Mark Richards is an accomplished author and conference speaker working as a handson
SOA and enterprise architect in the financial services industry. In addition to
numerous published articles, he is the author of Java Transaction Design Strategies
(C4Media), contributing author of 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know
(O’Reilly), and contributing author of No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology Volumes 1 and 2
(Pragmatic Bookshelf). He is a recognized authority on messaging, Service-Oriented
Architecture, and transaction management. Mark is a regular speaker on the NFJS
Software Symposium series and speaks at conferences around the world.

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