Frank Nimphius is a Senior Principal Product Manager in the Oracle application development tools group at Oracle Corporation, specializing in Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF).
In his current position, Frank represents and evangelizes the Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle ADF products worldwide as a speaker at user group and technology conferences as well as in various publications. Frank runs the ADF Code Corner website, the "OTN Forum Harvest" blog, and is the co-author of the Oracle Fusion Developer Guide book published in 2009 by McGraw-Hill.
Sten E. Vesterli took up Oracle development as his first job after graduating from the Technical University of Denmark, and hasn't looked back since. He has worked with almost every development tool and server Oracle has produced in the last two decades, including Oracle ADF, JDeveloper, WebLogic, SQL Developer, Oracle Portal, BPEL, Collaboration Suite, Designer, Forms, Reports, and even Oracle Power Objects.
He started sharing his knowledge with a conference presentation in 1997 and has since given more than 100 conference presentations at Oracle OpenWorld and at ODTUG, IOUG, UKOUG, DOAG, and other user group conferences around the world. His presentations are highly rated by the participants, and in 2010 he received the ODTUG Best Speaker award.
He has also written numerous articles, participated in podcasts, and has written Oracle Web Applications 101, McGraw-Hill, and Oracle ADF Enterprise Application Development – Made Simple, Packt Publishing. He is currently writing his third book on Oracle ADF Essentials.
Oracle has recognized Sten's skills as an expert communicator on Oracle technology by awarding him the prestigious title of Oracle ACE Director, which is carried by less than 100 people in the world. He is also an Oracle Fusion User Experience Advocate and sits on the Oracle Usability advisory board, and he is part of the Oracle WebLogic Partner Council as well.
Based in Denmark, Sten is a partner in the Oracle consulting company Scott/Tiger, where he works as a Senior Principal Consultant. When not writing books or presenting, he helps customers choose the appropriate technology for their needs, teaching, mentoring, and leading development projects. In his spare time, Sten enjoys triathlon and completed his first Ironman in 2012.