Stuart Herbert is a highly experienced software engineer and operational manager who explores his professional and personal passions through teaching, talks, and writing. He is currently the Head of Engineering for Gradwell, one of the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK and one of the top 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe.

His passions are for good engineering, good management, Linux, web-based applications (and PHP in particular), photography, walking, and T'ai Chi Ch'uan. Stuart has contributed to several open-source projects since the early 1990's, most notably Gentoo Linux and Generic NQS.

Stuart holds a degree in Software Engineering from the University of Sheffield, and is a qualified teacher of adults for lifelong learning. You can learn more about him by visiting www.stuartherbert.com.