Sue Spielman, Switchback Software

Sue Spielman is the President and Senior Consulting Engineer of Switchback Software , a consulting firm that specializes in the architecture, design, and implementation of business and web application development using the latest in J2EE and J2ME technologies.

She is also co-founder of Mobilogics, a company focused on building software for the mobile data services market that utilizes geospatial technologies. Sue is the best-selling author and/or co-author of a number of technology books including: Pro J2EE 1.4 - Professional to Expert (Apress 2004), JSTL: Practical Guide for JSP Programmers (MK 2003), The Web Conferencing Book (Amacom 2003), and The Struts Framework - A Practical Guide for Java Programmers (MK 2002).

She is currently working on Pragmatic J2ME (Pragmatic Programmers) which will be available later in 2004. She speaks at conferences around the US and Canada and is a columnist for O'Reilly's OnJava.com, blogs for Java.net, and is frequently published in industry magazines including, Software Development, XML and Web Services, JavaPro, and Devx.com. Sue is also serves as a technical expert witness in technology lawsuits.