Rick Dobson

Rick Dobson is the author of the Microsoft Press¿ titles Programming Microsoft Access Version 2002 and Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. He is the founder and chief technologist of CAB. He has more than a dozen years’ experience delivering professional computer services and is an accomplished author, speaker, and developer. His work regularly appears in many publications, including Byte, Microsoft Office & Visual Basic for Applications Developer, DBMS, Visual Basic Developer, Microsoft Web Developer, Visual Developer, and Smart Computing. He has led training classes in the United States and abroad, teaching developers from companies including Proctor & Gamble, Bell Laboratories, and Cincinnati Gas & Electrics. CAB's offices are in Louisville, Kentucky.

Since 1999, Rick's company has sponsored its own national tour. Over the years the content of the tours has changed to reflect Rick's books as well as the most recent software releases from Microsoft. His 2002 tour was titled "The Access/SQL Server/VB.NET Development Seminar." The seminar attracts independent as well as corporate organizations such as Bank of America, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, State Farm Insurance, Prudential, EDS, the U.S. Navy, and Panasonic. These annual seminars provide Access developers, SQL Server developers, and database administrators the information they require to deliver better solutions to their clients as well as helping Visual Basic developers put Visual Basic .NET to use for database applications. For specific locations and registration for the next seminar tour, visit http://www.programmingaccess.com.