Adam Bien
JAVA DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
Innovative author embraces community.
2010
WINNER STATS
Name: Adam Bien
Job title: Principal
Company: Self-employed
( adam-bien.com)
Location: Munich, Germany
Award: Java Developer of
the Year 2010
Adam Bien, Oracle Magazine’s Java Developer of the Year, thinks that
change is good.
“You have to be open to changes and suggestions,” says Bien, whose
innovative Java development and knowledge sharing sets him apart in
the Java community in which he is so active. “The key is to continuously
learn and improve your skills and then apply what you’ve learned to
your existing projects. This not only maximizes fun but also maximizes
a customer’s satisfaction.”
Bien works with many companies as a Java architecture consultant
for enterprise applications, helping organizations design and
implement high-performance Java solutions and troubleshooting
mission-critical problems. He’s also the author of eight books and
more than 100 articles on Java, architectures, and best practices. His
latest book, Real World Java EE Patterns: Rethinking Best Practices
( press.adam-bien.com, 2009), has been his most successful.
Bien was awarded Java Rock Star status at 2009’s JavaOne
Conference for his session on a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition
6 project called GreenFire, a residential energy monitoring and
management system. He also serves as an Expert Group member for
multiple Java Specification Requests.
“Whether I’m writing books and articles or blogging,” says Bien,
“I love the critical and constructive feedback and interaction with the
Java community.”
TON HENDRIKS
Gary Clark, Gregory Hansen, Ali Pasham,
Sean Shilton, and Alex Whitehurst
ORACLE DATABASE DEVELOPERS OF THE YEAR
Immediacy plus customization equal success for
database development team.
2010
From HDTVs to home theaters, audio and video technologies have
certainly changed rapidly over the last few years. But with Oracle
Application Express, Liberty AV Solutions—part of WESCO/CSC, a
US$5-billion-a-year distributor of electrical products—is keeping pace
with that change by delivering customized solutions to its customers,
sometimes instantly.
“Our applications need to be able to change and evolve rapidly,” says
Gary Clark, Liberty’s CIO, and, along with his team, Oracle Magazine’s
Oracle Database Developer of the Year. “Oracle Application Express is
the heart of our success.”
Liberty specializes in professional audio-visual solutions, supplying
and supporting major consumer electronics retailers. For Clark and
his team, a development process that allows customers and end users
to see their suggestions implemented almost as soon as they make
them has created a sense of ownership over the applications that other
development paradigms can’t match.
“We’ve even had developers add features to applications during
meetings,” says Clark. “That’s the power of Oracle Application Express.”
Name: Gary Clark (left), Gregory Hansen, Ali Pasham, Sean Shilton, and Alex Whitehurst (not pictured) Job title: CIO (Clark), developer/DBA (Hansen, Pasham, and Whitehurst), and system administrator (Shilton) Company: Liberty AV Solutions Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Award: Oracle Database Developers of the Year 2010
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