WS-BPEL 2.0 for SOA Composite Applications with IBM WebSphere 7

Matjaz B. Juric holds a Ph.D. in computer and information science. He is Full Professor at the university and head of the Cloud Computing and SOA Competence Centre. Matjaz is Java Champion and Oracle ACE Director. He has more than 15 years of work experience. He has authored/coauthored Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL, Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (English and French editions), BPEL Cookbook: Best Practices for SOA-based integration and composite applications development (award for best SOA book in 2007 by SOA World Journal), SOA Approach to Integration, Professional J2EE EAI, Professional EJB, J2EE Design Patterns Applied, and .NET Serialization Handbook. He has published chapters in More Java Gems (Cambridge University Press) and in Technology Supporting Business Solutions (Nova Science Publishers). He has also published in journals and magazines, such as SOA World Journal, Web Services Journal, Java Developer's Journal, Java Report, Java World, eai Journal, theserverside.com, OTN, ACM journals, and presented at conferences such as OOPSLA, Java Development, XML Europe, OOW, SCI, and others. He is a reviewer, program committee member, and conference organizer. Matjaz has been involved in several large-scale projects. In cooperation with IBM Java Technology Centre, he worked on performance analysis and optimization of RMI-IIOP, integral part of the Java platform. Matjaz is also a member of the BPEL Advisory Board. Swami Chandrasekaran works for IBM as an Industry Executive Architect for its Software Group - Industry Solutions. He provides architectural leadership for IBM tooling / product suite and works with its global customers in delivery of best in class solutions. His expertise includes next-generation networks, OSS/BSS, SOA, Dynamic BPM and modern web based architectures, and TM Forum Frameworx (NGOSS). He has travelled to almost 24 countries and is constantly sought after within the company for his technical leadership and client skills. His credits include technical and strategic interface with various senior executive and institutions, including Fortune 100/500 companies and international clients. He is the SME & co-Lead Architect for the WebSphere Telecom Content Pack. He has presented at several conferences, authored articles within IBM, articles featured in 'BearingPoint Institute for Thought Leadership' and also hold's several patent disclosures. He previously worked for BearingPoint and also for Ericsson Wireless Research. He lives with his wife Ramya, daughter Harshitha in Dallas, TX. He is an avid video gamer and during his free time he likes to write at http://www.nirvacana.com. He hold's a Master's in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas, Arlington. Ales Frece [ales.frece@soa.si, ales.frece@cloud.si] is a researcher at university, where he is preparing his doctoral dissertation. He has participated in several SOA projects as a consultant and solution designer at the SOA Competence Centre and Cloud Computing Centre. He is involved in several research and applicative projects. He has published articles and attended conferences where he has presented his extensive knowledge in BPM, SOA and IBM WebSphere platform. He holds several IBM SOA Technology certificates and has cooperated in launching the first cloud in Slovenia.