My name is J. Jeffrey Hanson, I have more than 20 years of experience in the software industry, including working as senior engineer for the Microsoft Windows port of the OpenDoc project, lead architect for the Route 66 framework at Novell, and chief architect for eReinsure.com, Inc., where I directed design and implementation of frameworks and platforms for J2EE-based reinsurance systems. I am currently the CTO
for Max International LLC, where I direct efforts to provide desktop and enterprise applications and platforms for the retail and wholesale industries. I am the author of numerous articles and books, including .NET versus J2EE Web Services: A Comparison of Approaches, Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions, Web Services Business Strategies and Architectures, and Mashups: Strategies for the Modern Enterprise.