Don Smith, Microsoft, USADon Smith is a Lead Program Manager on the patterns & practices team at Microsoft and is focused on distributed application development and architecture. As a team member, Don was responsible for helping build all releases of the Web Service Software Factory and other Web service-related guidance. He has over 12 years of development experience and during the 6 years at Microsoft before he joined p&p 3 years ago, Don provided design & code reviews, training, and consulting for Microsoft customers on their distributed solutions.