Bill has been a software development professional since 1979 and a consultant since 1986. He has worked at start-ups, as well as Fortune 500 companies such as 3M, Wells Fargo and Target. His experience covers many aspects of the software development process, including project management, business analysis and requirements engineering, technical and user interface design, process engineering, and software construction. He has lived and worked throughout the US and Europe. He currently works principally in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. He is currently very excited by the potential of Groovy and Grails. You can see more about him at http://www.changent.com/bio/index.shtml.