I am an experienced .Net developer, certified as an MCSA: Web Apps, MCSD: App Builder, and MCT, as well as 11 Azure certifications including Developer, Admin, Architect, DevOps, Security, and Database certifications. I am also a Microsoft Learn Expert for Azure. I am an author writing books with APress, including Practical Entity Framework, the second edition for EFCore6 and an AZ-204 exam companion. I have a masters of science degree in computer information systems, and a bachelors in computer science. In my current roles I am training cloud application developers and have had the honor of partnering with Opsgility and Microsoft to help transitioning military members in the MSSA program. I also do custom Azure Consulting, Training, and curriculum development. I typically speak at a number of conferences (as selected) and am starting a new journey as a Microsoft Learning Expert. I taught online computer science courses for Franklin University for over 11 years (13 years on the books but had some breaks here and there, and am resuming in the fall 2024), and have created instructional video courses for programming and technology concepts in .NET, Azure, and Java. I have a passion to share technical knowledge and help anyone become a successful .NET Cloud Application developer with Azure certifications.In my free time, I create original Christian music and perform in theater productions, as a singer/songwriter, and on music teams at church. Specialties: Technical Training/Writing/Course CreationApplication Architecture, development, continuous integration and deploymentAzure Infrastructure Architecture and Infrastructure as CodeApplication Modernization efforts, including cloud-native, serverless, and/or traditional app services.NET C#/VBWindows ServicesWCF/REST ServicesMicrosoft SQL ServerASP.NET websites Entity Framework and LINQProject management/SDLC management.Design PatternsGIT