Chapter 1. Rod Johnson
Fact Sheet
Name: Rod Johnson
Home Page: www.springsource.com
Rock Star Programmer Credentials: Inventor of the Spring Framework, which revolutionized Enterprise Java application development by popularizing “Inversion of Control”
Date of Birth: July 1971
City of Birth: Sydney, Australia
Birth Order: Only child
Marital Status: Married
Number of Kids: Two
Degree: PhD in 19th-century piano music
Number of generations in your ancestry (including yourself) that graduated from college: Two
Years as an IT Professional: 15
Role: CEO of SpringSource
Introduction
Rod Johnson has made his name and fortune challenging conventional wisdom. He has a successful ...
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