With this introduction, we welcome you to the “Real-World AJAX” seminar series.

Jeremy Geelan Conference Chair, Real-World AJAX www.AJAXseminar.com

Please make sure to bring your WiFi-enabled laptop to view seminar presentation slides in high-res, participate in quick polls during presentations, and to ask questions to speakers as this seminar will be simulcast live on SYS-CON.TV outside the studio audience. On-demand version of this seminar will be available for $695.

Coach Wei (New York June 5-6, 2006)
Chairman, Founder and CTO, Nexaweb
The Creator of First Commercial AJAX Applications Coach Wei combines in-depth IT industry expertise with extensive education and research experience at MIT to drive technology innovation and business direction for Nexaweb. He founded Nexaweb in 2000 and served as CEO until summer 2003. Before founding Nexaweb, Coach architected and designed enterprise software for managing storage networks at EMC Corporation. As a graduate researcher at MIT, Coach developed software and hardware systems for non-destructive evaluation as well as signal/image processing algorithms. Coach was a finalist in the 1999 MIT $50K entrepreneurship competition and holds several U.S. patents. An accomplished writer and speaker, Coach has published numerous articles on topics including: AJAX, J2EE and .NET, RIA development, XML, signal/image processing, composite materials and ultrasonic imaging. He has spoken at top industry events, such as JavaOne and Web Services Edge. Coach holds an MS in information technology from MIT.

David Boloker (New York June 5-6, 2006)
CTO Emerging Technologies, IBM David Boloker is a Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technical Officer for Emerging Internet Technologies in IBM Software Group. Previously, he held the position of Chief Technical Officer for Java Technologies in Software Group. David is recognized in and outside IBM as a technical leader in the Internet software space guiding IBM's investments as well as internal product development in the Internet space David's responsibilities include building IBM's technical e-Business strategy, working with internal IBMers to develop the appropriate products for the Internet space, researching new areas in software design as well as guiding a group of researchers working in Software Group. David has been recognized by IBM with numerous Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards in the areas of Java, Secure Internet Gateways, Dynamic I/O Configuration and the Remote Distribution and Control of S/370, 4300, S/390 and AS/400 Architecture processors.

Luis Derechin (New York June 5-6, 2006)
CEO and Co-Founder, JackBe
Luis Derechin is the CEO and Co-Founder of JackBe Corporation. He is the executive leader of JackBe for daily operations, partnership development, and long term strategy. As an entrepreneur at heart, Luis has a reputation of founding and guiding companies that become both leaders in their categories and recognized successes which sold for large profits. JackBe is Mr. Derechin's third start-up with the previous two having been D'Hogar, a retail company that earned the loyalty of more than 500,000 customers and AviMed, an online software provider.

Douglas Crockford (New York June 5-6, 2006)
Architect, Yahoo! Douglas Crockford is a product of our public education system. A registered voter, he owns his own car. He has developed office automation systems. He did research in games and music at Atari. He was Director of Technology at Lucasfilm. He was Director of New Media at Paramount. He was the founder and CEO of Electric Communities/Communities.com. He was founder and CTO of State Software, where he discovered JSON. He is interested in Blissymbolics, a graphical, symbolic language. He is developing a secure programming language. He is now an architect at Yahoo!.

Dion Hinchcliffe (New York June 5-6, 2006)
Cofounder & CTO, Sphere of Influence Inc.
Editor-in-Chief, AjaxWorld Magazine Dion Hinchcliffe is the editor-in-chief of AjaxWorld Magazine. His "Web 2.0 Blog" is currently the top-read SYS-CON.com blog of all time, with over 1 million unique reads in less than 6 months. He is CTO for the enterprise architecture firm Sphere of Influence Inc. in McLean, Virginia. A veteran of software development, Dion works with leading-edge technologies to accelerate project schedules and raise the bar for software quality. He is highly experienced with enterprise technologies and he designs, consults, and writes prolifically. Dion actively consults with enterprise IT clients in the federal government and Fortune 1000 and is a frequent speaker on AJAX, Web 2.0 and SOA.

