Featured Speakers :
Rich Sharples, Director, JBoss Application Platforms Product Management, Red Hat Inc.
As the Director of Product Management for JBoss Application Platforms and developer tools. Rich has spent the last decade evangelizing, using and designing Enterprise Java Middleware; he previously worked for Forte Software and Sun Microsystems and as an independent software developer and consultant. In his spare time he enjoys playing and coaching soccer and ignoring his email.
Vijay Ramakrishnan, Sr Director of Marketing, Open Source Strategy Group, Actuate Corporation
As Senior Director at Actuate, Vijay Ramakrishnan brings more than 12 years of experience in high technology and enterprise software. Ramakrishnan is responsible for marketing and building community around Actuate's BIRT product line, which is based on technology from the Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) project. Prior to joining Actuate, he held various roles of increasing responsibilities within sales and product marketing departments for companies such as Oracle and Yahoo!
Virgil Dodson, Developer Evangelist, BIRT Exchange
Virgil Dodson is a Developer Evangelist at Actuate Corporation. Virgil has over 13 years experience as a software developer. For the past 6 years he has helped Java developers get started with Actuate's embedded reporting products. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from DeVry.