Check out what Stephen has to say about the coolest technology he's run across lately and who he reads for technology information.

About Stephen
Stephen Forte is the Chief Strategy Officer of Telerik, a leading vendor in .NET components. He sits on the board of several start-ups including Triton Works and is also a certified scrum master. Prior he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and co-founder of Corzen, Inc, a New York based provider of online market research data for Wall Street Firms. Corzen was acquired by Wanted Technologies (TXV: WAN) in 2007. Stephen is also the Microsoft Regional Director for the NY Metro region and speaks regularly at industry conferences around the world. He has written several books on application and database development including Programming SQL Server 2008 (MS Press). Prior to Corzen, Stephen served as the CTO of Zagat Survey in New York City and also was co-founder of the New York based software consulting firm The Aurora Development Group. He currently an MVP, INETA speaker and is the co-moderator and founder of the NYC .NET Developer User Group. Stephen has an MBA from the City University of New York.

Stuff Stephen recommends you check out this summer:

• .NET RIA Services
• OSLO – DSL Capabilities
• Web Installer Stack
• MVC Framework
• Roger Jennings’ Blog
• Stephen’s Blog
• Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner
• RESTful .NET by Jon Flanders
• The Complete Game by Ron Darling
• Windows Virtual PC
• Business Intelligence