Christophe Coenraets (New York June 5-6, 2006)
Senior Technical Evangelist, Adobe
AJAX/Flex Integration Guru Christophe Coenraets (Chris Live from Times Square!) currently works as a Senior Technical Evangelist at Adobe. Before joining Adobe, Christophe was an evangelist at Macromedia, focusing on Rich Internet Applications and Enterprise integration. Prior to Macromedia, Christophe was the head of Java and J2EE Technical Evangelism at Sybase, where he started working on Java Enterprise projects in 1996. Before joining Sybase in the US, Christophe held different positions at Powersoft in Belgium, including Principal Consultant for PowerBuilder, and Manager of the Professional Services organization. Before joining Powersoft, Christophe worked as a developer and architect on several retail and BPM projects. Christophe has been a regular speaker at conferences worldwide for the last 10 years.

Dylan Schiemann (New York June 5-6, 2006)
Founding Software Engineer, Renkoo
co-founder, Dojo Dylan Schiemann is founding software engineer for Renkoo and co-founder of Dojo, the open source JavaScript toolkit. Best known for building web applications that make use of JavaScript, Dojo, and other common web development technologies, he is the co-founder of SitePen, a consulting firm that specializes in designing custom web applications that combine various technologies to maximize the user experience. Previously, he has worked for Informatica, Security FrameWorks, and Vizional Technologies, to name a few. Dylan's technical reviews have included publications such as David Flanagan's JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and his current authoring involves articles and tutorials focused on Dojo and JavaScript. Dylan has made minimal technical contributions to the Mozilla Foundation, NetWindows, and the W3C DOM and CSS recommendations. Prior to focusing on building friendly, fun, engaging web apps, he received an M.S. from UCLA in Physical Chemistry, and a B.A. from Whittier College in Chemistry and Mathematics. His undergraduate and graduate research was published in the Biochemical Journal and Physics Review. He currently resides in Palo Alto, California with his girlfriend, Carrie, and their two dogs, Maverick and Abel.

Jonas Jacobi (New York June 5-6, 2006)
AJAX Evangelist and Co-Author, "Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components" - Jonas will autograph a copy of his book for all delegates! Jonas Jacobi is a J2EE technology evangelist at Oracle. A native of Sweden, he has worked in the software industry for more than fifteen years. Prior to joining Oracle, Jonas worked at several major Swedish software companies in management, consulting, development, and project management roles. For the past three years, he has been responsible for the product management of JavaServer Faces, Oracle ADF Faces, and Oracle ADF Faces Rich Client in the Oracle JDeveloper team. His new book "Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components" was released by Apress on February 25, 2006.

John Fallows (New York June 5-6, 2006)
AJAX Evangelist and Co-Author, "Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components" - John will autograph a copy of his book for all delegates! John Fallows, former lead developer for Oracle ADF Faces Rich Client, has been working in distributed systems for over a decade. After five years spent focused on designing, developing the JavaServer Faces standard to provide AJAX functionality, playing a leading role in the Oracle ADF Faces team, he recently joined an AJAX start-up. Originally from Northern Ireland, John graduated from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom and has worked in the software industry for more than ten years. Prior to joining Oracle, he worked as a research scientist for British Telecommunications Plc. His new book "Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components" was released by Apress on February 25, 2006.

Ajit Jaokar (New York June 5-6, 2006)
CEO, futuretext
Author, "Mobile Web 2.0" Ajit Jaokar, based in London (England), is the CEO of a publishing company, futuretext (www.futuretext.com). He is currently writing a book about Mobile Web 2.0 (Mobile Web 2.0: The Innovator's Guide to Developing and Marketing Next Generation Wireless / Mobile Applications). Ajit also chairs Oxford University's Next-Generation Mobile Applications Panel and, since January 2006, has been a member of the Web 2.0 Workgroup. In his "Real-World AJAX" conference session, Ajit will discuss the "AJAX Use in Mobile Applications" as part of the wider impact of Web 2.0, sometimes referred to as the "Global SOA."

