Bors - Oracle mobile application framework developer guide: build multiplatform enterprise mobile apps

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Luc Bors is an Oracle ACE and ADF Expertise lead at AMIS. He has many years of experience as a principal consultant and architect. He regularly writes articles for international magazines, web sites, and the AMIS technology blog. Luc is a frequent presenter at international conferences such as ODTUG KScope, Oracle OpenWorld, and UKOUG. In 2011, he was the best speaker at ODTUG KScope in Fusion Middleware Track. In 2012 and 2014, Luc participated in the Mobile Beta testing program and presented about Oracle Mobile Application Framework at several conferences.

Joe Huang is part of Oracles Mobile Platform product management team, focusing on evangelizing Oracles mobile application development platform to developers and Oracle Partners alike. He has more than 20 years of experience in software development, and spent the last 10 years focusing on enterprise mobility. Joe joined Oracle through the Siebel acquisition in 2006, where he was part of Siebels platform product management team. Prior to Siebel, Joe was with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), leading various development teams in creating innovative solutions for leading companies of the world. Joe received MS and BS degrees in Industrial Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1990s and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Chris Muir is a Senior Principal Product Manager for Oracle Corporations Development Tools, including Oracle JDeveloper, ADF, and MAF. In a past life as a consultant, he spent time fooling, ah, convincing others he was an Oracle Fusion Middleware specialist, which paid off as he was awarded Oracle Magazines 2009 Oracle ACE Director of the year award for his developer and user group efforts. He is also the founder of the ADF EMG, but we try not to hold this against him.

Frank Nimphius is a Senior Principal Product Manager in the Oracle Mobility and Application Tools Product Management team. Being with Oracle for more than 15 years, Frank currently focuses on customer enablement activities for the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) and Mobile Application Framework (MAF) products, providing technical help, training, and documentation for internal and external customers. He frequently writes about Oracle ADF and Oracle MAF in the Oracle Magazine and is the author of various articles and whitepapers published by Oracle or Oracle-related groups. Frank is the co-author of Oracle Fusion Developer Guide (McGraw-Hill Education, 2010). As a day-to-day contributor to the Oracle ADF and Oracle MAF community, Frank runs the ADF Code Corner web site, the MAF code corner web site, and the OTN Forum Harvest blog. Frank also co-authors the ADF Architecture Square web site and presents in various Oracle ADF Architecture and Mobile Application Framework YouTube training videos, as well as the Oracle Open World conference and other user group events. More than looking back at these footprints of the past, Frank enjoys looking forward to what is coming in Oracle ADF and MAF for him to be involved as a part of the Oracle community.