About the Authors

Authors listed in alphabetical order:

Sean brydon is a member of the Java BluePrints team at Sun Microsystems. Sean contributed to the design of the Java Pet Store and the Java Adventure Builder Reference applications. He focuses on Web services, design patterns, and security. In the past, Sean has worked on the JavaLoad team and has spent a summer as an intern at Sun Labs. Sean holds an M.S in computer science from the University of California at Santa Barbara and also a B.S. in computer science from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Greg murray is a member of the Java BluePrints team at Sun Microsystems. He is a contributing author to the first and second editions of Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE Platform. Greg contributed to the design of the Java Pet Store sample application and the Java Adventure Builder Reference application with an emphasis on the Web tier. Prior to working on the Java BluePrints team, Greg was a member of the Global Products Engineering group of Sun Microsystems, where he developed internationalization tools.

Vijay ramachandran is a member of the Java BluePrints team at Sun Microsystems where he works as the Technical Lead of the Java BluePrints team. Before joining the BluePrints team, Vijay was a member of the Enterprise Server Products Group of Sun Microsystems working on Sun's enterprise server product line. Vijay holds an M.S. in computer science from Santa Clara University, California, and a B.E. in electrical engineering from University of Madras, India.

Inderjeet singh is the lead architect of the Java BluePrints team at Sun Microsystems, where he investigates the best uses of J2EE technologies for the design of enterprise applications and Web services. Inderjeet has been involved with the Java BluePrints program since its inception. He is a regular speaker on enterprise application design and is the primary author for the Java series book, Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE™ Platform, Second Edition. In the past, Inderjeet has also designed fault-tolerance software for large-scale distributed telecommunications switching systems. Inderjeet holds an M.S. in computer science from Washington University in St. Louis, and a B. Tech. in computer science and engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Beth stearns is the principal partner of ComputerEase Publishing, a computer consulting firm she founded in 1982. Her client list includes Sun Microsystems, Inc., Silicon Graphics, Inc., Oracle Corporation, and Borland. She has published numerous articles for developers on the Java programming language and J2EE platform technologies. She is a coauthor of several Addison-Wesley Java Series books, including Applying Enterprise JavaBeans: Component-Based Development for the J2EE Platform (both editions), J2EE Connector Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration, and Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE Platform (both editions).

Thierry violleau, software staff engineer at Sun Microsystems, is a member of the J2ME and Java BluePrints teams. He is currently technical lead on a platform for end-to-end mobile enterprise applications project. With the Java BluePrints team, he contributed to the best practices architecture design guidelines for business solutions that use J2EE and J2ME technologies. Prior to this, Thierry was with Market Development Engineering at Sun, where he helped ISVs integrate the J2ME, J2EE, and XML technologies. Thierry has over seventeen years of professional experience in software development. He holds a Maîtrise degree in computer science from Paris VIII University and a university degree in technology, electrical, and automatic engineering from Poitiers University Institute of Technology, France.