Michael Redlich
Michael Redlich

Michael Redlich has been an active member within the Java community for the past 25 years. He founded the Garden State Java User Group (formerly the ACGNJ Java Users Group) in 2001 where he serves as one of the directors. Since 2016, Mike has served as a Java community news editor for InfoQ where his contributions include the weekly Java news roundup, news items, technical articles and technical reviews from external authors. He is currently the lead Java Queue editor. Mike has joined Payara as a contract Developer Advocate and Technical Writer in the summer of 2023.

He has presented at venues such as Oracle Code One, JCON World, Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise, Trenton Computer Festival (TCF), TCF IT Professional Conference, and numerous Java User Groups. Mike serves as a committer on the Jakarta NoSQL and Jakarta Data specifications and the Eclipse JNoSQL project. He also participates on the leadership council of the Jakarta EE Ambassadors. Mike was named a Java Champion in April 2023.

Mike retired from ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering in June 2023 with 33 years of service. His experience included developing custom scientific laboratory and web applications, polymer physics, chemometrics, infrared spectroscopy and automotive testing. He also has experience as a Technical Support Engineer at Ai-Logix, Inc. (now AudioCodes) where he provided technical support and developed telephony applications for customers.

Mike has been an active member within the Java community for over 20 years. He founded the Garden State Java User Group (formerly the ACGNJ Java Users Group) in 2001 that remains in continuous operation. Since 2016, Mike has served as a Java/JVM news editor for InfoQ where his contributions include news items, technical writing and technical reviews. His current assignment is lead Java Queue editor.

Mike has presented at conferences (Oracle Code One, Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise, JCON, Trenton Computer Festival (TCF) and TCF IT Professional Conference) and other Java User Groups (Philly Java Users Group, Kansas City Java Users Group, Connecticut Java Users Group, Princeton Java Users Group and Capital District Java Developers Network).

More recently, Mike has contributed to open source projects and participates on the leadership council of the Jakarta EE Ambassadors.

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Jakarta EE 11: Going Beyond the Era of Java EE

Since its introduction in 2018 as Jakarta EE, the platform has evolved from: Jakarta EE 8, an open-source version of Java EE 8; to Jakarta EE 9, the "big bang" release; to Jakarta EE 10 that introduced the Core Profile. Jakarta EE 11, scheduled for a GA release in 1Q2024, will introduce new specifications, provide updated specifications, and set the baseline to Java 21, the latest LTS release.

This presentation will provide a brief history of JavaEE/Jakarta EE and a review of new and updated specifications with code examples.

Getting Started with Jakarta NoSQL and MongoDB (ITPC 2023, ITPC 2022)

The Jakarta NoSQL specification defines a set of APIs to provide a standard implementation for most NoSQL databases. Considered "one API for many NoSQL databases," Jakarta NoSQL supports the four types of NoSQL databases: column family, document, graph and key-value.

This presentation will provide an introduction to the Jakarta NoSQL specification, Eclipse JNoSQL, the compatible implementation to the specification, a brief overview of all four NoSQL database types followed by a demonstration of a MongoDB application built with Jakarta NoSQL.