About the Author

3/26/2008

Rob Tiffany is a Senior Technical Product Manager for Windows Mobile at Microsoft where he focuses on growing and nurturing the mobile developer ecosystem. A writer, speaker, entrepreneur and 14-year veteran of the software industry, Rob has been involved in some of the world’s largest Mobile/Wireless Line of Business application efforts undertaken to date. He's the creator of Microsoft's Mobile Line of Business Solution Accelerator, the author of “SQL Server CE Database Development with the .NET Compact Framework” and “Pocket PC Database Development with eMbedded Visual Basic,” plus dozens of articles found in leading software development publications. He's presented sessions on mobile development, infrastructure, and architecture at events all over the world including Tech Ed, Dev Connections, TechReady, VS Live, and MEDC. He got his start in programming by creating completely useless BASIC applications on the Timex Sinclair 1000 in the early 1980’s. Luckily, he moved on to bigger and better things like 32-bit REXX on OS/2. Rob blogs at https://blogs.msdn.com/robtiffany.