Author profile: Tatu Saloranta AKA Cowtowncoder

• Real-World Primary Identifier (aka "name"): Tatu Saloranta
• Contact Info:
  • tsaloranta 'at' gmail (Dot) com
  • cowtowncoder 'at' yahoo (doT) com
• Nicks:
  • Cowtowncoder:
    • Twitter: @cowtowncoder
    • StackOverflow: StaxMan
  • Doomdark (former)
  • Menomuna (for some discussions within .fi domain)
• Field: Software Engineering
  • ~15 years of for-money experience (since february 1995)
  • 25+ years of programming experience (bless that VIC-20 I got as x-mas present in early 80s!)
• Career:
  • Current employer: Ning (2010-)
  • Past employers:
    • Marchex.com (2008-2009)
    • Amazon.com (2005-2008), (2009-2010)
    • Sun Microsystems (2001-2005)
    • Quark (1999-2001) Helsinki University of Technology (1995-1999)
• Open Source projects:
  • XML:
    • Woodstox XML processor
    • StaxMate XML helper lib
    • Aalto Ultra-High performance XML parser; optional non-blocking ("async") mode
  • JSON:
    • Jackson Json processor
  • Other:
    • Java Uuid Generator (inactive/complete)
  (and a few others... to be completed)
• Surf'n Turf: (mix of commercial, OS): FasterXML.com
• Communities:
  • Jackson-users @ Ning