Bill Wagner (software)
Bill Wagner is an American software developer, known as an expert in the C# programming language.
Wagner received a B.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He was self-employed consultant for eight years before joining with Dianne Marsh to cofound SRT Solutions, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based software development company, in 1999. Wagner won an Automation Alley Emerging Technology Leader award in 2011.
Wagner is known primarily for.Net development work, particularly C#. He is the author of several manuals, including Effective C# and More Effective C#. Wagner has written a number of articles appearing in MSDN Magazine, the C# Developer Center, Visual C++ Developer's Journal, Visual Studio Magazine, ASP.NET Pro Magazine, .NET Developer's Journal, as well as technical articles for software developers. Wagner wrote a set of programming idioms for C#. Wagner has stated that he has been developing with C# since public betas for C# 1.0 were released. Prior to that time, Wagner had worked with C++ and Java. In addition to C#, Wagner also has service-oriented architecture skills.
Wagner was appointed Microsoft regional director for Michigan in 2003, and he was reappointed and named a Microsoft MVP in 2005.
Wagner is a founding member and past president of the Great Lakes.NET User Group and the Ann Arbor.NET Developers Group, and a contributor to the Ann Arbor Computer Society.
