About the Authors

Tim Bowler has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a Masters Degree in Internet Technologies and e-commerce, and is currently studying for his Ph.D. in Near Field Communication. With over ten years of experience in web application development and agile project management, he has gained an MIET membership at the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Charted I.T. Professional membership at the British Computer Society (BCS).

Tim started his career developing web applications in PHP for a digital media agency in London. As client expectations and delivery times became more and more demanding, he introduced agile and scrum into the development process along with the Symfony framework, in order to effectuate rapid application development.

Tim is currently the Managing Director at Agile Labs (http://www.agilelabs.co.uk), which specialize in web application development and agile coaching.

Wojciech Bancer has a Master's Degree in Computer Science. He has over eight years of experience in web application development. In 2007, after passing the Zend exam, he gained a Zend Certified Engineer for PHP5 certificate. Wojciech started his career developing web applications in PHP4 and PHP5, as a freelancer. Later he started working for a digital media agency in London, where he was introduced to Symfony and the scrum process. Currently he is a Lead Developer at Agile Labs.