About the Author

Massimiliano Dessì is an experienced Java developer who started developing JEE applications in 2000. In 2004 he discovered the Spring Framework 1.0, and since then he has been one of its most enthusiastic users.

Massimiliano is specialized in design and development of enterprise Web-based applications, such as portals, content management systems and banking applications. JEE technology and applied agile methodologies like eXtreme Programming are his core skills. He currently works as a Software Architect and Engineer for Sourcesense (www.sourcesense.com), one of the leading European Open Source System Integrators. He have a strong background as a community supporter and open-source software contributor. He's also an active technical writer, author of various articles, publications, and reviews availables on http://www.jugsardegna.org/vqwiki/jsp/Wiki?MassimilianoDessi and on http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/People/MassimilianoDessi.

Massimiliano also speaks regurarly at Users Groups conferences (including Java Users Groups, Spring Framework User Group, Javaday, and Linux Users Groups).

He is one of the founders of Java User Group Sardinia (http://www.jugsardegna.org), as well as the founder of "Spring Framework Italian User Group", "Jetspeed Italian user Group" and "Groovy Italian User Group".

He maintains a personal weblog at: http://jroller.com/page/desmax.

Massimiliano lives in Cagliari, Sardinia with his family.