Matthew Closson is a creative technologist and entrepreneur at heart. He is currently employed as a software engineer by Philips Healthcare. He is passionate about software testing, systems integration, and web technologies. When not obsessing over Ruby and C# code, this elusive developer is likely to be found reading at the local bookstore or relaxing on the beach.
Chetan Giridhar has more than five years experience of working in the software services industry, product companies, and research organizations. He has a string background of C/C++, Java (certified Java professional) and has a good command of Perl, Python scripting languages, using which he has developed useful tools and automation frameworks. His articles on Code Reviews, Software Automation, and Agile methodologies have been published in international magazines including TestingExperience and AgileRecord for which he has received appreciation from other industry experts on his website—TechnoBeans. Chetan has also co-authored a book on Design Patterns in Python that is listed at Python's Official Website. He has given lectures on Python Programming to software professionals and at educational institutes including the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. Chetan holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mumbai and feels that the world is full of knowledge.
Sylvain Hellegouarch is a senior software engineer with several years experience in development and performance testing in various companies, both in France and in the United Kingdom. Passionate about open-source software, he has written several Python projects around communication protocols such as HTTP, XMPP, and the Atom Publishing Protocol. He has been part of the CherryPy team since 2004 and has also authored the CherryPy Essentials book, published by Packt Publishing in 2007. Sylvain also reviewed Spring Python, published by Packt Publishing in 2010. His current interests are set on the open-data movement and the wave of innovation it brings to public services. When away from his computer, Sylvain plays the guitar and the drums or spends his time with friends and family.
Maurice HT Ling completed his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and B.Sc(Hons) in Molecular and Cell Biology from The University of Melbourne where he worked on microarray analysis and text mining for protein-protein interactions. He is currently a Senior Scientist (Bioinformatics) in Life Technologies and an Honorary Fellow in The University of Melbourne, Australia. Maurice holds several Chief Editorships including The Python Papers, Computational and Mathematical Biology, and Methods and Cases in Computational, Mathematical, and Statistical Biology. In Singapore, he co-founded the Python User Group (Singapore) and has been the co-chair of PyCon Asia-Pacific since 2010. In his free time, Maurice likes to train in the gym, read, and enjoy a good cup of coffee. He is also a Senior Fellow of the International Fitness Association, USA. His personal website is: http://maurice.vodien.com.