Justin Gehtland is President and co-founder of Relevance, a development, consulting and training organization based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has written commercial applications in Ruby, Java, C#, VB, Perl and other languages, and is the author or co-author of eight different technical books, including Pragmatic Ajax, Rails for Java Developers, and the Jolt(TM) award winning Better, Faster, Lighter Java. He is a well-traveled speaker, appearing at RailsConf, RubyConf, RailsEdge, JAOO, and the No Fluff, Just Stuff tour.
	Stuart Dabbs Halloway is CEO and co-founder of Relevance. Stuart is the co-author of Rails for Java Developers and the author of Component Development for the Java Platform. Stuart regularly speaks at industry events including the No Fluff, Just Stuff Java Symposiums and the Pragmatic Studio. He received his B.S. and M.P.P. from Duke University in 1990 and 1994, respectively.
	Michael Anton has been developing Object-Oriented Software Solutions for the Financial Industry since 1991. He is the chief architect of the Core Development Framework, which provides the foundation for dozens of applications in Equity and Fixed Income Trading and Portfolio Management. Michael holds a Master of Science in Engineering (Computer & Information Science) from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Chemistry from Williams College. He has contributed to dozens of projects in many diverse areas, including molecular modeling, oil exploration and drilling, traffic control, office automation, Microwave CAD and interactive voice response. You can find Michael online at rapidsystemdevelopment.com/anton.aspx
	Matthew Bass is an independent software developer specializing in agile web development with Ruby on Rails. He has a strong background in eXtreme Programming (XP) from his work at Ken Auer's studio, RoleModel Software. Rumor has it that he once worked for Jared Richardson at SAS. He has also been spotted speaking at RailsConf and BarCamp and co-organizing the Raleigh Ruby Brigade. His uncomfortable memories of developing web applications in PHP and Java are fading away and he would prefer to keep it that way. You can find Matthew online at matthewbass.com
	Kerry Foley is Lead Developer at Financial Technology Solutions Inc, a firm specializing in software development for the financial industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from Dublin City University in Ireland and has over ten years experience designing and building software. Previously, Kerry was a Vice-President and Principal at Sanford Bernstein (later AllianceBernstein), an Investment Management and Research Firm in New York City, where he was a major contributor to their portfolio management, trading, and accounting systems. You can find Kerry online at rapidsystemdevelopment.com/foley.aspx.
	Rob Sanheim (Bio Pending)
	Luis de la Rosa is the Founder of Happy Apps LLC, a software development firm specializing in Ruby on Rails web applications and Mac OS X applications built in Cocoa, based in Falls Church, VA. He has over 12 years of experience in the software industry, programming in Smalltalk, Java, Objective-C, and of course, Ruby. You can find Luis online at luisdelarosa.com.
	Jason Rudolph is a Principal at Relevance and is the author of the highly-praised book, Getting Started with Grails. Jason speaks frequently at software conferences and user groups, and he has more than nine years of experience in developing software solutions for domestic and international clients of all sizes, including start-ups, Dow 30 companies, and government organizations. Jason holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Virginia. You can find Jason online at jasonrudolph.com.
	Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, Chief Learning Officer at Relevance, has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, and Europe. He helps his clients apply and succeed with Agile Development. He's a frequently invited speaker at international software conferences and user groups. He is author of .NET Gotchas (O'Reilly) and coauthor of the 2007 Jolt(TM) Productivity Award winning book, Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find Venkat online at agiledeveloper.com.
Image Pending	Glenn Vanderburg (Bio Pending)