 Kulvir Singh Bhogal works as a consultant for the IBM Software Services for WebSphere unit, devising and implementing WebSphere-centric solutions at customer sites across the nation. He has more than 70 patents pending in a myriad of technology areas. Kulvir has written for numerous publications including JavaPro Magazine, IBM developerWorks, Java Developer's Journal, DB2 Magazine, DevX, InformIT, and WebSphere Advisor Magazine. Kulvir holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix.
 Dr. Sean Blanton, Catalyst Systems Corporation has worked for Catalyst Systems Corporation for eight years developing, supporting, selling, and evangelizing Openmake build management software. In the course of his work with the services side of Catalyst he has helped more than 100 companies manage software change processes.
 Jonas Bonér is working at Terracotta Inc. with a focus on strategy, product development & architecture and technical evangelism. Prior to Terracotta, Jonas was a senior software engineer at the JRockit team at BEA Systems, where he was working on runtime tools, JVM support for AOP and technology evangelism. He is the founder of the AspectWerkz AOP framework and committer to the Eclipse AspectJ 5 project. Jonas is a frequent speaker on AOP and other emerging technologies (JavaOne, JAOO, eWorld, Javapolis, AOSD conferences etc.). He frequently blogs at: http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/jboner/
 Toufic Boubez, Chief Technology Officer, Layer 7 Technologies, is a well-respected and renowned Web services visionary. Prior to co-founding Layer 7 Technologies, he was the Chief Web Services Architect for IBM's Software Group and drove their early XML and Web services strategies. He worked as IBM's technical representative to the UDDI Web services consortium and participated on several standards bodies including the UN/CEFACT/OASIS ebXML initiative. During this time, Toufic co-authored the original UDDI API specification. Toufic also managed some of IBM Global Services' largest e-business engagements. He is a sought-after presenter and has chaired many XML and Web services conferences. In 2002, InfoWorld named Toufic to its "Ones to Watch" list. An author of many publications, his most recent book is the top-selling Building Web Services with Java: Making Sense of XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. Toufic holds a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Rutgers University.
 Brent Carlson is VP of technology and co-founder, LogicLibrary, Inc. Recently named to InfoWorld's list of "CTOs to Watch in 2004," he drives the development and delivery of LogicLibrary's products. Brent is a 17-year veteran of IBM, where he served as lead architect for the WebSphere Business Components project and held numerous leadership roles on the "IBM SanFrancisco Project." Carlson recently led LogicLibrary's product development team in porting the Logidex solution to the .NET platform. He is the co-author of two books: San Francisco Design Patterns: Blueprints for Business Software (with James Carey and Tim Graser) and Framework Process Patterns: Lessons Learned Developing Application Frameworks (with James Carey). He is a BEA Regional Director and holds 16 software patents, with eight more currently under evaluation.
 Dave Chappell is chief technology evangelist for Sonic Software, a provider of integration products and services for the real-time enterprise. He is the author of the book Enterprise Service Bus and a member of the JSR-208 Expert Group. Dave has more than 20 years of experience in the software industry covering a broad range of roles including R&D, codeslinger, sales, support, and marketing. He has a strong passion for shaping the future of technology, and enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with others.
 Gary Dykstra works closely with Compuware's most sophisticated Java customers. While at Compuware, he has appeared as a featured speaker at various trade shows and user group conferences all over the world including JavaOne, and writes technical white papers to promote Compuware technology. Gary specializes in Compuware's development tools and tackles topics such as Model Driven Testing, Code Generation, and Model Driven Architecture. He explores much of his subject matter while pursuing his Masters of Computer Science at Harvard University in Cambridge.
 Bob Evans has over 10 years experience building Object-Oriented applications in diverse fields such as network management and finance. Currently, he works on research and new products at Agitar Software. Previously, he worked on JBuilder at Borland Software Corporation. He is a long time member of the Silicon Valley Patterns Group. He speaks frequently on technical topics including presenting at JavaOne, SD West, and the Agile Development Conference. His mission is to make computers easier for everyone to use by creating more powerful tools.
 Marc Fleury, JBoss. Born in Paris in 1968, Marc Fleury got his Ph.D in physics from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. He started in Sales at Sun Microsystems France and then moved to the United States where he worked on early Java enablement of SAP at SAPLabs. Marc started the JBoss project in 1999. An ex-Lieutenant in the paratroopers, Marc holds a degree in Mathematics from the Ecole Polytechnique, a masters in Theoretical Physics from the Ecole Normale ULM and was a visiting scientist at MIT during his thesis. Marc's research interest focuses on aspect-oriented middleware.
