Abhijit Jana Author

Abhijit Jana works with Microsoft as a development consultant as part of Microsoft Services. As a consultant, his job is to help customers design, develop, and deploy enterprise-level secure solutions using Microsoft technologies. Apart from being a former Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional), he is a speaker and author as well as an avid technology evangelist. He has delivered sessions at prestigious Microsoft events, such as TechED, Web Camps, Azure Camps, Community TechDays, Virtual TechDays, DevDays, and developer conferences. He loves to work with different .NET communities and help them with different opportunities. He is a well-known author and has published many articles on various .NET community sites. You can follow him on Twitter at @abhijitjana. He has authored the book Kinect for Windows SDK Programming Guide (ISBN: 1849692386 ISBN 13: 9781849692380). Abhijit lives in Hyderabad, India, with his wife, Ananya, and a beautiful little angel, Nilova. Manish Sharma works with Microsoft as a solution architect as part of Microsoft Services. As, a solution architect, he is responsible for leading large enterprise-transformational engagements defining technology/solution roadmaps, conducting architecture and technical evaluations of enterprise engagements, and architecting multimillion-dollar solution developments, and maintenance of outsourcing management. He is also a technology evangelist and speaker at prestigious events, such as Microsoft TechEd on the latest and cutting edge technologies, such as HoloLens, Internet of Things, connected cars, and cloud technologies such as Azure. Mallikarjuna Rao works with Microsoft as UX Designer/3D mixed reality artist as part of Microsoft Services. He has 15 years of experience in the animation industry, with around 12 years' international exposure. He has worked as a senior 3D asset supervisor for feature films, television series, commercials, and game projects. Mallikarjuna has worked on pivotal projects for big names in the industry, such as Walt Disney Pictures, Disney Junior, Warner Bros Pictures, Yash Raj Films, and UTV Motion Pictures, which put him under the limelight at the international level. He has an in-depth knowledge of the 3D Asset production pipeline and UX design principles.