About the Authors

CHRISTOPHER M. JUDD is the president and primary consultant for Judd Solutions, LLC (http://www.juddsolutions.com), an international speaker, an open source evangelist, the Central Ohio Java Users Group (http://www.cojug.org) leader, and the coauthor of Enterprise Java Development on a Budget (Apress, 2003) and Pro Eclipse JST (Apress, 2005). He has spent 12 years architecting and developing software for Fortune 500 companies in various industries, including insurance, retail, government, manufacturing, service, and transportation. His current focus is on consulting, mentoring, and training with Java, Java EE, Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME), mobile technologies, and related technologies.

JOSEPH FAISAL NUSAIRAT is a software developer who has been working full time in the Columbus, Ohio, area since 1998, primarily focused on Java development. His career has taken him into a variety of Fortune 500 industries, including military applications, data centers, banking, internet security, pharmaceuticals, and insurance. Throughout this experience, he has worked on all varieties of application development, from design and architecture to development. Joseph, like most Java developers, is particularly fond of open source projects and tries to use as much open source software as possible when working with clients.

Joseph is a graduate of Ohio University with dual degrees in computer science and microbiology and a minor in chemistry. While at Ohio University, Joseph also dabbled in student politics and was a research assistant in the virology labs.

Currently, Joseph works as a senior partner at Integrallis Software (http://www.integrallis.com). In his off-hours, he enjoys watching bodybuilding competitions and Broadway musicals, specifically anything with Lauren Molina.

JAMES SHINGLER is a senior consulting IT architect for a major midwestern insurance and financial services company. The focus of his career has been using cutting-edge technology to develop IT solutions for the insurance, financial services, and manufacturing industries. He has 11 years of large-scale Java experience and significant experience in distributed and relational technologies.