Robert Greene, Versant. Robert Greene is responsible for defining Versant's overall product strategy and direction, including strategic planning, product marketing, product planning, advertising, public relations, and business development. Greene provides guidance and technical expertise to key customers regarding Versant's product lines, including product architecture, implementation, features, and future capabilities. Greene joined Versant in 1997 in the role of director of technical services, and was promoted to director of systems engineering in March of 2000. Since that time, he has helped many large companies implement next-generation business systems in the bio-informatics, telecommunications, defense, finance, and transportation industries. An industry thought leader with extensive experience in object-oriented systems design, Greene presents regularly at Java conferences and seminars on the topic of object persistence and J2EE application architectures. He holds a BSEE from Florida State University.
 Chris Haddad is applications practice manager at the Burton Group. He has more than 14 years of experience architecting and managing development initiatives, and advising on product strategy for Web service companies such as Grand Central, Flamenco Networks (Digital Evolution), Computer Associates (formerly Adjoin), Securant, Employease, Jamcracker, and TRX. An expert in the design of service oriented architecture and business class Web service infrastructure, he chaired the IBSi Technology Committee and the Web Services Special Interest Group.
 Mark Howe, Staff Engineer, Borland, has over twenty years experience developing leading edge, object oriented hi-tech software solutions. During the past four years, Mark has concentrated on Java development tools, including a refactoring framework for JBuilder and a two-way source code framework for JBuilder and Eclipse. Previously Mark was Director of R&D at PhotoChannel.com where his team developed one of the industries first significant J2EE applications.
Ira Heffan is an attorney in the Intellectual Property Transactions and Strategies group of Goodwin Procter LLP. Ira concentrates his practice on strategic intellectual property counseling, patent and trademark portfolio development, intellectual property aspects of corporate transactions, and disputes relating to computer hardware and software technology. He also regularly counsels clients on intellectual property licensing matters, including negotiation of software license agreements and appropriate use of software distributed under free and open source licenses. Ira has authored and co-authored various articles about intellectual property law and open source software, and regularly speaks at conferences on those topics.
Kwang Sik Kang is an IT architect with IBM's Software Services for WebSphere unit, consulting IBM clientele on the architecture and development of critical systems. Kang has been published in industry periodicals and is the founder of the WorldWide WebSphere User Group's Charlotte, NC Chapter. Kang is currently pursing a Master's Degree in Computer Science (CS) & holds a Bachelor's Degree in CS from SUNY Binghamton.
Jon Kern is one of the authors of The Agile Manifesto; was coauthor of Java Design: Building Better Apps and Applets (Prentice Hall PRT, 1998) with Peter Coad; and was one of the initial executives at TogetherSoft. He cofounded the Agile Alliance and served on its initial board of directors, and he has a tremendous amount of experience helping teams succeed around the world.
Matt Klassen is a Sr. Product Marketing Manager for Borland Software and has over 12 years experience in software development marketing, product management, and technical sales support. He recently came to Borland from IBM Rational where he held management positions and provided technical sales support and marketing expertise for IBM Rational solutions. Matt brings with him a track record of helping premier companies like American Express, Honeywell, and Intel solve difficult development problems such as improving their software development capabilities with people, process, and tools in addition to removing the barriers and issues presented with offshore and distributed development. At Borland, he is leveraging this experience and helping the company solidifying its Software Delivery Optimization vision by leading product marketing for requirements management (CaliberRM) and SCM (StarTeam) solutions.
Sridhar Iyengar is an IBM distinguished engineer in the Rational CTO team and leads the technical strategy for IBM Rational Software. His work focuses on the use of models, metadata, and transformation frameworks that can be used to create an integrated software development platform built using industry standards and the open source Eclipse framework. Sridhar led the definition of the initial MOF and XMI standards and their integration and use by UML and now the MDA suite of standards.
 Tyler Jewell is senior director of product management for custom application solutions at Quest Software. He is considered a foremost expert on the J2EE and .Net markets and a visionary in creating powerful strategies and execution plans. As a J2EE and Web services thought leader, Tyler has authored three books, authored more than three dozen articles, and has spoken at more than 200 industry events, some as a keynote speaker.
