Vinod Kumar, Intel Corp 

Vinod Kumar has done his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai. After graduation, he joined SCT Software Solutions (then Exeter Systems). He has been working on Microsoft Technologies for the past three years. A Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2003, Vinod has also done MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA, MCAD, MCSA.

Vinod presently works for a team called Technology Labs which evaluates various Microsoft technologies and products and their relevance in this line of business. In this process, he has gathered tons of knowledge to share with all.

He is very passionate about SQL Server programming and loves to experiment programming tricks in SQL Server 2000. With the advent of .NET and the next generation of SQL Server at the horizon, he hopes to deliver interesting solutions to the community.

Vinod is a highly rated speaker at Microsoft forums like TechEd and MSDN. He is an active volunteer for INETA (International .NET Association) and PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server), voluntary organizations supporting User Groups (UGs) around the world.

Catch all the resources and articles Vinod has written at http://www.ExtremeExperts.com, the site he co-hosts.

Vinod can answers all your queries on programmability aspects of SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, .Net integration on SQL Server 2005, using SQL Server as an Enterprise Database and more.