Jacob Orshalick is an independent consultant, and has seven years of software development experience. He has spent much of that time developing or extending web frameworks for clients, and is the co-author of the upcoming JBoss Seam, Second Edition. Jacob has a Masters degree in Software Engineering, and is currently finishing a dissertation toward his Ph.D in Software Engineering. Jacob spends his spare time with his wife and a miniature dachshund named Chloe, and enjoys mountain biking when he can.