Learning Apache Karaf

Johan Edstrom is an open source software evangelist, Apache developer, and
seasoned architect; he has created Java architectures for large, scalable, hightransaction
monitoring, fi nancial, and open source systems.
Johan is, by training, an electronics engineer with a penchant for fractal geometry.
He has worked as development lead, infrastructure manager, IT lead, and
programmer and has guided several large companies to success in the use of open
source software components. Lately, he has been helping some of the world's largest
networking companies and medical startups achieve high availability and scalability
and dynamically adapt SOA systems.
Johan divides his time between writing software, mentoring development teams,
and teaching people how to use Apache ServiceMix, Camel, CXF, and ActiveMQ
effectively and scalable to enterprise installations.
He is the co-author of the book Instant OSGi Starter, Packt Publishing.
Johan is a committer on Apache Camel and Apache ServiceMix and is a PMC
member for Apache Camel. Jamie Goodyear is an open source advocate, Apache developer, and computer
systems analyst with Savoir Technologies; he has designed, critiqued, and supported
architectures for large organizations worldwide.
Jamie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Memorial
University of Newfoundland.
Jamie has worked in systems administration, software quality assurance, and senior
software developer roles for businesses ranging from small startups to international
corporations. He has attained committer status on Apache Karaf, ServiceMix, and
Felix and is a Project Management Committee member on Apache Karaf. His fi rst
print publication was Instant OSGi Starter, Packt Publishing, which he co-authored
with Johan Edstrom.
Currently, he divides his time between providing high-level reviews of architectures,
mentoring developers and administrators on SOA deployments, and helping to grow
the Apache community. Heath Kesler is an Apache developer and committer and has spoken at
conferences around the world. He is a Senior SOA Architect with Savoir
Technologies and has architected and developed scalable, highly available SOA
systems for large corporations around the globe.
Heath currently helps corporations implement and develop enterprise integration
systems using messaging and web services with a focus on maintainability and
scalability. He gives training classes on complex concepts and frameworks that
provide functionality to large-scale enterprise solutions. He has bootstrapped
development on mission-critical systems for several Fortune 500 companies.
Heath has reached committer status on Apache Karaf and has been a contributor
to Camel. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from DeVry University after
his tour in the army.