David Temkin (New York June 5-6, 2006)
CTO & Founder, Laszlo Systems
A Globally Recognized Pioneer of Rich Internet Applications David Temkin is CTO & Founder of Laszlo Systems. In this role, he has positioned the company to become the next technology standard for rich Internet applications. Under his direction, Laszlo developed its patent-pending open-source product suite and extended operations to both coasts of the United States. Before founding Laszlo, Temkin was senior director of Engineering at Excite@Home where he led a team of 55 engineers, designers and technical writers responsible for developing the company's consumer software. Prior to Excite@Home, he was an engineering manager in the Newton division at Apple Computer and developed enterprise software at EDS. He graduated from Brown University with a double major in Computer Science and History, and is named on four software patents.

Charles Fiesel (New York June 5-6, 2006)
Managing Director, Emerging Technologies Roundarch, Inc.
RIA Pioneer and Evangelist since 2001 For 10 years, Charles Fiesel is renowned for helping companies understand how cutting edge technologies can be utilized to improve interactive experiences. He introduced RIAs to some of the largest companies in the world more than 5 years ago and led creative, technology and business strategy teams to develop one of the first RIA prototypes in the world for a major global bank. Having worked at Laszlo Systems as their financial Services Evangelist, Charles now leads the RIA practice at Roundarch. Roundarch is focused on fusing user-centric experience design with technology to deliver large-scale web initiatives for some of the world?s largest public and private organizations. Roundarch has developed RIAs via Laszlo, Adobe Flex and Nexaweb platforms for current clients. Rich interfaces delivering enterprise content, composite applications empowering dynamic portals and SOA development are Roundarch cornerstones. Roundarch is the winner of the MIT/Accenture Digital Government Award for its work designing and building the US Air Force Portal.

John Crupi (New York June 5-6, 2006)
CTO, JackBe
Former Distinguished Engineer, Sun
John is the CTO of JackBe Corporation. As CTO he is entrusted with understanding market forces and business drivers to formulate JackBe's technical strategy and roadmap. John Crupi has 20 years experience in OO and enterprise distributed computing. John was previously with Sun Microsystems for eight years, serving as a Distinguished Engineer and CTO for Sun's Enterprise Web Services Practice. Mr. Crupi is co-author of the popular Core J2EE Patterns book, has written many articles for various magazines and is a well-known speaker around the globe. He is a frequent blogger and was just selected to the International Advisory Board for AJAX Developers Journal. John was also named as a member of Software Development Magazine's Dream Team.

Kevin Hakman (New York June 5-6, 2006)
Director of Product Marketing, TIBCO General Interface
Award winning Rich Internet Apps + AJAX Framework and Toolkit Kevin Hakman is the director of product marketing for TIBCO General Interface, the award winning AJAX and Rich Internet Application framework and toolkit. Kevin Hakman pioneered AJAX in the enterprise co-founding General Interface in 2001. Since that time General Interface (aka 'GI') has been powering Web applications that look, feel and perform like desktop applications, but run in the browser at Fortune 500 and U.S. Government organizations. General Interface was also the first to use its own toolkit to provide full visual tooling for AJAX when it released it's 2.0 Version in 2003. TIBCO acquired General Interface in 2004 to extend its vision for service oriented applications to the end user. Kevin is a contributor to the SOA Web Services Journal and the AJAX Developer's Journal.

