Learn From a Top-Notch Team

Kelby Zorgdrager, President

Kelby Zorgdrager, a serial entrepreneur, has started 3 successful businesses in his career. Much of his career has been focused on leveraging technologies to create robust, scalable, and extensible solutions. Kelby has held just about every position possible in the technology world, from tech support to CTO. Kelby's expertise in Java and software development, allowed him to be a guest speaker at JavaOne, Java University, Comdex, IEEE Software Conference, and the Colorado Software Summit. Kelby has been a guest author for both IBM and Sun's, and served as a technical editor for the best-selling book, Advanced Java: How to Program. Recently, Kelby has been applying his vast understanding of technology through the delivery of educational and software development consulting services to small and medium sized businesses.

Simon Roberts

Simon Roberts has over 12 years of experience defining, developing, and delivering software development training programs. As a Senior instructor and courseware developer for Sun Microsystems, Mr. Roberts developed and delivered Java training courses for Sun Educational Services' internal and external customers. While at Sun, Mr. Roberts was a guest presenter at JavaOne, Java University and other known software trade shows. Mr. Roberts' most significant accolade was his work as the development lead in the design, development, and review of the Sun Certified Java Programmer (SJCP), Sun Certified Java Developer (SCJD), and the Sun Certified Java Architect (SCJA) certification exams. His expertise in Java and teaching, allowed him to create one of the all-time best-selling Java books.

Mike McClure

Mike McClure has over 10 years of experience providing software solutions to business and technology problems. He practices the professional discipline of software development to construct highly scalable and maintainable software using best-in-breed components and test-driven, pragmatic development strategies. Mr. McClure most recently served as a sales engineer at Collective Intellect, providing technical input and support to the sales team and customers in the social media space. During his seven years in the telecommunications industry, including four years at Level3 Communications, he learned how to scale and integrate complex systems for performance, throughput, and reliability. Mike enjoys helping businesses develop software more effectively and training developers in new technologies.

Rich Remington

Rich Remington has over 24 years experience in software development and technical management, including over 10 years experience architecting and developing Internet based applications. Mr. Remington spent several years in the telecommunications industry where his coordination of multiple organizations and integration with multiple systems was a key factor to success. Currently, Mr. Remington is the owner of Rich Software Inc, a small consulting firm that specializes in building ESB / SOA software solutions for its clients and training them on the underlying technologies. Rich has taught and consulted with some of the best companies in the Rocky Mountain Region, including University of Denver, Great West Life, and CAP Gemini. Rich holds a B.S. in Mathematical Sciences from Oregon State University.

Sean Palm

Sean Palm has been teaching Java programming and Object Oriented design classes since 2000. He began by doing so for Sun Microsystems, and has since branched out to a broader client base. In addition, Sean designs / builds standalone and multi-tier web application for a private industry. He is an advocate of Java technologies, and continues to be a proponent of the open-source community.

Matt Rutherford

Since 1996, Matt has honed his technology skills as a CTO, Chief Engineer and Sr. Software Engineer for a variety of companies. As a specialist in J2EE, PHP, Python, Linux XML, and XSL, Matt has mentored developers in implementing a variety of data processing and online applications, as well as published leading articles on Distributed Systems. Matt currently serves as a tenured professor at the University of Denver.