The team
Ben Evans
Ben is the lead author and has been a professional developer and open source enthusiast since the late 90s. He has delivered world-class projects for banks, media companies and charities in that time, and currently works as an architect, lead developer and in-house Java expert at one of the worldβs leading financial institutions. Read Ben’s blog.
Ben is the lead author and has been a professional developer and open source enthusiast since the late 90s. He has delivered world-class projects for banks, media companies and charities in that time, and currently works as an architect, lead developer and in-house Java expert at one of the worldβs leading financial institutions. Read Ben’s blog.Martijn Verburg
Martijn is the other author and is a Java/JEE and open source consultant who is passionate about software craftsmanship and the creative power of technical communities. He currently is the co-leader for the LJC (London JUG), runs two open source projects (PCGen and Ikasan EIP) and is a bartender at the Javaranch. Read Martijn’s blog.
Martijn is the other author and is a Java/JEE and open source consultant who is passionate about software craftsmanship and the creative power of technical communities. He currently is the co-leader for the LJC (London JUG), runs two open source projects (PCGen and Ikasan EIP) and is a bartender at the Javaranch. Read Martijn’s blog.John Stevenson
John Stevenson looks after the infrastructure for this site, when not patching servers he coaches individuals and organisations in Lean Agile practices to help them learn and work effectively. He is an organiser for several London technical communities (LJC, GDC, LSug, LtdWIPSoc, Ubuntu-UK) and has been an open source advocate since his first taste of Linux in 1995. Read Johns technical and lean/agile blogs
John Stevenson looks after the infrastructure for this site, when not patching servers he coaches individuals and organisations in Lean Agile practices to help them learn and work effectively. He is an organiser for several London technical communities (LJC, GDC, LSug, LtdWIPSoc, Ubuntu-UK) and has been an open source advocate since his first taste of Linux in 1995. Read Johns technical and lean/agile blogsDragos Dogaru
Dragos is our awesome intern who is currently a master degree student at Queen Mary University of London, majoring in Intelligent Web Technologies. His undergraduate years provided him with a huge enthusiasm to study the Java programming language in depth and to seek its benefits when implemented for large scale enterprise applications. He is a SCJP, a SCBCD and a SCWCD, with interests in SOA and software for mobile devices.
Dragos is our awesome intern who is currently a master degree student at Queen Mary University of London, majoring in Intelligent Web Technologies. His undergraduate years provided him with a huge enthusiasm to study the Java programming language in depth and to seek its benefits when implemented for large scale enterprise applications. He is a SCJP, a SCBCD and a SCWCD, with interests in SOA and software for mobile devices.Andy Burgess
Andy is the team’s web designer, with a specialisation in producing eyecatching, well laid out designs backed-up by clean, semantic code. Having worked as part of in-house teams for a variety of prestigious companies, he now runs his own design company, SableIndustries Ltd, and is always happy to discuss new work, ideas and more. View Andy’s portfolio.
Andy is the team’s web designer, with a specialisation in producing eyecatching, well laid out designs backed-up by clean, semantic code. Having worked as part of in-house teams for a variety of prestigious companies, he now runs his own design company, SableIndustries Ltd, and is always happy to discuss new work, ideas and more. View Andy’s portfolio.