Rob Gonda (New York June 5-6, 2006)
Deputy Editor, AjaxWorld Magazine
CTO, iChameleon Rob Gonda, Deputy Editor of AjaxWorld Magazine, serves as iChameleon's Chief Technology Officer. Rob joined the company at its inception with over 10 years of experience as a technologist bringing an extensive background in software development, technology, product management, technical direction, and service strategy. iChameleon is proud to have as clients CP+B, Mini Cooper, Victoria Secret, Slim Jim, Earthlink, just to name a few. Prior to joining iChameleon, Rob acted as CTO for Comvoz Communications, a multi-national VoIP company, and prior to Comvoz he co-founded Eldish Marketing, a regional ISP and Web development company at a time when the Internet was still unknown. In addition to holding a number of chief architect, senior programmer/developer and business analyst roles across the industry, Rob is fluent in several key computer and programming languages, including HTML, ColdFusion, C++, JavaScript, SQL, ASP, Perl, and Java. He's an Advanced Certified ColdFusion developer and holds a BS in computer science and engineering and an MBA with a specialization in entrepreneurship from the Wayne Huizenga School of Business.

Jim Phelan (New York June 5-6, 2006)
VP of Development, Stream 57
Jim Phelan is VP of Development for Stream57, a New York City based firm specializing in communication solution development for the enterprise. Jim?s expertise in creating solutions for consolidation and collateralization of business communications has allowed his team to create applications for the management and delivery of live and on demand rich media content. Jim is a strong proponent of the Adobe Flash Platform and is a member of the editorial board of MX Developer's Journal.

Jeremy Geelan (New York June 5-6, 2006)
Conference Chair
Group Publisher & Editorial Director, SYS-CON Media Jeremy Geelan is group publisher and editorial director of SYS-CON Media, and is responsible for all print titles and online i-technology portals for the firm. He regularly hosts SYS-CON.TV, is executive producer of the "Power Panels with Jeremy Geelan" iTV series, and represents SYS-CON at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North America and overseas. His i-Technology Blog is at jeremy.linuxworld.com and he is conference chair of the upcoming iTVcon - "Internet TV Conference & Expo 2006".

Jesse James Garrett (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Father of "AJAX" Who Coined the Term in 2005 Jesse James Garrett is the Director of User Experience Strategy and a founding partner of Adaptive Path, the world's premier user experience consulting company. He is author of The Elements of User Experience (New Riders), and is recognized as a pioneer in the field of information architecture. Jesse's clients include AT&T, Intel, Crayola, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, and National Public Radio. Since starting in the Internet industry in 1995, Jesse has had a hands-on role in almost every aspect of Web development, from interface design and programming to content development and high-level strategy. Today, information architects around the world depend on the tools and concepts he has developed, including the widely acclaimed "Elements of User Experience" model. He is co-founder of the Information Architecture Institute, the only professional organization dedicated to information architecture. He is also a frequent speaker and writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including New Architect, Digital Web, and Boxes and Arrows.

Adam Bosworth (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Vice President of Engineering, Google
One of the Fathers of XML and Creator of Microsoft Access Adam Bosworth is Vice President of Engineering, Google. He joined Google in 2005 from BEA Systems, where he was Chief Architect & Senior VP of Advanced Development. Prior to joining BEA, Bosworth co-founded Crossgain, a software development firm acquired by BEA. Known as one of the pioneers of XML, he previously held various senior management positions at Microsoft, including General Manager of the WebData group, a team focused on defining and driving XML strategy. While at Microsoft he was also responsible for designing and delivering the Microsoft Access PC Database product and assembling and driving the team that developed the HTML engine of Internet Explorer 4.0.

Christophe Coenraets (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Senior Technical Evangelist, Adobe
AJAX/Flex Integration Guru Christophe Coenraets (Chris Live from Times Square!) currently works as a Senior Technical Evangelist at Adobe. Before joining Adobe, Christophe was an evangelist at Macromedia, focusing on Rich Internet Applications and Enterprise integration. Prior to Macromedia, Christophe was the head of Java and J2EE Technical Evangelism at Sybase, where he started working on Java Enterprise projects in 1996. Before joining Sybase in the US, Christophe held different positions at Powersoft in Belgium, including Principal Consultant for PowerBuilder, and Manager of the Professional Services organization. Before joining Powersoft, Christophe worked as a developer and architect on several retail and BPM projects. Christophe has been a regular speaker at conferences worldwide for the last 10 years.

