Dave Wood, co-author of O'Reilly's Java Swing, has been a Java Guy since he went to work for Sun Microsystems in 1997, and has been involved in object-oriented design and development his entire career. He left Sun to make his millions in the dot-com boom, and is currently a thousandaire. Dave recently finished up technical review duty for the third book in O'Reilly's Head First series: Head First Servlets and JSP.

When he's not in front of a keyboard, Dave spends as much time as possible with his wife, Shannon, their twins, Aidan and Ailie, and their five dogs and cats. Dave's hobbies include cycling, golf (he's terrible), and playing Texas Hold'em.