Keynote Speakers
Jim Waldo
Jim Waldo is a Distinguished Engineer with Sun Microsystems Laboratories, where he conducts research in large-scale distributed systems. Prior to (re)joining Sun Labs, Jim was the lead architect for Jini, a distributed programming system based on Java. He has also worked in the Java software product division and has done research in the areas of object-oriented programming and systems, general distributed computing, and user environments.
Before joining Sun, Jim spent eight years at Apollo Computer and Hewlett Packard. While at HP, he led the design and development of the first Object Request Broker, and was instrumental in getting that technology incorporated into the first OMG CORBA specification. He edited the book "The Evolution of C++: Language Design in the Marketplace of Ideas" (MIT Press), and was one of the authors of "The Jini Specification" (Addison Wesley), and participated in the National Academies' study on networks of embedded computers that resulted in the book "Embedded Everywhere."
Jim is an adjunct faculty member of Harvard University, where he teaches distributed computing in the department of computer science.
Jim received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). He also holds M.A. degrees in both linguistics and philosophy from the University of Utah. He is a member of the IEEE and ACM.
Ed Lance
Ed Lance has more than 10 years of industry experience as a developer, project lead, technical trainer and manager. A constant student himself, Ed is a Sun Certified Java Programmer, has Bachelor's of Science in Management and Communications and is currently working on a Master's Computer Information Technology. He is currently a Senior Trainer for Keane, where he works teaching, consulting and speaking at conferences.
In addition to occasional consulting work, Ed keeps his coding skills sharp writing courseware and hands-on labs for Keane. His passion is learning, discussing and teaching Java, Object Oriented Principles and Practices, and related topics.
Tory Zundel
Tory has over 15 years of professional experience in the field of Information Systems. In 2005 Tory joined Keane as an Education Consultant bringing his diverse technical background. He has been in the IT industry since graduating from Central Washington University with a degree in Computer Science. This degree punctuated a long pre-college love of computers, starting with an Apple //+ in the early 1980's.
Roger Kitain
Roger Kitain is currently the co-spec lead for JavaServer Faces at Sun Microsystems. Roger has extensively been involved with server side web technologies and products since 1997, including the early development efforts of the Software Download Center, Sun One Identity Server, and the JavaServer Faces Reference Implementation.
Gregory Pierce
Gregory Pierce has been an active mobile, gaming and enterprise developer for a number of years. His background includes serving as editor for JavaLobby's partner sites DeveloperZone and ServerZone, holding a seat on the Sun's Java Gaming Communities board of directors, serving as Director of Research and Development for Zenimax Media and Bethesda Softworks, working the salt mines of government contracting building counter narcotics and visualization/simulation projects, authoring papers and presentations on J2ME, JOGL (Java's official OpenGL bindings), LWJGL (Lightweight Java Game Library), coauthoring Direct3D Professional Reference and contributing to numerous open source projects including. Greg is a Sun certified Java Developer and Sun certified Enterprise Architect, and currently works as a Software Architect within the bowels of Time Warner in Atlanta, GA.
Jason Chambers
Jason Chambers is a Lead Architect for nuBridges - a leading supplier of eBusiness Solutions. Currently based in Atlanta, he has been involved in software development for 15 years working. He is actively involved in the local technology community and has spoken at several AJUG events and meetings in addition to being a core member of the Atlanta Chapter of IASA. Prior to joining nuBridges, he worked at Delta Technology as the Principal Architect responsible for the Customer Experience portfolio of applications (includes delta.com). Jason holds a B.Sc (Hons) in Computer Studies from Nottingham Trent University and is a Sun Certified Programmer and Sun Certified Web Component Developer for the Java 2 platform.
Ben Hale
Ben Hale is a Interface21 consultant focusing on middle-tier technologies. Prior to joining Interface21, Ben was an architect at a large telecommunications firm where he was responsible for architecting and implementing a performant, scaleable network management platform built upon Spring 2.0.