Maurice de Beijer is an independent software consultant and trainer specializing in HTML5, REST, JavaScript, AngularJS and ASP.NET MVC. He currently teaches ECMAScript, TypeScript, React, AngularJS, Modern Web Development and ASP.NET MVC courses. He has been awarded the yearly Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award since 2005. Maurice is also very active in the Dutch dotNed user group where he regularly organizes meetings and the dotNed-Pluralsight study group meetings.