Authors
Fernando J. Miguel is a Certified Professional Scrum Master by the Scrum
Alliance, with experience in Analysis and Web Application Development since 2003. He has been
working with Project Development with Design Patterns, MVC, Object Oriented Programming and
Agile. Fernando also has experience with Content Management Systems (CMS), Wordpress, Joomla,
Magento 2, PHP, Java, Node.js, Android, SQL, NoSQL, Cloud Computing. Fernando has a bachelor
degree at Information Systems (Centro Universitrio Mdulo - Brazil), specialization in Project
Management / PMI-PMBOK (Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul - Brazil), specialization in Informatics on
Health (Universidade Federal de So Paulo - Brazil) and currently he is pursuing a master's
degree in Electronic Engineering Computer - Informatics at Instituto de Tecnologia e Aeronutica
(ITA), one of the best technology institute in Brazil. Dedication To my grandmother Mildes and
my mother Edneia, wherever they are, I'm sure they are very happy with my work. To my beloved
wife Elizabete for the countless hours of patience with my work. Love you.Bogman Ray :
Ray Bergman is an IT professional and Magento evangelist from the Netherlands.
He started working with computers in 1983, as a hobby at first. In the past, he has worked for
KPN, a large Dutch Telecom company, as a senior security officer. He has been the CTO of Wild
Hibiscus, Netherlands, since 2010, and co-founder and business creator of Yireo until 2011. Jira
ICT since 2005, and CTO of SupportDesk B.V, which he co-founded in 2011. At SupportDesk B.V, he
is a Magento, Joomla, OroCRM, Web / Server / Mobile Performance specialist, and Security
evangelist. His focus during the day is business/product development and training webmasters and
consultants about the power of Magento, from the basics up to an advanced level. He has trained
over 1000 Magento and 750 Joomla experts worldwide since 2005. During Magento events like
Magento Developers Paradise, Meet Magento and Magento Live he is regular speakers since 2009. He
has participated in reviewing Mastering Magento (2012), Mastering Magento (2013) the video,
Mastering Magento Theme Design (2014), Magento Administration Guide (2014) and Learning Magento
Theme Development (2014). The writing of this book was a big thing for me. I spend every free
minute with passion in writing this. I had many doubts and thoughts as a dyslexic person to
overcome this big challenge. But I never thought that writing this would give me lots of
self-esteem, peace and joy. This would not have happened without the loving support and patient
of my wife Mette and daughter Belize. Joining forces with my co-writing Vladimir was a lot of
fun. Sharing thoughts and inside about our Magento passion was great. Last, but not least, I
would like to thank all the people who made this writing possible.Kerkhoff Vladimir :
Vladimir Kerkhoff is an experienced IT professional, 4 times Magento Certified
Developer from the Netherlands and working with Magento since late 2009. Currently Vladimir is
the founder/owner of Genmato BV, a Magento extension development company. He is also available
for cool freelance projects. Vladimir has a long carrier in the IT industry, he started his
carrier in 1992 at an IT company managing customer corporate networks (Bionet, Novell Netware
and Windows Server). In 1996 he was co-founder and CTO of Perfect InterNetworking Solutions
(PINS) a large Dutch Managed Hosting provider. After leaving PINS in 2009 he co-founded
eFulFillers offering webshop fulfilment services based on the Magento platform. The writing of
this book was a nice new experience, forcing myself to dive into the new Magento 2 code and
learning the new methods that are available. Joining forces with my co-writing Ray was a lots of
fun. Sharing thoughts and inside about our Magento passion was great. Last, but not least, I
would like to thank all the people who made this writing possible.Williams Bret :
Bret Williams, for over 20 years, has engineered the creation of hundreds of
websites, including many profitable e-commerce properties and several Internet firsts. Beginning
with version 1.3 of Magento CE, Bret began an odyssey of becoming one of the foremost experts on
leveraging Magento to build successful online businesses. Today, as CEO of novusweb llc, Bret
continues to provide e-commerce management services from his office in Austin, Texas. Bret
authored the wildly popular Mastering Magento, and he is the co-author of Magento 2
Administrator's Guide (Packt Publishing) with his wife and business partner, Cyndi. His company
also owns MageDaily website, a Magento news and reviews blog, and MageRevolution, which sells
Magento enhancements.Bownds Jonathan :
Jonathan Bownds is an e-commerce professional living in the sunny climes of Austin, Texas. He got his start working in technology around 1998, and he promptly gravitated toward Linux, system administration, security, and open source projects. He's been embroiled in something related to one of these topics ever since. He is currently a partner at Praxis Information Science, a web development company that specializes in tackling interesting Magento problems and helping merchants make a go of it in the wild and woolly frontier of e-commerce. Beside work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two boys, playing tennis, reading, and in an ongoing search for the best breakfast taco in Texas.
