Rod Johnson
Creator of Spring & Best Selling Author of J2EE without EJB
Rod Johnson is the father of Spring, which grew out of his influential book, “Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development,” which initiated the “lightweight” transformation of enterprise Java. Rod co-founded SpringSource, where he served as CEO until its 2009 acquisition by VMware, where he is now a Senior Vice President.
Rod is an authority on enterprise Java architecture, a thought leader on open source development and business models, and a popular speaker at conferences around the world.
Rod has over 15 years technology, management and business experience. He holds a BA with Honors in Computer Science, Mathematics and Musicology as well as a PhD from the University of Sydney.
Presentations
Welcome Keynote
Rod Johnson and Adrian Colyer welcome the Spring and Grails communities to SpringOne 2GX 2011 and discuss the pace of innovation in enterprise applications
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