I believe that the very best software is invisible; if a computer does its job well, then all a user or administrator notices is the job they do, not the software itself.Great software is never an accident: it is a reflection of planning and discipline, of accurately reflecting the needs of people and businesses while inventing new ways of working and thinking that can only exist in the world of electronic abstraction.My experience can be generalized thusly:* A long and rich history of building excellent enterprise systems, in a variety of languages and deployment scenarios* Mastery level knowledge of Java, some old knowledge of J2EE and .NET* An advocate of the core development disciplines, such as seen in the agile movement, which produce measurable and maintainable results in a reliable fashion* Deep experience in building transactional systems, administerable servers, and data processing enginesSpecialties: Java and J2EE but not EJB.Database design - especially SQL Server and Oracle - but not administration.A deep appreciation for data or configuration driven development, such as seen with O/R mappers and pluggable architectures, but not UML.A romantic love for workflow problems, asynchronous processing, and message queuing