Steve Smith is an Executive Vice President of Services for Telerik. Telerik Services provides consulting, training, and other services to Telerik’s enterprise clients and partners. Steve is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP, as well as a frequent speaker at software developer conferences and events. Steve has (with his wife and partner Michelle) started and sold a number of businesses in his career, including one of the first online developer community websites (ASPAlliance.com), the first Microsoft developer advertising network (Lake Quincy Media), and a successful agile consulting company (NimblePros). Steve has written or contributed to a number of books, most recently 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know.