Rainer Stropek has been an entrepreneur in the IT industry for over twenty years. During this time he founded and managed several IT service companies and is currently developing the award-winning software time cockpit with his team in his company software architects. Rainer holds degrees from the Higher Technical School for MIS, Leonding (AT) and the University of Derby (UK). He is author of several books and articles in magazines in the Microsoft .NET and C# environment. His technical focus is on C# and the .NET framework, XAML, the Microsoft Azure platform, SQL Server, and web development. He is a regular speaker and trainer at renowned conferences in Europe and the USA. In 2010 he was named one of the first MVPs for the Windows Azure platform by Microsoft. Since 2015 he is also Microsoft Regional Director.