Back to [[conference:committee:speakers-2013]]\\ \\ **Bio**: Jon has been programming in C++ for twenty years. He is currently doing this for Amazon’s A9.com. During the last two decades he has written C++ for Amazon, Apple, Dow Chemical, Intuit, Lotus, Microsoft, Netscape, Sun, Yahoo! and a number of companies that you've never heard of. He taught C++ at the Golden Gate University graduate school for two years. His talk on Exception-Safe Coding won Best Tutorial at C++ Now! in 2012. Jon is co-chair of C++ Now (aka BoostCon) and the chair of the Boost Steering Committee.\\ \\ **Email**:jon@kalbweb.com\\ \\ [[2013:Exception-Safe Coding in C++]]\\