Asli Bilgin is a Principal Developer Evangelist at Microsoft and she works is responsible for educating developers and architects on Wall Street with Microsoft future vision for software development and engineering. She is the founder of WomenBuild and iGive, two programs focused on US workforce stimulus, specifically geared at developing professional and pre-professional women who posses an aptitude for science and technology . Prior to joining Microsoft, Asli was employed as a senior software architect at Dell and at Xerox. Asli is a recognized presenter at conferences across the globe and she serves as contributing and author to various technical publications. Her latest book is Mastering Database Programming With Visual Basic.NET (Sybex).