Venkata S.R. "Krishna" R. Chaganti

Paul J. Perrone is the Founder, President, and CTO at Assured Technologies, Inc. Through Assured Technologies (www.assuredtech.com), Paul provides software architecture and development consulting, mentoring, and training related to J2EE, XML, Web services, and object-oriented technologies. Paul has been involved with the architecture, design, and development of numerous large-scale enterprise systems and products for both Fortune 500 and medium-sized organizations. Paul also has co-authored the J2EE Developer's Handbook, Building Java Enterprise Systems with J2EE, and the Java Security Handbook, has published articles on Java, and has spoken at conferences such as JavaOne and Web Services Edge. He has an MS from the University of Virginia and a BS from Rutgers University. He is a member of the IEEE and ACM, has served as chapter chair for the Northern Virginia IEEE Computer Society, has helped in the startup of the Northern Virginia Java User's Group (NOVAJUG), and chairs the NOVAJUG's enterprise SIG. Paul is also an avid Java-based robot and AI tinkerer. Paul can be reached at pperrone@assuredtech.com or (703) 669-4054.

Venkata S. R. "Krishna" R. Chaganti is a senior software-engineering consultant and has been developing commercial applications software for the past 12 years. Krishna has cross-platform background in designing and developing Internet-based distributed systems across wide range of technologies, including DCE, CORBA, EJB, Web Services using Java and C/C++ programming languages. Krishna's experience also includes development of GUI based applications using Swing, JSP, Servlets, etc. Krishna has also been teaching and speaking Java and related technologies for five years. He has an MSEE in Computer Engineering and an MSEE in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He also has a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Nagarjuna University, A.P., India. Krishna can be reached at chaganti@erols.com.

Tom Schwenk is a Senior Software Consultant with Assured Technologies, Inc. Since 1995, he has been working with Java, specializing in highly scalable, distributed application design and development. He has been involved in the design and implementation of Java enterprise and e-commerce applications for both Fortune 500 and smaller size companies. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an ME in Biomedical Engineering, both from the University of Virginia. Tom can be reached at tschwenk@assuredtech.com.

Venkata S.R. "Krishna" R. Chaganti

Paul J. Perrone

Paul J. Perrone is the founder, president, and CTO for Assured Technologies, Inc.. His company primarily provides software development consulting and products for companies that are interested in rapidly developed, scalable, secure, highly intelligent, and Internet-enabled distributed enterprise systems.

Assured Technologies creates J2EE-based domain-independent frameworks/components, as well as domain-specific J2EE-based frameworks/components used for business-to-consumer (B2C), business-to-business (B2B), and general enterprise/e-commerce application. Paul has been a key player in developing the architecture, design, and development of numerous large-scale n-tier distributed systems and products for Internet commerce, Fortune 500, and medium-size organizations.

Paul's key technology and training expertise areas include enterprise Java and the J2EE, EJB, embedded-enterprise system connectivity, CORBA, XML, UML, and object-oriented/component-based software. Paul is the co-author of Java Enterprise Systems with J2EE and Java Security Handbook. He also has spoken at various technical conferences, and he publishes his work in various trade journals.

He has an MSEE from the University of Virginia and a BSEE from Rutgers University. He is a member of the IEEE and the ACM, and he is active in the Northern Virginia technology community, including the Northern Virginia Java User's Group. Perhaps most importantly, Paul burns many of his hours actually managing and architecting the development of Java enterprise systems and products using state-of-the-art technology alongside a core team of fellow senior, experienced, and industry-leading software development professionals at Assured Technologies.

Paul J. Perrone

Paul J. Perrone is a professional Java/CORBA/C++ developer and Software Consultant for Assured Technologies, Inc. where he provides practical software consulting, products, and research for companies interested in scalable and distributed enterprise systems. Paul has been a key player in the architecture, design, and development of numerous successfully deployed large-scale n-tier distributed enterprise systems and products.

Krishna Chaganti is a professional software designer and developer with more than 8 yearsß of experience in developing distributed computing software solutions for a variety of corporations and organizations. He has also served as an instructor of Java programming techniques for two years.