Dr Adam Kolawa is the co-founder and CEO of Parasoft, a provider of automated infrastructures that control and improve the process of developing software applications. Kolawa's years of experience with various software development processes has resulted in his unique insight into the high-tech industry and the uncanny ability to successfully identify technology trends. As a result, he has orchestrated the development of successful commercial software products to meet growing industry needs to improve software quality often before the trends have been widely accepted. Kolawa co-authored Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Management (Wiley, 2007) and Bulletproofing Web Applications (Wiley, 2001). He has also written or contributed to over a hundred commentary pieces and technical articles for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, CIO, Computerworld, Dr. Dobb's Journal, and Software Test & Performance. In 2001, Kolawa was awarded the Los Angeles Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Software category. In 2007, eWeek recognized him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in IT. Kolawa holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the California Institute of Technology.

Dr Dorota Huizinga is the Associate Dean for the College of Engineering and Computer Science and Professor of Computer Science at California State University, Fullerton. She is the recipient of several CSUF outstanding faculty recognitions in the areas of scholarly and creative activities, teaching and service. Her publication record spans a wide range of Computer Science disciplines from testing and static analysis, through algorithm analysis, distributed and real-time applications to files systems and mobile computing, and her research was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, State of California, and private industry. Recently, Dorota wrote a proposal and lead the efforts in the implementation and WASC accreditation of the online, professional degree program Master of Science in Software Engineering.