Colin Yates is a J2EE principal architect who
specializes in web-based development. He has been a freelance
consultant for the past three years and has worked in a number of
environments, both structured and chaotic. Since graduating with a
software engineering degree in 1997, he has held a number of
positions, including development lead, principal systems engineer,
mentor, and professional trainer. His principal skill set includes
mentoring others, architecting complex problems into manageable
solutions, and optimizing development processes.
Colin was first introduced to the Spring Framework in January
2003 by his mentors, Peter Den Haan and David Hewitt, and he has
never looked back. After a couple of years using the Spring and
Hibernate technology stack to good effect, in May 2005 he became
one of the early adopters of Spring Web Flow, finally finding the
missing item in the web development toolbox. A self-confessed
addict of the green bar that comes from following test-driven
development and XP, Colin regularly frustrates new team members by
introducing a continuous build environment.
When not hanging around the Spring support forums
(http://forum.springframework.org), Colin can be found out walking
with his wife and two dogs, practicing martial arts, attending his
local church, or preparing for the arrival of his first child.
Seth Ladd is a software engineer and
professional Spring Framework trainer and mentor specializing in
object-oriented and testable web applications. He started his own
company building websites at age 17, but now enjoys having a real
job. Currently working for Camber Corporation, Seth has built and
deployed systems for NEC, Rochester Institute of Technology, Brivo
Systems, and National Information Consortium. He has architected
and developed enterprise applications in Java and C for both the
server and remotely connected embedded devices. He enjoys speaking
and teaching, and is a frequent presenter at local Java user groups
and at corporate developer conferences. Seth is very thankful for
living and working in Kailua, Hawaii, with his wife.
Steven Devijver is an experienced Java
developer who started developing J2EE applications in 2000. In 2003
he discovered the Spring Framework, and since then he has been one
of its most enthusiastic users. Steven is a senior consultant at
Interface21, teaching hundreds of students every year about the
Spring Framework.
Darren Davison is a principal consultant for
UPCO, specializing in J2EE and open source Java technologies. He
has been involved with Spring since the summer of 2003, well before
its 1.0 release, and he used the framework to underpin a global
intranet site for an investment bank. Darren has previously worked
for multinational manufacturing and engineering companies on
e-business, infrastructure, and many web-based projects. Away from
work, Darren enjoys the never-ending journey of discovery that is
GNU/Linux. When not in front of a computer screen, he likes reading
and any form of live entertainment.