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Presentation Summary:

Hear about the best practices to measure code quality for Java/JEE applications and factors contributing to it. The discussion will be focused around the usage of design Patterns, engineering practices like build automation, PMD, cyclomatic complexity, Unit testing & dependencies.

A big thank you to Waste Management for sponsoring our meeting and the Xbox 360® Console with Kinect™ door prize and PROS Pricing for providing meeting space!

Speakers:

Shiv Vithal is Director of information technology for Waste Management Inc and is responsible for leading company’s product development for customer facing and operational functions. Prior to joining Waste Management, Shiv was the Director of Technology for nations leading financial services firm, Quicken Loans, developing their core business operations in all 50 states. Shiv has also worked on leading organizations through merger and acquisition activities related to IT due diligence and post-acquisition technology integration. Shiv is a business-focused leader with deep expertise in driving organizational change and aligning technology with business strategy. 

Shiv received his bachelor of engineering degree from India. Shiv also holds a MBA from Ross School of Business in Corporate Strategy and a Masters in Information systems from Eastern Michigan University. He also holds Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification since 2003.

Prasad Tangirala is a Senior Manager at Waste Management heading up the Ebusiness development teams. He has managed the build out several applications for large user bases in a variety of industries, most recently at Amazon.com. He has over 15+ years of development management experience using various methodologies.

Arun Sakthi is working as a Senior Developer in Waste Management. He has architected and developed various Java/ JEE solutions in different domains (i.e. Insurance, Banking, eCommerce). He has over 8 years of engineering experience with different companies in India and United States. He also has practiced agile methodologies with lot of project teams for past 3 years and a certified scrum master.

Meeting Location: PROS Pricing

3100 Main Map 

10th floor 

Houston, TX 77002

Suggested Parking:

Park across the street in the parking garage on Elgin on the 3rd or 4th floor in the Visitor designated spots. Walk across the skybridge on the 3rd floor and take the elevators on the right side of the elevator lobby to the 10th floor.

Meeting Sponsor: Waste Management

Sponsor Website: http://www.wm.com

Company Overview

About Waste Management

Waste Management, Inc. is North America's leading provider of integrated environmental solutions. We partner with our customers and communities to manage and reduce waste from collection to disposal while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy.

Our 45,000 employees are committed to Environmental Performance — our mission to maximize resource value, while minimizing environmental impact so that both our economy and our environment can thrive. Serving over 20 million residential, industrial, municipal and commercial customers, Waste Management posted $12.52 billion of revenues in 2010.

Door Prizes and Giveaways!

A Xbox 360® Console with Kinect™

JetBrains has donated one IntelliJ license to be raffled off at this month's HJUG meeting if we have 30 attendees, two if we have 50 or more

Hello2Morrow has donated a SonarJ Personal license to be raffled off at this month's HJUG meeting

ZeroTurnaround has donated a license of JavaRebel to be raffled off this month