Ray Lai

RAY LAI, a senior architect at Sun Microsystems, specializes in financial services and Web Services solutions, including Web Services management and implementation best practices. He has developed and architected enterprise applications for leading multinational companies including HSBC, Visa, American Express, UBS, Daiwa Securities, DHL and Cathay Pacific Airway around the globe. Prior to joining Sun, he managed an $80M global B2B exchange project at Standard Chartered Bank.

Ramesh Nagappan

Christopher Steel, CISSP, ISSAP, is the President and CEO of FortMoon Consulting and was recently the Chief Architect on the U.S. Treasury's Pay.gov project. He has over fifteen years experience in distributed enterprise computing with a strong focus on application security, patterns, and methodologies. He presents regularly at local and industry conferences on security-related topics.

Ramesh Nagappan is a Java Technology Architect at Sun Microsystems. With extensive industry experience, he specializes in Java distributed computing and security architectures for mission-critical applications. Previously he coauthored three best-selling books on J2EE, EAI, and Web Services. He is an active contributor to open source applications and industry-standard initiatives, and frequently speaks at industry conferences related to Java, XML, and Security.

Ray Lai, Principal Engineer at Sun Microsystems, has developed and architected enterprise applications and Web services solutions for leading multinational companies ranging from HSBC and Visa to American Express and DHL. He is author of J2EE Platform Web Services (Prentice Hall, 2004).

Christopher Steel

Christopher Steel is Chief Architect at Dante Consulting. He is responsible for managing and architecting large-scale enterprise applications for the U.S. Treasury. He was formerly Chief Security Architect at Sun Java Center, where he served as OpenWings security specification lead.

Ramesh Nagappan is Java Architect at Sun Microsystems. He specializes in distributed computing architectures and security solutions for large-scale business applications and Web services. He is an active contributor to Java- and XML-based open source applications and XML Web services industry standard initiatives. He has coauthored three best-selling books on J2EE, EAI, and Web services.

Ray Lai is Principal Engineer at Sun Microsystems. He has developed and architected enterprise applications and Web services solutions for leading multinational companies ranging from HSBC and Visa to American Express and DHL. He is author of J2EE Platform Web Services (Prentice Hall, 2004).