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About the Author

Lucas Jellema is CTO at AMIS, an Oracle, Java, and SOA specialist based in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. He works as a consultant, architect, and instructor in diverse areas such as SQL and PL/SQL, Java, Oracle ADF and WebCenter, and SOA Suite. The running theme through most of his activities is the transfer of knowledge and enthusiasm.

Lucas is an author at the AMIS Technology Blog (http://technology.amis.nl/blog), for Oracle Technology Network, and for international magazines. He is a frequent presenter at international conferences, including Devoxx, JavaOne, Oracle Open World, ODTUG, UKOUG, OBUG, AUSOUG, and Oracle University Celebrity Seminars. He was nominated Oracle ACE in 2005 and ACE Director in 2006.

Before joining AMIS in 2002, Lucas worked for Oracle Consultancy in The Netherlands, where he was a member of the Internet Development Center of Excellence—working on classic products such as Oracle Designer and Forms and the productivity boosters Headstart, CDM RuleFrame, Echo, Repository Object Browser, and JHeadstart.

About the Contributors

Edwin Biemond is an Oracle ACE and solution architect at Whitehorses, specializing in messaging with Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Service Bus as well as ADF development with Oracle JDeveloper, WebLogic Server, and Security. His Oracle career began in 1997 when he was a database developer and administrator. Since 2001 Edwin changed his focus to integration, security, and Java development. Edwin was awarded with Java Developer of the Year for 2009 by Oracle Magazine and has a popular blog called Java / Oracle SOA blog, which can be found at http://biemond.blogspot.com.

Lonneke Dikmans lives in The Netherlands with her husband and two children. She graduated with a degree in cognitive science at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. She started her career as a usability specialist, but went back to school when she lived in California to pursue a more technical career. She started as a J2EE developer on different platforms (Oracle, IBM) and specialized in integration. She now works as an architect, both on projects and as an enterprise architect. She has experience in different industries: government, financial services, and utilities. She advises companies that want to set up or improve a service-oriented architecture, and is responsible for her company’s SOA/BPM practice. She speaks regularly at conferences in Europe and the United States, and publishes frequently on the Internet and in magazines. Lonneke became an Oracle ACE Director in 2006.

Ronald van Luttikhuizen is a senior consultant and information and solution architect at Approach, a Netherlands-based ICT consultancy focusing on SOA and Business Intelligence. Ronald has an MSc in computer science from Utrecht University. He has experience in ICT in various roles, such as coach, (lead) architect, (lead) developer, teacher, and team lead. In the last few years, Ronald had focused on architecture and security in BPM and SOA environments. He has in-depth knowledge of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Ronald is a speaker at (international) conferences such as Oracle OpenWorld and regularly publishes articles on Oracle Technology Network (OTN), Java Magazine, Optimize, and more. In 2008, Ronald was named Oracle ACE for SOA and Middleware, and in 2010 he became an Oracle ACE Director in that area.

About the Technical Editors

Jeff Davies is a senior principal product manager at Oracle, specializing on the Oracle SOA Suite product. He is the author of The Definitive Guide to SOA: Oracle Service Bus. Jeff has over 25 years of experience in the software field and has developed retail applications such as Act! for the Windows and Macintosh platforms and a number of other commercially available applications. He has worked as an architect and developer and ran his own consulting company for some years. Now, at Oracle, Jeff is focused on the practical application of Oracle products to create SOA solutions.

Mike van Alst is an independent architect and Oracle ACE Director. Active within the IT industry since 1984, Mike focuses on the added value that ICT should bring to an organization. Mike has done several successful SOA projects in The Netherlands using Oracle Fusion Middleware. He runs his own blog on SOA at http://soamastery.blogspot.com.