've since led B2B and B2C sales and marketing teams in consumer products, cash management and recruitment solutions arenas, with years of experience in media sales.
 
I took a COBOL course once. It wasn't pretty.
 
I maintain my energy by training with heavy weights 4 times a week (bench 100lbs x 10; leg press 500lbs x 10) and have a dream goal of competing as a figure athlete. I have a Collie who sheds a lot, a Havanese who runs miles beside my bicycle, and 4 cats who eat, sleep and fill the litter box. I live in an old home in Toronto and earned my nickname Tooltime Taylor by owning (and knowing how to use!) more power tools than anyone on my block.
 
I love chocolate, red wine, quite evenings by the fire and long walks on the beach in the rain. Oh, yeah...and selling lots!!

I am an eccentric genius, at least I tell everyone I am a genius to justify my eccentricity. I have been working with the developer community since 1997, when I started at FTP selling advertising space in Visual Basic Programmer’s Journal which is now Visual Studio Magazine (I know, I know…but somebody has to do the dirty work so we can deliver all this great content to you).
 
After nine years of service at my former company I took a year off and started my own business www.novatopilates.com (a Pilates studio) and realized that I absolutely never want to run my own business again….ever. Happily, I landed at CodeProject which is now part of DeveloperMedia and hope to continue selling enough ads so that we can buy shiny new toys for the sites (see server farm at the bottom of the page).

I am an experienced graphic designer and web developer perfectly skilled in dealing with most of graphic editors and web coding standards.
 
I came a long way throughout those years. I started from simple flayers, baby pages, flash animations to corporate identity, campagin projects, e-commerce, e-magazines and script powered, user friendly, modern, proper websites.
 
Enjoing what I do, keeping head high and looking forward to challange the unknown of the web development world and get that lot

Certified Application Developer (MCPD Web Developer, MCTS Web Applications), Team Manager and Consultant. Particularly interested in mobile technologies, web applications and database design. Good team player with positive attitude, familiar with the latest technological trends.

Meagon has had the honor of working on technical magazine titles such as MSDN Magazine and TechNet Magazine. She has also worked to independently build and create custom brand and marketing strategies for software development companies, such as Pluralsight. Meagon's passion is creating effective marketing solutions for small, mid-market, and enterprise customers.
 
Meagon is proud to be a part of Developer Media, representing a network dedicated to the advancement of the developer community at large, including the CodeProject.
 
Connect with Meagon on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/81megs

I am excited to say I am the new marketing analyst at CodeProject Solutions. In my role, I will be working hard to determine the needs of our community and finding new and innovative ways to meet them.
 
I have a background in digital marketing and a passion for all things data. Prior to joining CP, I’ve worked on marketing teams in the telecommunication, food processing, construction, business services, and legal industries.

When I’m not working, I enjoy tennis, hockey, boating, reading and all things finance.

Michal is a software engineer and graduate of Zielona Góra University (Poland). He has been a professional programmer since 2008. His experiences span many projects, large and small, resulting in extensive knowledge about PHP, Yii, Cake, Zend, Ruby on Rails, Python, Java, J2EE, JavaScript, C++, Qt, C, OpenCV. In his personal life, Michal is a keen skier and spends every free hour he can fishing.

I am former C/C++ software engineer (from embedded software part of this world) with slight background of assembler, VHDL and a practitioner in team leading/project managing/doing all kind of strange stuff that can be summarized with "project managing" keyword. I am very cautious fan of Agile approach to creating software since 2006 - and this caution comes out of experience that people, not a set of rules decide either about success or failure of projects.
 
Prior joining CodeProject I spent some amount of time coding, leading project teams for embedded software projects (mobile phones, set top boxes) and leading web application projects (mainly .NET/Oracle world). I did also handle recruitment of s/w engineering staff and cooperated with outsourcing partners, helped to prepare contracts and offers. Good God, project budget can become a hell over time On top of this, I do help agile/scrum teams to remember about methodology origins and encourage them to find out their own organizational and technical solutions for tasks undertaken on the way to D-DAY (Deploy Day ).
 
I did graduate at Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland as Master of Science in Computer Science (Internet Engineering) in 2005.
 
After hours I spend free time with my always-going-for-another-street-marathon-race wife (if she ever runs from me, I will never catch her - believe me, she's fast!), love to play and train with our dogs and always eagerly join my old mates either on a trip to befriended pub or some on-line multiplayer game. Oh and yes, there is nothing better than some time with old rock/metal bands, particularly after a bad day.

I have joined CodeProject as an Advertising Operations Specialist and I’m extremely excited to work with such awesome people. I have a background in multimedia production and studied New Media at Ryerson University. I bring with me creative insight, dedication, and a fun personality.

I like to make jokes (and yes, I sometimes laugh at my own) and I’m self-diagnosed with Hypochondriasis. I love ice cream, cake and candy. You could probably bribe me with candy.

When I’m not at work I enjoy cooking, baking, eating what I’ve cooked and baked, crafts, composing music, photography and writing sketch comedy.

I have recently joined The Code Project family as a Senior Accountant. I graduated from British Columbia Institute of Technology with bachelors of technology degree in professional accounting and currently finishing off my CGA designation.
 
Prior to joining The Code Project I was working in investment/real estate, construction, and government organizations.
 
I’m really excited to work with a great team at The Code Project!

Sean Ewington is the Content Manager for CodeProject.
 
His background in programming is primarily C++ and HTML, but has experience in other, "unsavoury" languages.
 
He loves movies, and likes to say "inconceivable" often, even if it does not mean what he thinks it means.

Smitha is a software developer, and has been in the industry since January 2000. She has experience in ASP.NET, C#, Windows Forms, Visual Basic, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript, and HTML. She has been with CodeProject since 2003 and currently works as Senior Technical Editor.
 
In her free time, she tries out new dishes, reads a little, and puts together jigsaw puzzles. Originally from Trivandrum, Smitha currently lives with her husband and fellow CP'ian Nish [^] and her son Rohan in Columbus, Ohio.

Terrence Dorsey is Director of Content Development at CodeProject. Previously he worked as Senior Editor and Technical Editor of MSDN Magazine. His writing has appeared in MSDN Magazine, Application Development Trends and Redmond Magazine.