Paul Rademacher (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Google, Creator of HousingMaps.com Paul Rademacher is the creator of HousingMaps.com, which combined Craigslist and Google Maps for the first web mashup. Paul holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UNC-Chapel Hill, and worked as an R&D Engineer at Dreamworks Animation on such movies as Shrek 2 and Madagascar. Since creating HousingMaps, Paul is now at Google.

Eric Miraglia, Ph.D. (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Yahoo!, Presentation Platform Team
Leading Expert on "Advanced JavaScript Utilities and Widgets" Eric Miraglia, one of the world's leading experts on "advanced JavaScript utilities and widgets" works for Yahoo!'s Presentation Platform Team. He plays a critical role in helping product teams realize their forward-reaching development goals. He also teaches regular classes for Yahoo web developers. Eric has been involved in the creation of social web applications since 1995, when he began developing interactive writing spaces for universities; his Speakeasy Studio & Café was used by more than 100 universities between 1997 and 2004. Since 2003, he has been a part of Yahoo!'s web development community. When he's not trying to convince pixels to do what they're told, he can sometimes be found at Stanford University, where he teaches writing as a visiting lecturer. He holds a Ph.D. in the strange hybrid discipline of Technology and Rhetoric.

Jouk Pleiter (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Co-Founder & CEO of Backbase
Leading Rich Internet Apps + AJAX Software Company Jouk Pleiter is the CEO of Backbase, a leader in the field of Rich Internet Applications and AJAX development software. Backbase's clients include ING, ABN AMRO, TNT, KPN, Comsys and Heineken. Backbase operates globally with offices in San Mateo (North America) and Amsterdam (Europe). Since 1995, Jouk has been an entrepreneur: he founded three successful software companies. Prior to Backbase, Jouk was part of the founding team at the web content management company Tridion, where he led the product management operations, and was driving the company's efforts to become a leader in the European WCM software market. Jouk previously was part of the founding team at the Interactive Agency Twinspark where he grew the company to a leading market position in Europe and was instrumental in the sale of Twinspark to Agency.com. He has an MBA from the University of Groningen.

Kevin Hakman (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Director of Product Marketing, TIBCO General Interface
Award winning Rich Internet Apps + AJAX Framework and Toolkit Kevin Hakman is the director of product marketing for TIBCO General Interface, the award winning AJAX and Rich Internet Application framework and toolkit. Kevin Hakman pioneered AJAX in the enterprise co-founding General Interface in 2001. Since that time General Interface (aka 'GI') has been powering Web applications that look, feel and perform like desktop applications, but run in the browser at Fortune 500 and U.S. Government organizations. General Interface was also the first to use its own toolkit to provide full visual tooling for AJAX when it released it's 2.0 Version in 2003. TIBCO acquired General Interface in 2004 to extend its vision for service oriented applications to the end user. Kevin is a contributor to the SOA Web Services Journal and the AJAX Developer's Journal.

Shanku Niyogi (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Product Unit Manager, Microsoft UI Framework and Services
User Experience Guru - ASP.NET, Atlas, Windows Forms Shanku is Product Unit Manager of the UI Framework and Services (UiFX) team, which is responsible for delivering high-productivity UI framework technologies for the .NET platform, including ASP.NET, Atlas, Windows Forms, and frameworks for smart clients. Prior to his current role, Shanku was Group Program Manager of the Web Platform and Tools team on the Whidbey release of ASP.NET and Visual Web Developer. Shanku joined Microsoft in 1998 as a developer, having spent several years shipping products in the Windows ISV industry. Shanku holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo.

Alex Russell (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
President, Dojo Foundation
Project Lead, Dojo Toolkit Alex Russell is Project Lead for the Dojo Toolkit, President of the Dojo Foundation, and a Sr. Software Engineer at JotSpot -- the Application-Wiki company. Alex has been fighting browsers since the late 90's and together with a growing group of contributors is helping to build the Dojo Toolkit into the preferred way to engineer dynamic web application interfaces.

