About the Author

Patrick R. Nicolas is a lead R&D engineer at Dell in Santa Clara, California. He has 25 years of experience in software engineering and building large-scale applications in C++, Java, and Scala, and has held several managerial positions. His interests include real-time analytics, modeling, and optimization.

Special thanks to the Packt Publishing team: Mohammed Fahad for his patience and encouragement, Owen Roberts for the opportunity, and the reviewers for their guidance and dedication.