Michiel van Otegem is Senior Software Architect at Sogeti Netherlands. He started programming at age 10, and has nearly 20 years of professional experience as a developer and architect. As a pioneer in ASP and ASP.NET, Michiel still has a strong focus on the Microsoft platform, but he combines that with extensive knowledge of integration and security.

Michiel is the author of several books in Dutch and English, starting with Teach Yourself XSLT in 21 Days (SAMS) back in 2002, and most recently contributing to Programming Microsoft’s Clouds: Windows Azure and Office 365 (Wrox).

Michiel enjoys sharing his knowledge through books, articles, and speaking at conferences and user group events. He also loves to learn, especially life lessons from his two children.

Articles Authored

• An XML and XSLT Shopping Cart
• Connecting Your Windows 8 Apps to Facebook or Twitter with OAuth
• Creating ASP.NET Custom Controls with Style
• Creating Skinned Controls for ASP.NET
• Enterprise Reporting with Excel
• Getting to Know the Identity of .NET 4.5
• Log Users in to Your Web Application with OpenID or OAuth
• Review: ASP.NET Web Matrix
• Windows Azure Active Directory
• XQuery, the Query Language of the Future