Esteban S. Abait is a senior software architect, and a former PhD student. He has experience devising the architecture of complex software products, and planning its development. He has worked both onsite, and offshore for clients such as Cisco, Intuit, and SouthWest. During his career he has worked with different technologies such as Java, PHP, Ruby, and Node.js, among others. In recent years, his main interests revolve around web mobile and REST APIs. He has developed large, maintainable web applications using JavaScript. In addition, he has worked assessing clients on REST best practices. At the same time, he has worked on high traffic web sites, where topics such as replication, sharding, or distributed caches are key to scalability.
He is currently working at Globant as a technical director. In this role, he works to ensure the project's delivery meet their deadlines with the best quality. He also designs software program training and interviews software developers. In addition, he travels to clients to provide consultancy on web technologies.
Globant (http://www.globant.com/) is a new breed of technology service providers focused on delivering innovative software solutions by leveraging emerging technologies and trends. Globant combines the engineering and technical rigor of IT service providers with the creative and cultural approach of digital agencies. Globant is the place where engineering, design, and innovation meet scale.
Tristan Denyer is a UX designer for web and mobile applications, including web apps and portals, e-commerce, online video players and widgets, games (online, iPhone, board), marketing sites, and more. He is also a UI developer and WordPress theme developer. He is currently leading the UX design for the product team at a start-up in San Francisco. He recently wrote a book, A Practical Handbook to WordPress Themes, CreateSpace, to help owners and operators of self-hosted WordPress websites get the most out of their themes. His passions include prototyping, web security, writing, carpentry, and burritos. He can be contacted through Twitter (@tristandenyer), GitHub (https://github.com/tristandenyer), and his portfolio and blog (http://tristandenyer.com/).
Christopher Scott Hernandez is a designer turned developer who has been working on the Web since 1996, when he built the Web's first boat upholstery site for his dad. He's since moved on to bringing his expertise to companies small and large, having worked on some of the most visited sites in the world, including eBay, LinkedIn, and Apple.
He was also a technical reviewer for HTML5 Multimedia Development Cookbook, Packt Publishing. He is an avid reader and lover of books. When he's not pushing pixels and writing code, he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter exploring the parks and trails of beautiful Austin, Texas.
J. Pedro Ribeiro is a Brazilian user interface engineer living in the heart of London. He has been working on the Web for several years coding websites for start-ups and large companies. Currently, at RetailMeNot UK, he is responsible for creating the mobile first experience at VoucherCodes.co.uk (http://vouchercodes.co.uk/), focusing on performance and usability.
On his personal site, http://jpedroribeiro.com, he writes about frontend technologies, books, and personal projects. Some of these projects and experiments can be found at http://github.com/jpedroribeiro. On Twitter, he can be found at twitter.com/jpedroribeiro.
Marija Zaric is a web designer living in Belgrade with a focus on individual and commercial clients that demand websites that are clear, modern, creative, simple, and responsive. She works with clients from the USA and all over the world, helping them to present their services in a unique yet professional way.
She is a relentless learner. What she loves most about web design are the constant changes in the field, especially its evolution in the last four years when she got inspired by simplicity, great images, typography, and the possibility to optimize a single website for various devices.
She designed and incorporated these styles into her own website and called it Creative Simplicity. She was a reviewer for the books Responsive Media in HTML5 and Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3, both by Packt Publishing.
Her projects can be found at http://www.marijazaric.com/.