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Java University Instructor Biographies

Joe Boulenouar
Rick Evans
Alan Petersen
Steve Stelting
Stacy David Thurston
Evan Troyka

Joe Boulenouar
Joe Boulenouar has graduate degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. As a senior Technical Specialist with Sun Microsystems, Joe has expertise in Java technology, Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technology, and the Sun Java platform products. He has trained many companies in the high-end Java, and J2EE technologies. Joe has also architected and designed many J2EE applications for Sun clients. While at Sun he won numerous awards including Technical Specialist of the year and STARS award. He is active in research in the field of Distributed Systems and Artificial Intelligence and has numerous publications in his field of research.

Rick Evans
Rick Evans works at Sun Microsystems in Santa Clara, California. His main activities are concentrated on the development of courseware for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition technology, and the Java Enterprise System family of products. Before joining Sun, Rick worked at Netscape as a courseware developer, and Apple Computer in Developer Technical Support.

Alan Petersen
Alan Petersen is a Java, J2EE and UNIX technology consultant from Tucson, Arizona. He delivers courseware for Sun Microsystems, as well as contributes to course development and Sun's certification exams. Alan has been developing web applications since 1995 and is an avid Mac user.

Steve Stelting
Stephen Stelting works for Sun's Software division as a field engineer supporting the N1 technologies. Prior to that, he was a trainer at Sun Education, where he taught thousands of people all over the world about the joys of Java technology. Over the years, Steve has been a frequent speaker at professional events such as the JavaOne conference and Colorado Software Summit. He is the author of ...Robust Java and Applied Java Patterns by Prentice-Hall, and is the principal inventor of several patents for Sun. Steve lives in Denver, where he cultivates a very un-geeky interest in hiking and the outdoors.

Stacy David Thurston
Stacy David Thurston develops specialized Java course content and is an leading instructor from Sun Microsystems. As an expert in this field, he teaches courses world wide, predominantly across South East Asia. Before Sun, Stacy has been an web application developer, database application developer, Product Manager, and IT operations administrator.

Evan Troyka
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Evan graduated from Tulane University in 1988. Having started teaching Java technology in 1997 for Sun Microsystems through NSC Systems Group of Nashville, TN Evan was named Java Instructor of the Year in both 1998 and 2002. Evan has delivered over 200 Java technology courses for clients such as AT&T, NASA, Siemens, The US Army, The US Air Force, AJ Edwards, USDA, Caraustar, BB&T, Motorola, IBM, Chrysler, and the States of Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Illinois.