Matt Raible currently resides in Denver, Colorado where he is a J2EE Consultant for Raible Designs. Matt has been surrounded by computers for most of his life - even though he grew up in the backwoods of Montana without electricity. Most of his "nack for computers" comes from his father who had them hooked up to Compuserve in the mid-80s. Matt's began playing on the Internet in 1994 and has been doing so ever since. Java became his passion in 1999 and he's still in love with it today. When he's not working, he's playing with his daughter Abbie or dreaming about restoring his 1966 VW Bus.