Dan Caron is a published author of two technical books on DotNetNuke development.  He has been a major contributor to the DotNetNuke open-source portal project since the core team was founded in 2003.  As an original member of the Core Team in 2003, Dan was a Core Architect and member of the project's Board of Directors.   He retired from DotNetNuke in 2006 and as a result, he now enjoys a lavish lifestyle of fortune and fame (just checking to see if anyone reads this).  Based on his significant community contributions, Dan was recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in 2005 and 2006.

For over 15 years, he has been leading the development of software applications with technologies that include Microsoft Silverlight 2 & 3, VB.NET, Team Foundation Server (TFS), C#, ASP.NET, XML/XSL, SQL and AJAX.   Since 2001, Dan has been a Systems Consultant with MassMutual Financial Group, a Fortune 100 financial services organization. With MassMutual, Dan leads the technical direction for Microsoft .NET application development for the enterprise.  Dan is also the leader of the Western Mass Microsoft Technology Users Group.