Simon Timms is a developer who loves to write code. He writes in a variety of languages using a number of tools. For the most part, he develops web applications with .NET backends. He is very interested in visualizations and cloud computing. A background in build and system administration keeps him on the straight and narrow when it comes to DevOps.
He is the author of Social Data Visualization with HTML5 and JavaScript, Packt Publishing. He blogs at http://blog.simontimms.com/ and is also a frequent contributor to the Canadian Developer Connection, where his latest series explores evolving ASP.NET applications.
He is the President of the Calgary .NET User Group and a member of half a dozen others. He speaks on a variety of topics from DevOps to how the telephone system works.
He works as a web developer for Pacesetter Directional Drilling, the friendliest performance drilling company around.