Alberto Ferrari is a consultant, trainer and software developer in the Business Intelligence field. He has particular competence and experience of BI solutions in sectors like financial services, manufacturing, commercial distribution and TV broadcasts. He works as a mentor for several software houses who need to implement complex BI solutions.

Alberto is one of the authors of the SQLBI Methodology and of the books "Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services". He is currently writing a book about PowerPivot that will be soon published by Microsoft Press.

Marco Russo is a consultant and trainer in Business Intelligence.

He is a founder of SQLBI (www.sqlbi.com), which provides mentoring and consulting on Business Intelligence based on Microsoft technologies. He has particular competence and experience in sectors like financial services, manufacturing, gambling, and commercial distribution.

Marco has several Microsoft certifications including SSAS Maestro, MCDBA, MCSD, MCSA and MCAD, and is also an MVP and a former MCT. In addition to his BI-related publications, he has authored books about .NET programming. He is also a speaker at international conferences such as Microsoft Ignite, TechEd, PASS Summit, and SQLBits.