Anthony Sneed works as Chief Technology Architect for the Hilti Group in the Fastening and Protection Solutions division. He has spent 28 years working as a software developer, trainer, consultant and architect. He blogs on software architecture and development and contributes to several open-source projects. He has published articles in technical journals and spoken at architect and developer conferences both in Europe and the United States. Anthony spent several years living in Europe and is semi-fluent in Slovak. He now lives with his wife and three children in Dallas, Texas.