(^200) Contributors
Scott Davis (Broomfield, Colorado, U.S.)
Scott Davis published one of the first public websites implemented in Grails
in 2006 and has been actively working with the technology ever since.
Author of many books, such as Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java
and GIS for Web Developers (Pragmatic) and two ongoing IBM developer-
Works article series (Mastering Grails and, in 2009, Practically Groovy),
Scott writes extensively about how Groovy and Grails are the future of Java
development.
Scott teaches public and private classes on Groovy and Grails for startups
and Fortune 100 companies. He is the cofounder of the Groovy/Grails
Experience conference and is a regular presenter on the international tech-
nical conference circuit (including No Fluff Just Stuff, JavaOne, OSCON,
TheServerSide, and QCON).
In 2008, Scott was voted the top Rock Star at JavaOne for his talk “Groovy,
the Red Pill: How to blow the mind of a buttoned-down Java developer.”
You can contact Scott through his company, ThirstyHead, at thirstyhead.com.
neal Ford (Atlanta, georgia, U.S.)
Neal Ford is software architect and meme wrangler 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 appli-
cations, instructional materials, magazine articles, courseware, and video/
DVD presentations, and he is author and/or editor of five books spanning
a variety of technologies. He focuses on designing and building large-scale
enterprise applications.
Neal is also an internationally acclaimed speaker, speaking at over 100
developer conferences worldwide and delivering more than 600 talks.
Check out his website at http://www.nealford.com. He welcomes feedback
and can be reached at [email protected].
jorge gelabert, PMP (Berlin, Connecticut, U.S.)
Jorge Gelabert is a certified PMP® who works for Northeast Utilities as a
project manager. He holds a BS in computer engineering from the Univer-
sity of Bridgeport in Connecticut, holds an MS in computer science from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (R.P.I.), speaks Spanish (native) and English,
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