Dave Fancher is the founder of Achiiv Solutions in Carmel, Indiana, Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio and Development Technologies, author of The Book of F# (No Starch Press), and author of Functional Programming with C# and Building F# Type Providers on Pluralsight. He has been building software for more than 15 years with an emphasis on Microsoft technologies and functional programming. Dave is active within the software development community and has spoken at numerous events throughout the United States. When not writing code or writing about code he enjoys spending time with his family, watching movies, and gaming on his Xbox One.