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Brian Edgerton is a full time web developer born, raised, and currently residing in Burlington, North Carolina. A Computer Science major in college, he developed a curiosity for all things electronic at a young age. When he is not furiously coding away in front of his computer, Brian enjoys sports, movies, books, and falling asleep in his recliner. Brian is a Zend Certified PHP5 Engineer. He is also currently working on a Master's of Software Engineering degree through Auburn University. In addition to PHP, Brian is also proficient in Javascript and CSS/XHTML and likes to pretend he knows a few things about Linux server administration as well.

You can check out Brian's website at EdgeWebWorks.com or follow him on Twitter @brian_edgerton.

Tom is a long time technologist, with over 24 years in the Computer and IT industry. His background includes many roles such as entrepreneur with getting notice by Entrepreneur magazine all the way to CIO.

He is author of two books, his latest being Joomla! Web Security. He is regarded as one of the top security professionals in the JoomlaSphere.

Joseph LeBlanc is a freelance Joomla! developer based in the Austin, Texas area. He's the author of Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development, Joomla! 1.5 Essential Training, and Joomla! 1.7: Programming and Packaging Extensions. When he's not traveling, writing, or making a mess in the kitchen, he can be found pontificating at various Austin tech Meetups. You can learn more about him at www.jlleblanc.com or stalk him on Twitter @jlleblanc.

James Hafner is an Austin, TX-based developer who brings years of web experience to the HTJ team. He's worked with hundreds of companies large and small to develop their online presence, and has followed the Joomla! community since the Mambo days. He currently works as Senior Developer for Cory Webb Media, LLC. While leaving the really nerdy stuff to the other HTJ writers, James has a knack for finding things that make everyday life easier.  To him, developing, like Joomla!, is all about working smarter; not harder. You can follow James on Twitter @jhafner or check out his web site at JamesHafner.com.