Chris Maki

Chris Maki is a Principal Software Engineer at Overstock.com. Before joining Overstock.com, Chris was an independent consultant specializing in server-side Java development. He has been designing and building server-side systems for 15 years in C++, Objective-C, and Java.

Chris spent many years working as an enterprise architect specializing in large-scale Java system design and development. In addition to being a Java evangelist, he is an avid proponent of Agile Software Development.

Chris is the President of the Utah Java User Group and a member of the WebBeans expert group (JSR-299) and the JPA 2.0 expert group (JSR-317). He is also the author of JPA 101: Java Persistence Explained.