Eric Pascarello (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Co-author of the bestselling book "Ajax in Action"
Moderator of the HTML and JavaScript forum at JavaRanch Eric Pascarello, an Ajax expert, is the co-author of Ajax in Action, the bestselling Ajax book in the market and the author of JavaScript: Your Visual Blueprint for Building Dynamic Web Pages (2nd edition). Eric is the moderator of the HTML and JavaScript forum at JavaRanch and maintains an Ajax-based blog at radio.javaranch.com/pascarello

Dion Hinchcliffe (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Cofounder & CTO, Sphere of Influence Inc.
Editor-in-Chief, Web 2.0 Journal Dion Hinchcliffe, newly appointed editor-in-chief of SYS-CON's pioneering Web 2.0 Journal, is cofounder and chief technology officer for the enterprise architecture firm Sphere of Influence Inc., in McLean, Virginia. A veteran of software development, Dion works with leading-edge technologies to accelerate project schedules and raise the bar for software quality. He is highly experienced with enterprise technologies and he designs, consults, and writes prolifically. Dion actively consults with enterprise IT clients in the federal government and Fortune 1000. He is a frequent speaker on AJAX, Web 2.0 and SOA and is currently the top-read SYS-CON.com blogger.

David Temkin (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
CTO & Founder, Laszlo Systems
A Globally Recognized Pioneer of Rich Internet Applications David Temkin is CTO & Founder of Laszlo Systems. In this role, he has positioned the company to become the next technology standard for rich Internet applications. Under his direction, Laszlo developed its patent-pending open-source product suite and extended operations to both coasts of the United States. Before founding Laszlo, Temkin was senior director of Engineering at Excite@Home where he led a team of 55 engineers, designers and technical writers responsible for developing the company's consumer software. Prior to Excite@Home, he was an engineering manager in the Newton division at Apple Computer and developed enterprise software at EDS. He graduated from Brown University with a double major in Computer Science and History, and is named on four software patents.

Sahil Malik (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
telerik Tech Evangelist, Leading RIA + AJAX Company
Microsoft MVP and Author of bestselling book "ADO.NET 2.0" Sahil Malik is an independent consultant, trainer and mentor in various Microsoft Technologies and has been closely involved with telerik as a technology strategist. He has worked for many large clients across the globe including a good deal of Fortune 100 companies and US government organizations. He is currently leading the office of Emerging Technologies at a prominent government office where he is in charge of reviewing, assessing and recommending various technologies to support the organization. Malik frequently speaks on a variety of .NET related topics at local user group meetings and industry events. For his community involvement and contribution, he has been awarded the Microsoft MVP award. He can be reached at www.winsmarts.com.

Jeremy Geelan (San Jose - April 24, 2006)
Conference Chair
Group Publisher & Editorial Director, SYS-CON Media Jeremy Geelan is group publisher and editorial director of SYS-CON Media, and is responsible for all print titles and online i-technology portals for the firm. He regularly hosts SYS-CON.TV, is executive producer of the "Power Panels with Jeremy Geelan" iTV series, and represents SYS-CON at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North America and overseas. His i-Technology Blog is at jeremy.linuxworld.com and he is conference chair of the upcoming iTVcon - "Internet TV Conference & Expo 2006".

David Heinemeier Hansson (FREE Session on DVD)
Creator of Ruby on Rails U.S.-based since December, 2005, David Heinemeier Hansson is the development lead of Rails, also known as Ruby on Rails, which the official Ruby on Rails website irreverently describes as "a full-stack, open-source web framework in Ruby for writing real-world applications with joy and less code than most frameworks spend doing XML sit-ups." He has had help from a lot of contributors. David is the creator of applications like Instiki, Basecamp, and Ta-da, and has now joined the Chicago-based team of 37signals.com, a privately held company founded in 1999 and committed to building the best web-based software products possible with the least number of features necessary. David will give his first presentation on “AJAX in Rails” at the “Real-World AJAX” one-day seminar.

