Chairman, International Association of Software Architects (IASA)

Mr. Aaron Tan Dani – Chairman, International Association of Software Architects (IASA), ASIA PACIFIC As an industry architect thought leader, AARON TAN DANI is the Chairman of International Association of Software Architect (IASA) for the APAC Region that spans over 15 countries. He is responsible in setting up the architecture professional body as part of IASA Chapters across Asia Pacific. He is also the founder of the Independent Software Architect Council of Malaysia (ISAC Malaysia) in 2004. Aaron is the Senior Architecture Advisor and was elected as an elite member of Microsoft Field Architect Council and is responsible for engaging with enterprise architects and senior technical decision makers in cultivating the important of Software Architecture Practices & Architect Profession for the IT industry. His last appointment prior to this was a Regional Chief Technical Architect with one of UK leading IT & Business Strategy Consulting based in Singapore. In addition, he is also a frequent public speaker in various IT Seminars & Workshop presenting various Architecture topics across Asia Pacific regions. As an entrepreneurial leader with diversified experiences, he has more than 13 years of experience in various software development projects and roles across Asia Pacific, USA & UK. He holds a Master of Technology from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences from the University of Western Australia.

Sun Microsystems

Chuk Munn Lee has been programming in the Java language since 1996, when he first joined Sun Microsystems in Hong Kong. He currently works as a senior developer consultant and technology evangelist for Technology Outreach at Sun in Singapore. Chuk's focus is in: Java APIs, Java EE, Java SE, and Java ME. Chuk worked with key Asia-Pacific independent software vendors (ISVs) during the last six years to helped them design, prototype, develop, tune, size, and benchmark their Java applications. Chuk is also an avid gamer; he shares his enthusiasm for Java technology adoption with other game developers. Chuk graduated in 1987 from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, where his favorite subject was compiler theory. Chuk was interviewed by Sun Developer Network (SDN): "A Conversation With...Chuk Munn Lee"

IBM Lotus.

Chris is an Eclipse committer at IBM Lotus who focuses on OSGi-related development. His primary focus these days is improving Eclipse\'s Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) and spreading the Eclipse love inside of IBM\'s Lotus organization. Chris lives and breathes Eclipse through evangelizing about Eclipse in his blog (and various other publications). He also regularly attends conferences and universities to give presentations about Eclipse. He is a committer on three Eclipse projects: PDE, ECF, EMFT. In the Eclipse community, Chris is responsible for maintaining the public forum known as PlanetEclipse and growing Eclipse's IRC presence.

ThoughtWorks Inc.

Neal Ford is an senior application architect at ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy with an exclusive focus on end-to-end software development and delivery. He is also the designer and developer of applications, instructional materials, magazine articles, courseware, video/DVD presentations, and author of the books Developing with Delphi: Object-Oriented Techniques, JBuilder 3 Unleashed, and Art of Java Web Development. He is also the editor and a contributor to No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology : The 2006 Edition and No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology Volume 2: The 2007 Edition. His primary consulting focus is the building of large-scale enterprise applications. He is also an internationally acclaimed speaker, having spoken at numerous developers conferences worldwide.

OpenSoft Solutions

Roy Feldman is a veteran software architect from Silicon Valley with 23 years of professional experience. He is the founder and CEO of OpenSoft Solutions, a software company delivering model-driven development tools and services. He has given talks at international conferences such as JavaOne and the IEEE conference on Software Engineering. Previously, he was Lead Technologist at Viant, a multinational web services firm based founded in Silicon Valley. In 2000, Viant was selected by Forbes Magazine as one of top 20 “best-managed, fastest-growing tech companies". It was also listed in Business Week's Magazines "Info Tech 100". While at Viant, he developed highly innovative applications such as Sputnik7 and Ecast. In 1999, Sputnik7 won the NewMedia Invision Award of Excellence in Entertainment and received the Gold Medal as top Streaming Media site. It also won the Webby award in the music category in 2001. Ecast has become the largest broadband touchscreen media network in the US, operating on multiple platforms in over 10,000 bars and nightclubs. He also served as Senior Scientist for 10 years at a pioneering software tools company called IntelliCorp. He developed tools for Object Oriented software design and development while IntelliCorp became one of the founding contributors to the UML standard for software design.

Independent Software Architect

Thilo Frotscher is a software architect specialized in Enterprise Java, Web services and XML. Working as a freelancer, Thilo spends most of the year contributing to the projects of his international clients, as an architect, senior developer and consultant. He also delivers training, teaching both Java and Web Service technology. Thilo is a frequent speaker at international technical conferences, and has written numerous articles for software development magazines. He is one of four authors of the German book "Java Web Services with Apache Axis" and is currently working on a new book on Apache Axis2.

Enterprise Architect

Sanjaya Karunasena is an Enterprise Architect with over 10 years of industry experience specializing in C/C++, Java and Microsoft Technologies. At WSO2 while contributing to a variety of projects, Sanjaya helps establish overall engineering processes. Previously, he has lead a 300+ engineering team, developing many enterprise solutions, providing strategic direction to improve software engineering productivity and software quality.

Serena Software

In the past year Kevin has spoken at 50 conferences and seminars on a range of leading IT topics. He is a sought after speaker and is recognized around the world for his provocative and entertaining style. Kevin is a 30 year IT veteran and today he is VP and Chief Evangelist at Serena where he works with industry analysts, press, customers, partners and employees to exchange ideas about technology direction and business issues. Also the Open Source evangelist for the Eclipse Application Lifecycle Framework (ALF) Project. He was educated in the UK and now lives and works in California.