Richard M. Reese holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas A & M University and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Physics at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. In addition to his experience in academia, Richard has over 16 years of experience in industry including operating system development at GTE Automatic Electric Labs and at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas where he supervised a tool development group and oversaw various research and development projects. Prior to his industrial experience he served four years in the United States Air Force. Richard first worked with EJBs as a consultant/instructor of software languages in private and public classes providing him with a variety of insights into industry applications. He has published numerous papers and has developed courseware for a variety of topics including advanced Java technologies. He has also written the EJB 3.1 Cookbook for Packt Publishing.

Jennifer L. Reese holds a B.S. degree from Tarleton State University. She currently works as a software engineer for Local Government Solutions in Waxahachie, Texas, developing software for county government. Prior to graduation, she worked for the Center for Agribusiness Excellence at Tarleton where she used Java in conjunction with GIS software to analyze crop and weather data.