I setup this website as both a professional resume and as a conduit for me to share the technical madness that is running through my mind. To get started, I am the author of several Java-related books:

• Pro Java EE 5 Performance Management and Optimization (Apress, 2006)
• Java 2 Primer Plus (SAMS, 2002)
• Java 2 From Scratch (QUE, 1999)

As well as contributing chapters to the following books:

• Java Web Services Unleashed (SAMS, 2002)
• C++ Unleashed (SAMS, 1998)

And I've been the Java Reference Guide host on InformIT.com, Pearson Education's (SAMS, QUE, Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley) online IT Resource, through which I have been publishing weekly articles for the past several years. You can read the Java Reference Guide here.

You can check out some of my white papers here:

• Best Practices in Java Environment Performance Testing
• A Formal Performance Tuning Methodology: Wait-based Tuning
• Realizing Continuous Performance Management Best Practices
• Part I: Extending the Continuous Integration Environment with Performance Testing
• Part II: Achieving Continuous Performance Management
  

I've spoken at numerous industry events and Java Users' Groups, such as repeated speaking slots at JBoss World and the Software Test and Performance Conference.

Additionally I spent several years teaching Java and Computer Science related courses at the University of California, Irvine and Learning Tree University.

I am currently interviewing and looking for either permanent employment or contract work, but previously I worked for several software companies specializing on Java and most recently (the last seven years) focusing on Java performance management. I spent the last seven years at Quest Software as the Java domain expert, where I defined the technical requirements for their performance monitoring and management software (for the likes of WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss, and Oracle Application Server.) I spent two years at Quest in a professional services organization that I created with a focus on performance tuning and troubleshooting production performance problems. In this role I defined the service offerings and implemented many of the engagements for Fortune 500 companies in the Financial, Telecommunications, and Health Care industries.

Prior to that I worked as a Java architect in the B2B eCommerce, online marketing, and photo imaging spaces.

I can be reached at steve@javasrc.com, feel free to drop me a line. And if you have requests for InformIT.com updates, send those to informit@javasrc.com so that I don't miss them.

Cheers.
Steve