Neal Ford works at ThoughtWorks as a Software Architect and Meme Wrangler. ThoughtWorks is a multinational IT consultancy that specializes in end-to-end software development and delivery. He's also the author and/or editor of six books, including the most recent The Productive Programmer, and has designed and developed apps, instructional materials, magazine articles, courseware, video/DVD presentations, and author and/or editor of six books spanning a number of technologies. He specializes in large-scale enterprise application design and development. He's also a well-known international speaker, having given over 600 speeches at over 100 developer conferences around the world. Visit nealford.com to learn more about him. He may be reached at [email protected] for feedback.