Chris Dent is a professional PowerShell developer based in and around London with over 8 years experience in that language alone. He is also proficient in C#, VBScript, Perl, and Python, but PowerShell is his favorite by a wide margin. He is also the author of dnshell.
He describes himself as being a toolset or module developer (he rarely writes scripts in the one-off sense); he has a deep interest in formalized development approaches, continuous integration, secure coding practices, and creating supportable automation frameworks within organizations.
Brenton J.W. Blawat is an entrepreneur, strategic technical advisor, author, and enterprise architect, who has a passion for the procurement of technology in profit-based organizations. He is business-centric and technology-minded. Brenton has many years of experience in bridging the gap between technical staff and decision-makers in several organizations. He takes pride in his ability to effectively communicate with a diverse audience and provide strategic direction for large and small organizations alike.
In 2013, Brenton authored his first book, PowerShell 3.0 WMI Starter, Packt Publishing. In March 2015, he authored his second book, Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting, with Packt Publishing.
Brenton currently works at CDW as an Enterprise Architect in strategic solutions and services. CDW is a leading multibrand technology solutions provider in the fields of business, government, education, and healthcare. A Fortune 500 company, it was founded in 1984 and employs approximately 7,200 coworkers. In 2016, the company generated net sales of more than $13.0 billion.
His current specialization sits on top of 15 years of experience spread across (predominantly Microsoft) systems, (Juniper and Cisco) networking, and security.
