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Simon Ritter

Simon Ritter is the Deputy CTO of Azul.  Simon joined Sun Microsystems in 1996 and spent time working in both Java development and consultancy.  He has been presenting Java technologies to developers since 1999 focusing on the core Java platform as well as client and embedded applications.  At Azul, he continues to help people understand Java and Azul’s JVM products.  

Simon is a Java Champion and two time recipient of the JavaOne Rockstar award.  In addition, he represents Azul on the JCP Executive Committee, the OpenJDK Vulnerability Group as well as the JSR Expert Group since Java SE 9.