Bruno F. Souza, Sun Microsystems

Bruno F. Souza is the number one Java Evangelist in Brazil, responsible for hundreds of Java presentations throughout the country and internationally. As a Java consultant, Bruno participated in some of the largest Java projects in Brazil. As founder and coordinator of SouJava (the Java Users Society) Brazil's most important Java User Group, and one of the largest worldwide, and also working with many other JUGs, Bruno helped drive the growth of the Brazilian Java community. Working with JUGs for so many years, Bruno helped unite the Brazilian JUGs community, and is now the WorldWide NetBeans Community Manager for Sun Microsystems. Bruno is also Director of the Open Source Initiative and an OpenSolaris Evangelist.