John Garland is a Principal Consultant for Wintellect with over 15 years of experience developing software solutions. Prior to consulting, he spent much of his career working on high-performance video and statistical analysis tools for premier sports teams, with an emphasis on the NFL, the NBA, and Division 1 NCAA football and Basketball. His consulting clients range from small businesses to Fortune-500 companies and his work has been featured at Microsoft conference keynotes and sessions.John is a Microsoft Client Development MVP, as well as a member of the Windows Azure Insiders and Windows Azure Mobile Services Advisory Board. He lives outside Atlanta with his wife and daughter, where he is an active speaker and participant in the software development community. He is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and holds Microsoft Certifications spanning Windows, Silverlight, Windows Phone, and Windows Azure. John is also the author of the ebook "Windows Store Apps Succinctly" (Syncfusion, 2013).