Pratik Patel

Pratik Patel wrote the first book on 'enterprise Java' in 1996, Java Database Programming with JDBC. Pratik's specialty is in large-scale Java applications for mission-critical use, and also works on mobile and web applications. He has designed and built enterprise applications in the retail, healthcare, financial services, and telecoms sectors. Pratik has led small teams and large teams of 50 developers - mentoring, training, and providing vision to keep development efforts on track and delivered on time. Pratik holds a master's in Biomedical Engineering from UNC, has worked in places such as New York, London, and Hong Kong, and currently lives in Atlanta, GA.