Andrew Beak is a software architect with over 10 years of professional experience. He is a Zend Certified Engineer, ITIL certified service manager and a certified cloud architect. He currently leads a team of 12 developers. Andrew is the author of a PHP 7 Zend certification study guide published by Apress which was rated one of the top books on PHP by BookAuthority in 2018 and 2019. He’s developed successful video courses on Udemy and has presented for the NomadPHP industry group. He has worked in the payment card industry where he learned about the PCI framework. He has also been responsible for managing the security of enterprise-scale video delivery systems using the NIST framework. Andrew enjoys programming as a hobby and is passionate about sharing his experience with others. He is married with two children and lives in the UK. In his spare time, he plays MMORPG games and creates themes for mobile telephones.

An experienced web application developer, having worked on multiple enterprise-level applications, hundreds of websites, business solutions and many unique and innovative web applications. Web application development areas of expertise include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, PHP, and MySQL. Anything to do with web creation and digital experience. Passionate about everything to do with web application development, programming to online marketing with a strong focus on social media and SEO. Understanding technology provides a means to better connect with users. It also opens so many doors. Knowledge is the key to success, and I want to help you experience what technology has to offer. I'm passionate about web technologies and look forward to sharing my knowledge and experience with you!

Howard Poston has over a decade of experience in C, C++, Java programming and a background in cybersecurity. He is a blockchain and cybersecurity trainer, writer, consultant, and researcher and has a Master’s degree in Cyber Operations, and is a Certified Ethical Hacker. Howard also has experience in teaching online courses, having created and delivered half a dozen different courses live, remotely, and on-demand on different cybersecurity topics

Niyazi Erdogan is a software engineer and AWS Certified Solutions Architect with over ten years of experience in various fields. He is a both self-taught programmer and computer science graduate. His experience ranges from embedded development to server-side, client-side development technologies to cloud. Besides his day job, he really enjoys developing software with lots of different technologies. On the other hand, he does love to follow tech conferences and blogs about latest technologies and tools. He also likes to read books within or without his field of expertise and loves to watch series like Westworld and Game of Thrones. He also makes sure that he stays healthy with daily walking, running and workout.

Buddhini Samarakkody is a Senior Java Engineer who possesses over 11 years of industry experience working with multi-national Software Companies. She has worked with Java, Java EE tech stack on projects in domains such as Supply Chain Management, POS & Electronic Content Management. At present she is an Independent Consultant for Kerk Solutions, Sri Lanka - partner of Khutzi Software, Australia, working on ECM solutions built on top of the ELO Digital Office product, for clients based in Australia. Buddhini has also been a Visiting Lecturer in IT since 2012 at the CINEC campus in Sri Lanka, teaching & mentoring students following Pearson HNC & the University of Wolverhampton degree programs. Buddhini is also a Partner/Trainer & Consultant at eSolve Business Solutions, a company engaged in HR Consultancy and Corporate Training. She holds a B.Sc. in Computing & Information Systems from the London Metropolitan Uni. and an MBA from the Uni. of Wales. She has SCJP & SCWCD certifications from Sun Microsystems, Inc.