Dave Bost
Technical Evangelist, Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) Division
Microsoft
Dave Bost is a Technical Evangelist in Microsoft’s Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) Division. In this role, Dave works with the broad developer community to help them succeed on the Microsoft Platform. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was a Software Developer and Solution Architect working with many Fortune 500 companies as a technical mentor and consultant. Dave started his technical passion when he wrote his first assembly-language program out of a Commodore-64 manual that produced a hot-air balloon to sail across his Commodore 1701 Video Monitor. From there, he was hooked on creating something from nothing with software. More recently, Dave’s passion and drive falls into helping other’s succeed in building games and apps for the Windows 8 and Windows Phone Platforms. You can contact Dave at http://davebost.com, listen to him on the Thirsty Developer Podcast, or follow him at http://twitter.com/davebost.