Kelby Zorgdrager, President

Kelby Zorgdrager, is the President and Founder of DevelopIntelligence.

Kelby, a serial entrepreneur, has started 2 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, Open Source, and software development, have allowed him to be a guest speaker at JavaOne, Java University, Comdex, IEEE Software Conference, and the Colorado Software Summit. Kelby has also served as a a guest author for both IBM and Sun/Oracle's developer sites. Furthering his passion to help people learn, Kelby served as a technical editor for the best-selling book, Advanced Java: How to Program and has authored the self-published book Working with IntelliJ.

During his last role as a CTO, Kelby quickly realized that there was a distinct need in the software development training space - blending real-world project-oriented skills with hands-on focused training. After much work, deliberation, and coaxing by his wife and friends, Kelby started DevelopIntelligence. Since then, Kelby has been applying his vast experiences in the software development and technical training industries to help companies with their educational and software development needs. 

Kelby is a Sun Certified Java Programmer, Developer, and Architect and has recently delivered training to Apple Computer, Intuit, NetJets, and Shaw Communications.