About the Author

Ugo Lattanzi

Ugo Lattanzi is a solution architect who specializes in enterprise applications with a focus on web applications, service-oriented applications, and all environments where scalability is a top priority.

Due to his experience in recent years, he now focuses on technologies like ASP.NET, Node.js, cloud computing (Azure and AWS), enterprise service bus, AngularJS, and JavaScript. Thanks to his passion for web development, Microsoft recognized him as a Microsoft MVP for eight years in web technologies.

Ugo is a speaker for many important technology communities; he is a co-organizer of the widely appreciated Web European Conference in Milan; and he has authored several books and articles, including coauthoring OWIN Succinctly, released by Syncfusion.

When not working, he loves to spend time with his son Tommaso and his wife Eleonora, and he enjoys sports like snowboarding and cycling.

Simone Chiaretta

Simone Chiaretta is a web architect and developer who enjoys sharing his development experiences—including almost 20 years’ worth of knowledge on web development—concerning ASP.NET and other web technologies.

He has been an ASP.NET Microsoft MVP for eight years, authoring several books about ASP.NET MVC, including, Beginning ASP.NET MVC 1.0 and What's New in ASP.NET MVC 2, both published by Wrox, as well as coauthoring OWIN Succinctly, published by Syncfusion.

Simone has spoken at many international developer conferences and contributed to online developer portals like SimpleTalk. He also co-founded the Italian ALT.NET user group ugialt.NET, and he is the co-organizer of many conferences in Milan, including the Web European Conference.

When not writing code, blog posts, or taking part in the worldwide .NET community, he is either training for or taking part in Ironman triathlons.

He is currently one of many expats living and working in the capital of Europe, Brussels.