Manuel received a degree in systems engineering with honors, and he won the 2010 Springy Award – Community Champion. In his little free time, he likes reading the Bible and composing music with his guitar. Manuel is a senior member of the Spring Community Forums, where his username is dr_pompeii.

Manuel has been the technical reviewer for the follows books: Pro SpringSource dm Server, Spring Enterprise Recipes, Spring Recipes (Second Edition), and Pro Spring Integration.

You can contact him through his blog at http://manueljordan.wordpress.com/.