Bill Scott (FREE Session on DVD)
AJAX Evangelist of Yahoo! Bill Scott, one of the top AJAX experts in the country, is an Interaction Designer and AJAX Evangelist at Yahoo! He is part of the newly formed Design and Practices Team working with teams throughout Yahoo! to create a rich experience on the web. Before joining Yahoo! Bill founded the User Experience Team at Sabre Airline Solutions, part of Sabre Holdings. During that stint he also co-founded Rico, an open source JavaScript framework for creating AJAX & DHTML web applications. Over the past 20 years Bill has been involved in designing and creating user interfaces for video games, military war games, 3D graphics, oil and gas research, software development environments, supply chain planning, and various other scientific and business domains. He posts his musings about user experience on his blog.

Scott Dietzen (FREE Session on DVD)
One of the Fathers of WebLogic and J2EE
Ph.D., President and CTO, Zimbra Scott is widely credited with helping put together the J2EE standard, launching the Web application server category, launching the Java Community Process, and driving the Web services collaboration with Microsoft and IBM. Prior to Zimbra, Scott was CTO of BEA Systems where he was the principal architect of the technology strategy for the WebLogic product family.

Sahil Malik (FREE Session on DVD)
telerik Tech Evangelist, Leading RIA + AJAX Company
Microsoft MVP and Author of bestselling book "ADO.NET 2.0" Sahil Malik is an independent consultant, trainer and mentor in various Microsoft Technologies and has been closely involved with telerik as a technology strategist. He has worked for many large clients across the globe including a good deal of Fortune 100 companies and US government organizations. He is currently leading the office of Emerging Technologies at a prominent government office where he is in charge of reviewing, assessing and recommending various technologies to support the organization. Malik frequently speaks on a variety of .NET related topics at local user group meetings and industry events. For his community involvement and contribution, he has been awarded the Microsoft MVP award. He can be reached at www.winsmarts.com.

Rob Gonda (FREE Session on DVD)
Bestselling AJAX Author, CTO, iChameleon Group
Editor-in-Chief, AJAX Developer's Journal Rob Gonda, newly appointed to the helm of SYS-CON Media's AJAX Developer's Journal, is the CTO for iChameleon Group. He is an Advanced Certified Coldfusion Developer, holds a BS in computer science and engineering and an MBA with a specialization in entrepreneurship. He recently wrote a two-part feature article on AJAX for ColdFusion Developer's Journal that in one month became the most-read article in the magazine's history.

Dave Crane (FREE Session on DVD)
Co-author of Bestselling AJAX Book 'AJAX in Action'
Dave will autograph a copy of his book for all delegates! Dave Crane is senior developer and architect for Historic Futures Ltd., a UK firm specializing in web-based supply chain management solutions. He is also lead author of the bestselling 'AJAX in Action', and has been using the technologies that we now know as AJAX in production for several years. He has worked extensively in the IT industry over the last ten years, in areas as diverse as home automation, finance and national policy planning, for companies ranging from start-ups to FTSE 100 market leaders, using technologies as diverse as J2EE, Python, Ruby, PHP, Linux and .NET. He holds degrees in environmental science, parallel computing, and a Ph.D. in simulation modelling and philosophy. He is active as a writer, trainer and mentor in the AJAX community.

Ross Dargahi (FREE Session on DVD)
Well-known AJAX Evangelist
Co-founder and VP of Engineering, Zimbra Ross Dargahi, a co-founder of Zimbra, is presently the company's VP of Engineering. Prior to Zimbra, he was Director of Engineering and Director of Product Management with the Messaging Products Group at Openwave Systems - where he built and led the engineering team that designed and architected large-scale messaging subsystems and was responsible for unified messaging, multimedia messaging (MMS), and voicemail. Ross joined Openwave as part of the 1999 acquisition of Onebox where he was a founding engineer and senior architect. Prior to Onebox, Ross was at Sun Microsystems' JavaSoft division where he was a lead engineer with the Java Server Group responsible for network computer and embedded server products.