Bob Bowers

Bob Bowers, CEO of Soliant Consulting, is a columnist and contributing editor for" FileMaker Advisor "magazine and has coauthored five books: "Advanced FileMaker Pro 5.5 Techniques for Developers," "Advanced FileMaker Pro 6 Web Development," "Special Edition Using FileMaker 7," "Special Edition Using FileMaker 8," and "FileMaker 8 Functions and Scripts Desk Reference," At the 2002 FileMaker Developer Conference he was awarded the FileMaker Fellowship Award. Widely recognized as one of the...See more

Bob Bowers, CEO of Soliant Consulting, is a columnist and contributing editor for" FileMaker Advisor "magazine and has coauthored five books: "Advanced FileMaker Pro 5.5 Techniques for Developers," "Advanced FileMaker Pro 6 Web Development," "Special Edition Using FileMaker 7," "Special Edition Using FileMaker 8," and "FileMaker 8 Functions and Scripts Desk Reference," At the 2002 FileMaker Developer Conference he was awarded the FileMaker Fellowship Award. Widely recognized as one of the leading educators for database and FileMaker Pro technologies, he is authorized by FileMaker, Inc., to teach the Professional Training Foundation Series. Bob is also a proud dad of two young children, an avid musician, a die-hard Cubs fan, and an accomplished woodworker. Steve Lane, vice president of Soliant Consulting, served as a special projects developer at Scott Foresman, a leading K-6 Educational publisher. He has written for "FileMaker Advisor" magazine, and coauthored four books: "Advanced FileMaker Pro 6 Web Development," "Special Edition Using FileMaker Pro 7," "Special Edition Using FileMaker 8," and "FileMaker 8 Functions and Scripts Desk Reference," He has led training classes in FileMaker technologies all over the country and is also authorized to teach the Professional Training Foundation Series. He regularly speaks at the annual FileMaker Developer Conference where in 2003 he was awarded the FileMaker Fellowship Award for "pushing the boundaries of FileMaker Pro." When not writing about technology, Steve is likely to be found being chased about by his children, or grumbling over the fingerings of J. S. Bach. Or just grumbling. Scott Love, chief operating officer of Soliant Consulting, served at Ziff-Davis Interactive as an online managing editor, served at Apple Computer as its web publishing technology evangelist, and led the technical marketing team at Macromedia. He has written dozens of feature and review articles on database and Internet/web topics for a wide range of computer publications including "Macworld "magazine and "FileMaker Advisor," He has coauthored three books: "Special Edition Using FileMaker 7," "Special Edition Using FileMaker 8," and" FileMaker 8 Functions and Scripts Desk Reference," He is also an authorized Professional Training Foundation Series instructor and a regular speaker at the FileMaker Developer Conference. In 2006 he was awarded the FileMaker Excellence Award "for developing outstanding technical and training resources for FileMaker." Scott lives in the California Bay Area where his penchant for gardening can be indulged year round. See less