Ward is a Microsoft MVP and the V.P. of Technology at IdeaBlade (www.ideablade.com), makers of the "DevForce" .NET application development product and BreezeJS. Ward often obsesses on client technologies for business applications, data access, and development practices.

Jesse Liberty is a Master Consultant for Falafel Software, a Microsoft MVP, a Telerik MVP, an author, and he creates courses for Pluralsight.    Liberty hosts the popular Yet Another Podcast and his blog is considered required reading. He was a Senior Evangelist for Microsoft,  a XAML Evangelist for Telerik, a Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T; Software Architect for PBS and Vice President of Information Technology at Citibank. Jesse can be followed on twitter at @JesseLiberty

Brian Noyes is a software architect, CTO of Solliance (www.solliance.net), Microsoft Regional Director, Microsoft MVP, and Pluralsight Author. Brian specializes in building rich client applications with XAML and HTML 5, as well as the services that back them with Web APIs and WCF Services. Brian has authored a number of books including Developers Guide to Microsoft Prism 4, Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce, and Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0, and speaks at conferences worldwide including Microsoft TechEd, VSLive!, DevIntersection, and others. Brian got started programming as a hobby while flying F-14 Tomcats in the U.S. Navy, later turning his passion for software into his current career. You can contact Brian on Twitter @briannoyes or through his blog http://briannoyes.net.

Chris Sells has a long history as a contributing member of the Windows developer community. He enjoys long walks on the beach and various computer technologies.

Chris Woodruff (or Woody as he is commonly known as) has a degree in Computer Science from Michigan State University’s College of Engineering. Woody has been developing and architecting software solutions for almost 15 years and has worked in many different platforms and tools. He is a community leader, helping such events as Day of .NET Ann Arbor, West Michigan Day of .NET and CodeMash. He was also instrumental in bringing the popular Give Camp event to Western Michigan where technology professionals lend their time and development expertise to assist local non-profits. As a speaker and podcaster, Woody has spoken and discussed a variety of topics, including database design and open source. He is a Microsoft MVP in Visual C# and was recognized in 2010 as one of the top 20 MVPs world-wide.

Jeremy Likness joins the Hello World Podcast to talk about how he got started! 

Jeremy Likness is a principal consultant at Wintellect. He has 20 years of experience building enterprise applications and specializes in delivering web-based solutions using the Microsoft stack with client technologies like TypeScript and AngularJS. A 4-time Microsoft MVP, Jeremy is the author of several books that cover XAML technologies like Silverlight and Windows 8.1 and speaks frequently at user group events and conferences. Jeremy lives in Woodstock, GA with his wife, daughter, three dogs and an Ecclectus parrot. He loves hiking, running, skiing, shooting guns and shooting pool (9-ball is his favorite game). 

Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeremylikness

Blog: http://csharperimage.jeremylikness.com/

Book: http://bit.ly/winrtexample