Thierry Leriche-Dessirier works as a freelance JEE consultant (www.icauda.com) in Paris. He has 20 years of experience in the Java, web, and Agile development domains. He teaches software engineering at ESIEA (www.esiea.fr), and in between handling two baby bottles, he writes for blogs and magazines, such as Developpez (www.developpez.com) and Programmez (www.programmez.com). He has also created a free online DISC (Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness: www.profil4.com) test, which is used to improve management.

Sven Panko has been developing software for the past 20 years and is enthusiastic about and dedicated to software craftsmanship and software design. He has worked as a developer, architect, chief architect, and head of software architecture for several IT companies worldwide. He is currently running his own consulting company based in Dusseldorf, Germany, where he supports clients in technology evaluation and in building robust and resilient distributed software. His special interests include performance tuning, API design (particularly, open cloud APIs), and concurrency. He also works as a motivational coach and personal trainer for teams in order to increase productivity, while ensuring that all team members help build a great working environment that is fun to work in.

You can reach Sven via e-mail at <[email protected]> or his consulting site at www.intuitiveminds.de.

Adam Weidner recently graduated from Michigan Technological University and is currently employed as a software engineer. Adam knows many different languages and has experience in dozens of tools and technologies. He has also worked on big data projects and distributed systems in the past. He mostly spends his time working on various projects, writing web applications, and reading books and articles online. You can read about and contact him on his website http://adamweidner.com/.