Minessale - FreeSWITCH C cookbook: over 40 recipes to help you get the most out of your FreeSWITCH server: [quick answers to common problems]

Anthony Minessale has been working with computers for nearly 30 years. He is the primary author of FreeSWITCH and Director of Engineering at Barracuda Networks. Anthony created and continues to run the ClueCon Telephony Developers Conference held every August in Chicago.

Anthony has extensive experience in the Internet industry and VoIP. He has contributed heavily to the Asterisk open source project producing many features that are still in use today. At Barracuda Networks, Anthony oversees the production and development of the CudaTEL PBX appliance that uses FreeSWITCH as its core telephony engine. This is Anthony's second book; he has also co-authored the FreeSWITCH 1.0.6 book published by Packt Publishing.

I would like to thank my awesome family: my wife Jill, son Eric, and daughter Abbi, for putting up with the long hours and supporting me on my cause to revolutionize the telephony industry. I would also like to thank the open source community at large especially those involved in the FreeSWITCH project and I hope to see you all every summer at ClueCon!

Michael S. Collins is a telephony and open source software enthusiast. He is a PBX veteran, having worked as a PBX technician for five years and as the head of IT for a call center for more than nine years. Michael is an active member of the FreeSWITCH community and has co-authored Packt Publishing's FreeSWITCH 1.0.6 . He resides in Central California with his wife and two children and currently works for Barracuda Networks, Inc.

I would like to thank first and foremost my wife, Lisa, my daughter Katherine and my son, Sean, who keep me going each day. I would also like to thank the many FreeSWITCH experts around the world who are so willing to answer technical questions: Michael Jerris, Moises Silva, Raymond Chandler, Mathieu Ren, Ken Rice, and many more. I would especially like to thank Brian K. West for patiently educating me in the ways of VoIP.

Finally, I give my continued thanks to Anthony Minessale. In addition to authoring an amazing piece of software he has graciously let me work closely with the very talented core FreeSWITCH development team.

Darren Schreiber is the CEO and Co-Founder of 2600hz. He began working heavily in open source voice with the FreeSWITCH project, where he engaged with Brian, Mike, and Anthony. His projects have since evolved into two enterprise VoIP platforms that allow a multitude of development of voice, SMS, and video applications to be delivered to customers. Darren's 15 years of voice and IT experience include developing multiple enterprise SaaS infrastructures for hosting and remotely managing IT, voice, and e-commerce services. Darren is a guest lecturer at major universities on VoIP technology and leads paid international VoIP trainings. As a serious telephony enthusiast since a young age, he has worked extensively with VoIP technologies. Darren graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Computer Science and Business Management.

Darren is also a co-author on the original FreeSWITCH Telephony Book.

I'd like to thank, first and foremost, the FreeSWITCH team. Without them, I wouldn't have been challenged with some of the most intriguing technology and people I've ever worked with. It has been a gift working with them.

I'd also like to thank my family and friends who have put up with my crazy work schedule and constant tardiness, and have helped provide funds and morale support for our work. Specifically my parents who demand a check-in on how things are going at least once a week. Thanks for everything.

Finally, I'd like to thank the open source community. Their tireless patience and countless selfless contributions are a constant reminder that the world is not an evil place, and that people are generally out for the greater good of society.

Raymond Chandler ( @intralanman ) has been working with, and contributing to, open source projects for over a decade. Raymond's VoIP experience started with a small CLEC/ITSP using SER for call routing, and Asterisk for voicemail and advanced services. After encountering limits in Asterisk and looking for features not easily found in SER, he moved to using OpenSER and CallWeaver (then known as OpenPBX.org). While that combination was better, Raymond still had not found his perfect solution.

In 2006, Raymond was introduced to FreeSWITCH. Since then, he's been using FreeSWITCH and regularly contributing to the community. Raymond is the author of mod_lcr and several utility PHP/perl scripts. Raymond now works with Anthony Minessale as a CudaTel Software Engineer at Barracuda Networks ( @CudaTel and @BarracudaLabs ).

In the spring of 2011, Raymond was among the founding members of the Open Source Telephony Advancement Group ( @OSTAG ), whose mission is to advance open source telephony to new heights by funding open source projects through funds received by generous contributions and grants from those who share the OSTAG vision.

I'd like to thank my loving wife, Samantha, and our children for their support while they get less time with me than any of us would like.

I'd also like to thank the countless volunteers that step up to help out in the FreeSWITCH and other open source project communities. It would be impossible to keep any project running without them.

Jonathan Augenstine , Telephony Systems Development and Operations.

After graduating from college in 1982, Jonathan spent 12 years working in the analytical instrumentation field developing and deploying equipment into electronics and disk drive analysis applications. He worked in applications, engineering, and software development, and as product manager on the team that developed custom wafer monitoring equipment that was incorporated into wafer fabs for Intel, DEC, and IBM.