Ken is a Senior Principal Software Engineer for Red Hat Middleware and has been a consultant and software engineer for over 20 years. Ken leads the SmallRye project, which implements the Eclipse MicroProfile specifications while also looking to innovate with Cloud Native development. As part of his work on SmallRye, Ken is heavily involved in the Eclipse MicroProfile community to develop specifications for Java microservices in the Cloud. Ken recently published “Enterprise Java Microservices” and has previously written two books, including "JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform."