Randy J. Ray has been a software engineer for 16 years, working in many languages including C/C++, Perl and most recently Java. As co-author of the O'Reilly title Programming Web Services With Perl, he continues to closely follow new and interesting trends in web design and web services. He's worked on the Voice Tools Platform Eclipse plug-in, and has contributed bug-fixes to ROME. He is based in San Jose, California, where he helps maintain the website for a local hobby club.