About the Author

Esteban Aliverti is an independent IT consultant and software developer with more than 8 years of experience in the field. He is a fervent open source promoter and developer with meaningful contributions to JBoss Drools and jBPM5 frameworks. After he got his software engineering degree in Argentina, he started working with local IT companies fulfilling different roles ranging from web developer to software architect. In 2009, while working for Plugtree, he was introduced to JBoss Drools and jBPM5 projects. Over the next 3 years, he became one of the lead consultants at Plugtree, providing services to its most important clients all around the world.

A former Professor of Java and object-oriented programming at Universidad de Mendoza, Argentina, he decided to continue with his passion for education outside the academic field by co-authoring jBPM5 Community Training and Drools 5 Community Training online courses. The urge to transmit his knowledge and experience led him to participate as speaker and co-speaker in several international conferences, such as Java One Brazil, RuleML, October Rule Fest, and various Drools and jBPM summits.

In JUDCon 2012 and 2013, he was recognized as a JBoss Community Leader during the JBoss Community Recognition Awards, in acknowledgement of his contributions to Drools framework.

Currently located in Germany, he works as an independent Drools/JBPM consultant and developer. During his free time, he enjoys contributing to Drools and jBPM projects and helping other people to embrace these technologies. In addition, he has a personal blog (http://ilesteban.wordpress.com), which he uses to publish his work and discoveries in his journey through the open source world.