Devan Shepherd

Devan Shepherd is the author of Sams Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days, 2/e, ISBN: 0-672-32093-2.  He has more than 25 years of progressive experience in the IT industry as a developer, executive, solutions provider, public speaker, journal author, and instructor. Devan runs, as CEO and Chief Technical Officer, XMaLpha Technologies, LLC (http://XMaLpha.com), a successful consulting and technology training practice. XMaLpha has a proven track record of providing leading-edge high technology solutions for public and corporate clients with a focus on XML, Web Services, and e-Business.  Devan, licensed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities directorate also holds a full research and faculty position at St. Paul Technical College, where he teaches XML and other Web Development technologies, database fundamentals, programming and other IT courses.  Formerly, Devan served five years as the Director of Information Systems for the U.S. National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) at its world headquarters in Minneapolis, MN.  Devan has extensive experience in the fields of Health Care, Defense, Banking, Legal and Medico/Legal Litigation Support.  

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