Welcome to my site!

Some details about my background can be found below. Also, if you have a few minutes, please visit my new company at BigUniverse.com.

Sincerely,
Anil Hemrajani
anil <at> biguniverse.com

Notable Accomplishments

• Entrepreneur - CEO & Founder of BigUniverse.com, a site with one of the largest collections of children's picture books online. Previously founded, managed and sold Isavix Corporation, a successful IT services company. Acquired/cultivated several Fortune 1000 clients, managed the company’s finances, oversaw sales and recruiting efforts, personally generated revenues (sales), launched several active/passive marketing campaigns, and more.
• Technology - Held a variety of positions in IT since 1986 including CTO, Consultant, Architect, Software Engineer, and MIS Supervisor. Personally assisted large and small companies in implementing custom enterprise-class, cross-platform, software applications using cutting edge technologies and efficient methodologies including object-oriented techniques, application servers, relational databases, and agile methods. Past clients include IBM, AOL, Fannie Mae, AT&T, Freddie Mac, AARP, and several others. Built, marketed and grew Isavix Community, an award-winning online developer community, to over 100,000 registered members.
• Author, Speaker & Teacher - Published a 360-page book (translated to 4 languages, 10,000+ copies sold) and over 30 technical articles in well-known trade journals (see details below). Taught and presented Java/web technologies to over 2,000 people in 8 countries and 4 continents (see details below).
• Awards - Received and/or nominated for various industry awards (see details below).

Awards

• Outstanding Contribution to the Growth of the Java Community (Group/Organization) by Sun Microsystems
• Best Java Client at JavaOne for BackOnline, a Java-based online backup client/server product
• Nominated by Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems for a Computerworld-Smithsonian award for a free online file storage service web site (freeback.com)
• MCI Ace Award

Published Work

• Build Robust Security into a Rails-Based Wiki System: DevX.com, Jul, 2007
• Build a Wiki System with Rails, DevX.com, Apr, 2007
• Agile Java Development with Spring, Hibernate and Eclipse, Java Developer's Journal: Jul, 2006
• Agile Draw, Agile Alliance AgileDevelopment: Jul, 2006
• Agile Java Development with Spring, Hibernate and Eclipse (360-page book; 5000+ copies sold): May, 2006
• Using Agile Processes and Modeling To Build Enterprise Applications, BEA Dev2Dev: May, 2006
• Free Access to your PC from Anywhere (using Real VNC), PC Magazine: Jan, 2006
• Working Together With Wikis, PC Magazine: Aug, 2005
• Methodology madness, JavaWorld: Sep, 2001
• Which app server suits you?, JavaWorld: Aug, 2001
• Javaware: The challenge of staying current, JavaWorld: Jul, 2001
• Java against the (Microsoft) world, JavaWorld: Jun, 2001
• Does Sun understand GUI design?, JavaWorld: May, 2001
• How many times do you restart your server during development?, JavaWorld: Apr, 2001
• What makes a good Java Web site?, JavaWorld: Mar, 2001
• Are you still using print statements for debugging?, JavaWorld: Feb, 2001
• Java developers: High in demand, low on loyalty, JavaWorld: Jan, 2001
• Applets: Still essential to Java, JavaWorld: Dec, 2000
• The new infrastructure for software building blocks, java.sun.com: Nov, 2000
• Freeware: Is it really worth it?, JavaWorld: Nov, 2000
• Do you really need Enterprise JavaBeans?, JavaWorld: Oct, 2000
• Introduction to the Java Mail API, JavaWorld: June, 1999
• The State of Java Middleware: Part 2, JavaWorld: April, 1999
• Programming with Java I/O Streams: Part 3, Java Developers Journal: Feb, 1999
• Writing Your Own Java I/O Stream Classes, Java Developer Connection: Jan, 1999
• Programming with Java I/O Streams: Part 2, Java Developers Journal: Jan, 1999
• Programming with Java I/O Streams: Part 1, Java Developers Journal: Dec, 1998
• Programming with Java I/O Streams, Java Developer Connection: Nov, 1998
• Java Provides Common Ground Across Heterogeneous Environments, JavaWorld: Aug, 1997
• Multi-Panel Applet Design, JavaWorld: May, 1997
• How To Develop Commercial-Quality Java Programs, JavaWorld: Jan, 1997
• Contributing author for Special Edition Using Java, 2nd Edition, Que Publishing: Nov, 1996
• Networking With Java, Dr. Dobb's SourceBook: Oct, 1996
• Java Abstract Window Toolkit, Dr. Dobb's Journal: Sep, 1996
• The Java And C Connection, C/C++ Users Journal: Sep, 1996
• Examining Symantec's Cafe, Dr. Dobb's Journal: Aug, 1996

Speaking

• JavaOne, San Francisco: May, 2008
• Netherlands Java User Group, Bussum: October, 2007
• New England JUG, Boston: October, 2006
• SD Best Practices, Boston: September, 2006
• DF JUG, Brasilia, Brazil: August, 2006
• Princeton JUG, New Jersey: July, 2006
• SpringOne, Antwerpen, Belgium: 16 June, 2006
• Netherlands Java User Group, Ede: 15 June, 2006
• Switzerland Java User Group, Zurich: 13 June, 2006
• Java Special Interest Group, London, UK: 9 June, 2006
• SOA Web Services Edge Conference & Expo: 6 June, 2006
• (Various private seminars for companies in China and India): May, 2006
• Hong Kong Java User Group: May, 2006
• Northern Virginia Java and BEA User Group, Reston, VA: April, 2006
• Omaha Java User group, March, 2006
• Northern Virginia Java and BEA User Group, Reston, VA: January, 2006
• Seminars sponsored by BEA Systems, Richmond, VA (June, 2001) and Baltimore, MD (April, 2001)
• Northern Virginia Java User Group, Chantilly, VA: March, 2001
• (Launched local) WebLogic User Group, Vienna, VA: January, 2000
• Association of Internet Professionals (DCAIP Java SIG), Washington D.C.: April 1999
• Baltimore Harbor Java Users Group, Baltimore, MD: March 1999
• Java Internet Business Expo, New York: August 1997
• Networld + Interop '97, Singapore: April, 1997
• Washington, D.C. Linux Users Group, Bethesda, MD: March, 1996
• (Several private seminars in Shanghai, India, Virginia, and more)

Teaching

• Database Programming in Java: Networld + Interop '97, Singapore: April, 1997
• Web Site Development (Hands-On), Learning Tree International: 1996
• Java Programming (Hands-On), Learning Tree International: 1996

Technical Skills

• Methods: Extreme Programming (XP), Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD), Rational Unified Process (RUP), and custom ones.
• Databases - Sybase, Informix, MS-SQL Server, MySQL, HSQLDB, and others.
• Languages: Java, PERL, C++, C, Unix shell scripting, Visual Basic, and COBOL.
• Frameworks - JEE, Spring Framework, Hibernate, JUnit, and several others.
• Tools/products - BEA WebLogic Server, Apache Tomcat, Eclipse SDK, Ant, Caucho Resin, Visual C++, Visual Basic, and Borland C++.
• Operating systems - Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX, Red Hat, Knoppix, SGI Irix, Amdhal, AT&T Unix System V, SCO Unix, and Wang.