Jon Avotins is an enterprise architect with over 10 years' experience in the software industry. During that time, Dr. Avotins has worked in a broad range of large enterprises in Europe and Australia, predominantly in the government, media, music, and telecommunications sectors. His long-term interest in open source commenced from his early open source releases (YOOCC! and TROOPER), which were developed at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, in the mid-1990s as part of his PhD studies. He is currently a Principal Consultant at Object Consulting. Dr. Avotins can be reached at jon.avotins at objectconsulting.com.au.