Richard Warburton is an empirical technologist and solver of deep-dive technical problems. He has recently written a book on Java 8 Lambdas for O'Reilly and is running java8training.com.

He has worked as a developer in many areas including Statistical Analytics, Static Analysis, Compilers and Network Protocols. He is a leader in the London Java Community and runs OpenJDK Hackdays.

Richard is also a known conference speaker, having talked at Devoxx, JavaOne, JFokus, Devoxx UK, Geecon, Oredev, JAX London and Codemotion. He has obtained a PhD in Computer Science from The University of Warwick.