Back to [[conference:committee:2014-speakers]]\\ \\ **Bio**: \\ Alex is the POCO (C++ POrtable COmponents, http://pocoproject.org) Project Lead, C++ Standard Study Group 4 (Networking) participant, and ISO/IEEE Computer Society Certified Software Development Professional. Alex has been a professional programmer since 1992 - specializing in industrial automation and process control software using C and C++ since 1998. He earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Faculty of Engineering (University of Rijeka, Croatia) and a master's degree in Software Engineering from Citadel Graduate College in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition to C++, Alex occasionally writes code in Python and Javascript. He formerly competed in rowing on World Championship/Olympic Games levels. As a diversion, Alex likes to spend his free time traveling, reading, and watching good movies.\\ \\ \\ **Email**: alex@pocoproject.org\\ \\ [[2014:WebEvent Horizon]]\\ [[2014:C++ Dynamic Performance]]\\ Location: Memphis, TN, USA