Mike Keith, Oracle. Based in Ottawa, Canada, Mike Keith h as 15 years of teaching, research, and practical experience in object-based and object-oriented systems, specializing in object persistence. At Oracle, Mr. Keith oversees the design of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Containers, as well as the Oracle TopLink persistence engine. Considered an expert in distributed persistent object systems, Mr. Keith has designed and implemented numerous persistent object systems for Fortune 100 corporations. He has been involved in EJB since its initial release through spec reviews and CMP implementation products and has recently been engaged in helping to architect Oracle’s EJB 3.0 implementation in OC4J. Mr. Keith is the co-specification lead of EJB 3.0 (JSR 220). He also represents Oracle on the Java EE 5 expert group (JSR 244). He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events and holds a Masters in Computer Science from Carleton University.
John Kuriakose is a senior technical architect at SET Labs, Java Centre of Excellence, Infosys Technologies. He is involved in research and development of tools and frameworks for enterprise application development in Java and has 13 years of experience in software development. John also was chief architect for the first in-house deployed Internet Banking Solution in the GULF region, and he has authored several papers and articles on software engineering. Fabrice Lebegue is the CTO and a cofounder of Via Strategies, a fast-growing consulting firm specializing in IT-business alignment and more specifically in the fields of service-oriented architectures, enterprise architectures, IT change, IT processes, and governance. Prior to founding Via Strategies, Fabrice worked for BEA Systems for over five years as the practice director of the Strategic Consulting Services practice, and the North American SOA Practice lead, advising BEA customers on SOA and IT transformation strategies. Throughout his career, Fabrice has been involved in major integration, transformation, and software engineering initiatives across a variety of industries. Prior to working for BEA, he worked for Rational Software as a software engineering advisor to Rational Software customers. Fabrice holds a Master’s degree in Applied Sciences from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal and a B.Eng in computer science and applied mathematics from ENSEEIHT, France.
 David Linthicum is the CTO at Grand Central Communications and an expert in the application integration and open standards areas. David is the author of eight books, including his latest: Next Generation Application Integration.
Dr. Nataraj Nagaratnam is the chief architect for identity management at IBM and lead architect for on-demand security infrastructure and technical strategy. As a senior technical staff member, he drives security architecture and design activities across IBM products and platforms through the Tivoli organization. Dr. Nagaratnam was lead security architect for WebSphere Application Server and then for the WebSphere Platform. He also leads and participates in various open standards activities in standards organizations and has authored and coauthored journal articles, papers, books, and security specifications.
Andrew Nash is CTO of Reactivity, and he was formerly the director of technologies at RSA Security in the office of the CTO where he led RSA’s efforts within the Liberty Alliance on the Strong Authentication Expert Group to create a model for industry-wide, open, strong authentication systems. He is a known leader in PKI and Web services security markets and the coauthor of numerous Web services specifications including Web Services Security, WS-Trust, WS-Federation, WS-SecureConversation, and WS-SecurityPolicy.
Jeffrey Poulin has more than 14 years of experience as the technical lead on large systems development and integration projects and currently serves as Systems Architect at Lockheed Martin Systems Integration. Dr. Poulin's landmark work on the business case for software reuse forms the basis for the reuse measurements and return on investment (ROI) models used by industry and government organizations worldwide. In addition, he has authored more 70 technical publications, including Measuring Software Reuse: Principles, Practices, and Economic Models.
Mirko Raner is a systems engineer with Parasoft Corporation, where he is part of the development team that is responsible for Jtest, an automated error prevention tool for Java. His areas of interest include coding standards enforcement, automated test generation, implementation of the Java Virtual Machine, and the Unicode standard. Mirko presents frequently at other conferences.
Joseph Stanko is a senior engineering manager in the Portal Platform group at Plumtree Software, where he leads the Security and Web Services team. This team is responsible for the portal's security model, integration with external security services such as LDAP and Single Sign-On, as well as integration with other external services using HTTP and SOAP. Joseph holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley .
Srikant Subramaniam leads the WebLogic Performance Team at BEA Systems and has worked on several releases of the WebLogic Server, starting from version 4.0. He is also a regular contributor of technical articles and talks on optimizing the performance and scalability of the WebLogic Server.
 Peter Varhol is principal product manager for developer tools at Progress Software. He writes on software development topics in a variety of different technology publications, and speaks on application architecture and design at industry conferences. Peter's credentials include graduate degrees in computer science and mathematics, and he has taught both subjects at the university level.
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