About the authors

ALEX SOTO is a Java Champion and software engineer working at Red Hat on developing new tools to make better testing experiences. He enjoys the Java world, as well as software automation, and believes in the open source software model. Alex is the creator of the NoSQLUnit project, a member of the JSR374 (Java API for JSON Processing) Expert Group, and an international speaker.

Alex began programming with ZX Spectrum (in the good old days, using the POKE command) and had several different computers, such as an 80286. (He’s grateful to his parents, Mili and Ramon, for buying them.) After graduating as a computer engineer from La Salle Universitat Ramon Llull, he started his professional career in Aventia, developing a platform for generating and validating electronic signatures. Then he moved to Grifols to develop diagnostic medical devices; strict testing was an important part of the lifecycle of the software. Later, he worked for Everis, in the banking sector; Scytl, developing electronic voting systems; and CloudBees.

Alex likes to spend his free time with his wife Jessica and his two daughters, Ada and Alexandra (ninetes dels meus ulls).