Object Partners announces the addition of consultant Brandon Fish to their technology consulting staff. Brandon brings four years of development experience including three years delivering projects to clients. His previous projects have included Java/Spring search, analytic and cloud computing solutions, Grails collaboration tools, and Flex visualization and mobile device projects. Brandon stays up to date with latest software development practices in order to deliver projects efficiently while exceeding client expectations. He has successfully delivered client projects using a variety of technologies and filling many project roles including lead software developer, test lead, requirements gatherer, domain expert, systems administrator, offshore team manager, and Scrum master.

He is passionate about technology and ready for a challenge, and we couldn’t be any happier to have him be part of the OPI team. Welcome Brandon!

Object Partners announces the addition of consultant Shawn Flahave to their technology consulting staff. Shawn brings over 10 years of experience as a software developer. While most of his career has involved working on Java-based inventory management and replenishment systems for large retailers and government agencies, he has also developed several iOS applications and has worked with Groovy/Grails for over 2 years. Shawn is enthusiastic about working with Groovy/Grails to help build simple solutions for complex problems, and looks forward to helping Object Partner’s clients achieve their business objectives through the use of technology.

We’re really excited about the talent we’ve been adding to our team. Our strategy is to employ the best, and we’re continuing down that path with the addition of Shawn!

Announced December 13, the latest release of Spring Framework, v3.1, has been made made generally available.

Among the other changes are full support of Java7 and Servlet 3.0 annotations, for web.xml-free configurations. Support for Hibernate v4 is included, although Hibernate v4 is still in development; full support has been pledged.

A quick test showed that the new 3.1.RELEASE JAR files can be dropped into an existing 3.0.5.RELEASE or 3.0.6.RELEASE project and it will work with no additional changes. Of course, there are plenty of things that can change!

More details are on the Spring blog. As always, a full list of changes is available on the Spring site, in the change log.

Object Partners announces the addition of consultant Igor Shults to their technology consulting staff. Igor is a driven self-motivator with a passion for web and application development. A believer in test-driven agile coding, Igor’s experiences with start-ups have provided him with the opportunity of working across applications, from the database through the front-end. He is excited for the chance to both apply and expand these skills into new projects and technologies.

Igor exemplifies the type of attitude, motivation, and aptitude we look for when hiring consultants. He brings an appetite for learning and experience to hit the ground running from day one. We’re very excited to add him to the team!

Object Partners announces the addition of consultant Nick Spilman to their technology consulting staff. Nick has over 10 years of experience building java enterprise applications in the legal and higher education industries. Coming to us from a large agile project, Nick is well positioned to help our customers no matter what they throw at him. He is passionate about lightweight technology solutions and is very excited at the prospect of working with Grails, iOS and other new technologies at OPI

Nick brings a laid-back demeanor, positive attitude, and jocular approach to technology and client challenges. He has a diverse background and a high level of leadership and technical abilities, all in which will suit him well for consulting. We continue to ramp up and increase our service offerings, and hiring people like Nick only make it easier for us to continue to offer the high level of technical and project solutions we are known for. We’re pumped to add another rock star to our consulting staff. Welcome Nick!