Ray Rischpater is a software engineer and author with over 20 years of industry experience and sixteen books to his credit. Beginning with software development for mobile platforms, he’s done work in several areas, including mobile, web services, building tools for mapping and geospatial engineering, and applying machine learning to geospatial processing problems.

During this time, he’s participated in the development of Internet technologies and custom applications for Newton, Magic Cap, Palm OS, Java ME, Qualcomm BREW, Apple iOS, and Google Android, as well as several proprietary platforms. Over the last six years, his focus has shifted from mobile applications and services to building tools, software processes, and machine learning models to facilitate mapping the real world. Presently, he’s employed as a software engineering manager at Uber, doing work on mapping and machine learning.

When not writing for or about software development, he enjoys making music, hiking, and photography with his family and friends in and around the San Lorenzo Valley in central California. When he’s able, he also provides public service through amateur radio as the licensed Amateur Extra station KF6GPE.

He is the author of Microsoft Mapping with Carmen Au, by Apress (published in 2013) and Application Development with Qt Creator, Second Edition, by Packt (published in 2014). He has written several other books, including Beginning Java ME Platform (Beginning from Novice to Professional), by Apress (published in 2008), Software Development for the QUALCOMM BREW Platform, by Apress (published in 2003), Wireless Web Development, First Edition, by Apress (published in 2002), and Wireless Web Development, Second Edition, by Apress (published in 2004).