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To the two men who shaped me:

My father, Achyut (Baba), my pillar of strength,
who against great odds ensured that I had a happy
upbringing and the gumption to rise.

Gandhi, who helped me realize the power
of love, truth, and nonviolence.

Harshad Oak is the founder of IndicThreads and Rightrix Solutions. IndicThreads.com is an online developer magazine and hosts some of the most reputable technology conferences in India on topics such as Java, cloud computing, software quality, and mobile software. Before starting his own venture, Harshad was part of i-flex Solutions and Cognizant Technology Solutions.

In addition to this work, he has authored Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Empowering J2EE Development and Pro Jakarta Commons, and co-authored J2EE 1.4 Bible. Harshad has spoken at conferences in India, the United States, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and China. He has been working to build active Java communities in India and has organized as well as spoken at many Java user group meetings. Additionally, Harshad teaches Enterprise Java to Masters candidates in Computer Science at Symbiosis University, India. Harshad has been recognized as an Oracle ACE Director and a Java Champion for his contributions to the technology and the community.

Harshad writes about technology on .

Markus Eisele is a software architect, developer, and consultant. He works daily with customers and projects dealing with Enterprise-level Java and infrastructures, including the Java platform and various web-related technologies on a variety of platforms using products from different vendors. An expert in Java EE servers, Markus is an Oracle ACE Director, a Java Champion, and a member of the Java EE 7 expert group, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Follow him on Twitter (@myfear) or read his blog (http://blog.eisele.net).

Arun Gupta is Director of Developer Advocacy at Red Hat and focuses on JBoss middleware. He was a founding member of the Java EE team at Sun Microsystems. At Oracle, Arun led a cross-functional team to drive the global launch of the Java EE 7 platform. After authoring approximately 1,400 blogs at blogs.oracle.com/arungupta on different Java technologies, he continues to promote Red Hat technologies and products at blog.arungupta.me. Arun has extensive speaking experience in 35+ countries on myriad topics.

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