Author: Gerrit Grunwald

Carl P. Dea is a software engineer working for BCT LLC on projects with high performance computing (HPC) architectures. He has been developing software for 15 years with many clients, from Fortune 500 companies to nonprofit organizations. He has written software ranging from mission-critical applications to Web applications. Carl has been using Java since the very beginning and is a Java FX enthusiast dating back to when Java FX used to be called F3. He has been involved with open-source projects such as JFXtras and JDIC. Carl”s passion for software development started when his middle school science teacher showed him the TRS-80 computer. His current software development interests are: rich client platforms (RCP), rich Internet applications (RIAs), Groovy, game programming, Arduino, mobile phones, and tablet computers. When he”s not working, Carl and his wife love to watch their daughters perform at gymnastics meets. Carl lives on the East Coast in Pasadena (aka “The Dena”), Maryland. You can follow him on Twitter @carldea, and on Linked In at www.linkedin.com/in/carldea. Carl also blogs at carlfx.wordpress.com.