I am the component lead for Zest, the Eclipse visualization framework and a committer on the Equinox p2 project.  I am also an avid proponent of Model Driven Engineering (MDE) and I have studied how MDE can play a role in the design and generation of information visualizations. My interests include software architecture, component oriented design, human-computer interaction and just about everything related to software engineering. I hold a PhD from the University of Victoria and am currently employed at EclipseSource.