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Thilo Frotscher
Independent Software Architect
"Thilo Frotscher is an independent Software Architect and
Trainer. Besides working in software projects of various clients
he also regularly facilitates training courses, seminars and
workshops. Thilo is an internationally acknowledged expert for Java and Web service technology and has been frequently invited to present at conferences. He has trained undreds of developers worldwide, written numerous articles for trade magazines and (co-)authored three books about Java, Web Services and SOA."Neal Ford
ThoughtWorks
Neal Ford is a senior application architect at ThoughtWorks. He is also the designer and developer of applications, instructional materials, magazine articles, courseware, video/DVD presentations, and author of the books Developing with Delphi: Object-Oriented Techniques, JBuilder 3 Unleashed, and Art of Java Web Development. He is also the editor and a contributor to No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology : The 2006 Edition and No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology Volume 2: The 2007 Edition. His primary consulting focus is the building of large-scale enterprise applications. He is also an internationally acclaimed speaker, having spoken at numerous developer conferences worldwide. Check out his web site at http://www.nealford.com.Mike Keith
Oracle Corp
Mike Keith was a co-lead of the EJB 3.0 and JPA 1.0 specifications in addition to representing Oracle on the Java EE 5 specification expert group. He co-authored the premier JPA reference book called Pro EJB 3: Java Persistence API and has over 15 years of teaching, research and development experience in object-oriented and distributed systems, specializing in object persistence. He currently works as an architect for Java persistence strategies at Oracle and represents Oracle on the JPA 2.0 (JSR 317) and Java EE 6 (JSR 316) expert groups. He is a popular speaker at numerous conferences and events around the world.Shaun Smith
Oracle TopLink
Shaun Smith is a product manager for Oracle TopLink and an active member of the Eclipse community. He's Ecosystem Development Lead for the Eclipse Persistence Services Project (EclipseLink), a committer on the Eclipse EMFT Teneo, and co-lead of the Eclipse Dali Java Persistence Tools. Prior to joining the TopLink team at Oracle, Shaun was a consultant specializing in application architecture and an agile software development coach with a particular focus on developing enterprise applications using test driven design. He's a frequent conference presenter on the topic of object persistence.
Erik Doernenburg
Thoughtworks
Erik Dörnenburg is a Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks Inc. where he is
helping clients with the design and implementation of large-scale enterprise
solutions. Building on his experience with J2EE, Microsoft .NET and other
environments, Erik is continually exploring patterns of enterprise software.
He is an advocate of agile development and Open Source software, holds a
degree in Informatics from the University of Dortmund and has studied
Computer Science and Linguistics at the University College Dublin.
Jonas Jacobi
Kaazing
As co-founder of Kaazing Corporation, Jonas Jacobi oversees all aspects of Kaazing's operations and mission to become the world-wide leader in real-time Web infrastructure. A native of Sweden, Jonas has worked in the software industry for more than sixteen years in roles ranging from consulting to product management. Before founding Kaazing, Jonas worked as VP of Product Management responsible for the product management at Brane Corporation, a Silicon Valley startup. Prior to his appointment at Brane, he worked eight years at Oracle as a Java EE and open source evangelist, and product manager responsible for the product direction of JavaServer Faces, Oracle ADF Faces, and Oracle ADF Faces Rich Client in the Oracle JDeveloper team. Jonas is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has written numerous articles on emerging technologies. He is also co-author of the best-selling book - Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components (Apress).
Ric Smith
Kaazing
Ric Smith provides Kaazing Corporation with a wealth of experience in product management and consulting for enterprise products and services.
Prior to joining Kaazing, Mr. Smith was a Principal Product Manager for Oracle's Fusion Middleware at Oracle's Headquarters in Redwood Shores, CA.
In his role as a Principal Product Manager he was responsible for the evangelism and product direction of Oracle's AJAX and Java EE Web Tier
offerings-- the technologies that power the user interfaces for Oracle's acclaimed Fusion Middleware and Fusion Applications. Before joining the Fusion Middleware team, Mr. Smith worked for Oracle's consulting business as a Principal Consultant where he led development of mission critical applications for prominent organizations within the defense/intelligence industry. In addition, Mr. Smith won consecutive awards for technical achievement for each year of his tenure as a consultant. Mr. Smith is a frequent speaker at international events and has written articles featured in leading industry publications such as Java Developer's Journal and AJAX World Magazine. He is also a representative to the OpenAjax Alliance and an honors graduate of the University of Arizona.
Paul Henaghan
Senior Vice President - Asia, Software AG
Paul Henaghan is the senior vice president for Software AG in Asia, with direct responsibility for all sales and services operations for the company’s two business lines, Enterprise Transaction Systems and webMethods. Paul is based in Singapore and is responsible for developing relationships and business opportunities with existing clients and driving new business opportunities through offices and partners in Singapore, Honk Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, China, Thailand and India. Paul joined Software AG in August 2005 and was responsible for the webMethods business in Australia and New Zealand where over a period of two years, Paul and his team achieved significant wins more than doubling revenue. In August 2007, following the merger with Software AG, Paul was promoted to senior vice president Asia Pacific and Japan for the webMethods business line. And in June 2008, Paul was again promoted to his current position and relocated to Singapore. Prior to joining webMethods, Paul was the senior director at Oracle Corporation where he was responsible for the government, health and education lines of business in Australia and New Zealand. Previous roles include General Manager and Director at Advantage Group, a publicly listed New Zealand information technology company, and CEO at Walker Datavision, a privately held wireless technology company. Paul’s 20 years information technology experience includes working in Europe, Southern Africa, South East Asia and Latin America.
Albert Taym
Director - Service Oriented Architecture, Oracle Corporation
Albert Tay is Director and Certified Sales Leader for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). In his current capacity, Mr. Tay is responsible for driving the sales and strategy of SOA products and solutions across the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Tay brings to Oracle a broad base of experience in the middleware and enterprise business integration space. Over the last 15 years, he has developed expertise in key focus areas such as the creation of new growth engines, management of partner and skills ecosystem initiatives, and strategic business planning. With 15 years of experience in Information Technology, business strategy and complex IT architectures and infrastructures, Mr. Tay has worked with major corporations in evaluating and adapting emerging IT technologies into existing corporate frameworks. He is also a regular speaker at industry conferences and technical symposiums on topics such as SOA, open systems & software, and on-demand. Mr. Tay holds a Bachelor Degree of Management and Marketing from Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia, and is an Exco member of the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) SOAChapter.
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