Mahesh Desai has been working on Java EE for the last seven years and is currently working at Monsanto as a Java EE consultant. He has a Masters Degree in Computer Applications. Prior to Monsanto he worked for Enterprise Rent-A-Car in St Louis, IBM in Singapore, and Mphasis Software in Mumbai, India. He has been focusing on web application design and development using Spring Framework, JEE 5/6 in an agile environment. Mahesh is a Sun Certified Enterprise Architect, Sun Certified Business Component Developer, Sun Certified Web Component Developer, and Sun Certified Java Programmer. He is passionate about Open Source technologies and his current focus and expertise lies in cutting edge JEE design and development with special attention to testability and beautiful coding.
Pradeep Chandrababu has been working on JEE related technologies for the past 10 years. He has worked at Monsanto and MasterCard in St Louis. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant in England, France, and India. He is currently a Technical Lead at Monsanto, focusing on designing and developing cutting edge JEE applications. Pradeep is a Sun Certified Enterprise Architect, Sun Certified Business Component Developer, Sun Certified Web Component Developer, and a Sun Certified Java Programmer.