CTO at JActor Consulting.

Bill La Forge

CTO at JActor Consulting

*********@*****.***

Summary

Working full time on a new kind of database / application platform to transparently support scalability. Profile

at a Glance: * Accomplished Research Engineer and Developer offering a successful career spanning 37

years including working as an Open Source Project Manager since 1998. * Associated with Open Software

Foundation (OSF) Research Institute, serving on a US Presidential Commission, a DARPA Principal and

worked as a Director of Engineering at Fiorano. * Proficient Java Developer, including Servlets, JavaBeans,

WeakReferences, Reflection, NIO, RMI, multithreading/concurrency, swing and XML with sound refactoring

and programming skills. * Adroit in API Design, Protocols, Asynchronous Systems Development, Transaction

Internals, Inversion-Of-Control, Copy-On-Write, OODBMS Internals, Knowledge Management Systems

and sound technical know-how in configurable software and code reuse leading to a radical reduction in

time to market. * Innovative & enthusiastic Individual offering excellent Communication, Coordination &

Interpersonal Skills and combining creative aptitude and leadership skills along with a business-centered mind-

set to positively contribute to overall organizational growth and profitability.

Experience

CTO at JActor Consulting

February 2012 - Present (3 years 5 months)

JActor Consulting is an independent research and development company located in Bangalore, India. Our

products are a result of a 10 year research effort and are based on new technology with a performance

advantage of several orders of magnitude. Need to write software that makes effective use of multi-core

CPUs? Jactor provides the ideal solution. The high-performance messaging provided by JActor means

that you can use many small actors with good seperation of concerns while still enjoying unbelievable

throughput. JActor messaging is orders of magnitude faster than other actor-based systems, and that is what

makes all the difference.

Director of Engineering at Fiorano Software Technologies

2006 - 2007 (1 year)

Languages

English (Native or bilingual proficiency)

Publications

An Object Oriented Model for Robust Multi-threaded Programming by William la Forge

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Java Magazine / April 17, 2014

Authors: Bill La Forge

This article is about JActor2, a multi-threaded OO programming model, inspired by Alan Kay’s early

thoughts on Objects. JActor2 is based on asynchronous 2-way messaging with assured responses. The net

result being code that is both simpler and more robust, and hence easier to maintain.

Enterprise Application Integration with XML and Java

Prentice Hall PTR 2000

Authors: Bill La Forge, JP Morgenthal

Enterprise Application Integration with XML and Java. The book teaches readers to identify data exchange

requirements and meet them with Java and XML. It contains easy-to-read, well-documented code

throughout. The CD-ROM contains extensive source code from the book, plus a library of leading-edge

software and trialware.

JavaBeans Developer’s Reference

New Riders 1997

Authors: Dan Brookshier, Bill La Forge

JavaBeans Developer s Reference is the one-stop source for experienced professional Java developers seeking

concise information on building, packaging, using, and updating JavaBean components.

Special Edition Using JavaBeans, QUE

Que /ISBN-13: 978********** / ISBN: 078*******-****

Authors: Bill La Forge

Users can take Java to the next level by learning how to create powerful, interactive Java components. This

step-by-step programmer's tutorial offers a thorough treatment of developing Java Beans from scratch and

using them with existing components. Full of robust examples, insider tips and warnings, this book provides

practical insight on working with the Java Beans APIs.

Skills & Expertise

Python

XML

Web Services

Java

Java Enterprise Edition

Performance Tuning

Cloud Computing

Swing

Ant

Scalability

SOA

Subversion

Servlets

Programming

Distributed Systems

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Perl

EJB

JUnit

Software Development

Leadership

Agile Methodologies

Enterprise Architecture

Open Source

Education

Penn State University

1968 - 1971

Interests

Replacing EJB

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Bill La Forge

CTO at JActor Consulting

*********@*****.***

Contact Bill on LinkedIn-: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laforge49

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