Matjaz B. Juric holds a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science. He is a full-time Professor at the university and head of the Cloud Computing and SOA Competence Centre. He is a Java Champion and Oracle ACE Director. He has more than 15 years of work experience. He has authored/coauthored Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) for Web Services (English and French editions), BPEL Cookbook: Best Practices for SOA-based integration and composite applications development (award for the best SOA book in 2007 by SOA World Journal), SOA Approach to Integration, Professional J2EE EAI, Professional EJB, J2EE Design Patterns Applied, and .NET Serialization Handbook. He has published chapters in More Java Gems (Cambridge University Press) and in Technology Supporting Business Solutions (Nova Science Publishers). He has also published journals and magazines, such as SOA World Journal, Web Services Journal, Java Developer's Journal, Java Report, Java World, EAI Journal, TheServerSide.com, OTN, ACM journals, and presented at conferences such as OOPSLA, Java Development, XML Europe, OOW, SCI, and others. He is a reviewer, program committee member, and conference organizer. He has been involved in several large-scale projects. In cooperation with IBM Java Technology Centre, he worked on performance analysis and optimization of RMI-IIOP, an integral part of the Java platform. He is also a member of the BPEL Advisory Board.
Swami Chandrasekaran works for IBM as an Industry Executive Architect for its Software Group — Industry Solutions. He provides architectural leadership for IBM tooling/product suite and works with its global customers in delivery of best-in-class solutions. His expertise includes next-generation networks, OSS/BSS, SOA, Dynamic BPM, and modern web-based architectures, and TM Forum Frameworx (NGOSS). He has travelled to almost 24 countries and is constantly sought after within the company for his technical leadership and client skills. His credits include technical and strategic interface with various senior executives and institutions, including Fortune 100/500 companies and international clients. He is the SME and co-lead Architect for the WebSphere Telecom Content Pack.
He has presented at several conferences, authored articles within IBM, articles featured in BearingPoint Institute for Thought Leadership and also holds several patent disclosures. He previously worked for BearingPoint and also for Ericsson Wireless Research. He lives with his wife Ramya and daughter Harshitha in Dallas, Texas. He is an avid video gamer and during his free time he likes to write at http://www.nirvacana.com. He holds a Master's in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas, Arlington.
Ales Frece (<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>) is a researcher at a university, where he is preparing his doctoral dissertation. He has participated in several SOA projects as a consultant and solution designer at the SOA Competence Centre and Cloud Computing Centre. He is involved in several research and applicative projects. He has published articles and attended conferences where he has presented his extensive knowledge on BPM, SOA, and IBM WebSphere platform. He holds several IBM SOA Technology certificates and has cooperated in launching the first cloud in Slovenia.
Matej Hertis (<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>) is a researcher at a university. He graduated in computer and information sciences and is now working on his doctoral thesis. His main research areas are SOA, BPM, and Cloud Computing. He has published several articles and presented in conferences. He has been involved in several IT projects as a consultant and is a vice-head project manager at SOA Competence Centre and Cloud Computing Centre. His main expertise includes BPM, SOA, and Cloud Computing, especially on IBM WebSphere platform. He holds IBM SOA Technology certificates.
Gregor Srdic (<[email protected]>) is a researcher at a university. He has been involved in several research and applicative projects as consultant and solution designer. He is also participating at the SOA Competency Centre and Cloud Computing Centre in the fields of SOA, BPM, and Cloud Computing. His main expertise includes business process design and business monitoring with IBM WebSphere platform and cloud management with IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance.