With over 25 years of hands-on Java development experience, Rob is a passionate software engineer focused on building high-performance, developer-friendly tools for the JVM ecosystem. He is the creator and co-maintainer of the Avaje libraries and Ebean ORM, used by developers worldwide to streamline backend development and improve application performance. He is also actively involved in the local tech community as a co-organiser of the Auckland JVM User Group, where I help foster knowledge sharing and discussion among developers passionate about Java and the broader JVM landscape. He thrives on simplicity in design, pragmatic solutions, and writing libraries that developers actually enjoy using.