Aaron is a co-founder of Pluralsight where he focuses on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), XML and Web services technologies. He focuses primarily on the Microsoft platform and is considered an expert on BizTalk Server 2006 (R2) and Windows Communication Foundation in .NET 3.0. Aaron frequently consults with small companies to the largest enterprises on how to approach a realistic service-oriented architecture using these technologies. You can read more about what he's up to on his blog.

Aaron has also spent years developing course materials, and teaching professional developers throughout the world. Aaron frequently speaks at developer conferences including PDC, TechEd, and VSLive! to name a few, and he's on the advisory board for the Utah .NET User Group where he contributes locally. Microsoft recognizes Aaron as an Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his contributions to the developer community.

Aaron has written numerous books, articles, and whitepapers including the Essential XML Quick Reference (Addison Wesley, 2001), Essential XML (Addison Wesley, 2000), and his popular XML column , The XML Files,  in MSDN Magazine. He currently writes MSDN Magazine's Service Station column in conjunction with his blog of the same name.

Aaron lives in Utah with his wife Monica and four children Michelle, Michael, Nathan, and Gisela.