With Ben's expertise in the Java Desktop field, Dion's leadership in the web and enterprise Java communities, and their mutual interest in improving web interfaces with Ajax and experience in hosting the popular Ajax Experience conferences, Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer are uniquely qualified to host the Desktop Matters event.
Ben Galbraith is a frequent technical speaker, occasional consultant, and author of several Java-related books. He is a co-founder of Ajaxian.com, an experienced CTO and Java Architect, and is presently a consultant specializing in Java Swing and Ajax development. Ben wrote his first computer program when he was six years old, started his first business at ten, and entered the IT workforce just after turning twelve. For the past few years, he’s been professionally coding in Java. Ben has delivered hundreds of technical presentations world-wide at venues including JavaOne, The Ajax Experience, JavaPolis, and the No Fluff Just Stuff Java Symposium series; he was the top-rated speaker at JavaOne 2006.
Dion is the co-founder of Ajaxian.com, the leading Ajax community, and "Audible Ajax" the popular podcast. He is a columnist on Enterprise Java topics at openxource.com, onjava.com, TheServerSide.com, and of course his blog at almaer.com/blog. He enjoys writing, and speaking at events such as JavaOne, JavaPolis, TheServerSide Symposium, and the No Fluff Just Stuff symposium tour. He also participates on JCP expert groups, and the open source community as a whole.
