Kevin Whinnery is a core contributor and evangelist for Appcelerator, Inc., developers of the Appcelerator RIA framework. Prior to joining Appcelerator, Kevin has done server-side Java programming and UI development for ERP vendor Lawson Software and technical consultancy Perficient, Inc. Kevin is also the author of the upcoming book "Appcelerator In Action" from Manning Publications (http://www.manning.com/whinnery).