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+{
+  "name": "Derek Comartin",
+  "photo": "derek-comartin.jpg",
+  "bio": "Derek Comartin is software developer with two decades of professional software development experience. He's written software for a variety of business domains such as distribution, transportation, manufacturing, and accounting. Derek has a very active blog at codeopinion.com, that focuses on .NET, Software Architecture and Design.",
+  "twitter": "https://twitter.com/codeopinion",
+  "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dcomartin/",
+  "youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RKA4vunFAfrfxiJhPEplw"
+}