We are pleased to announce that Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is joining Relevance as the Chief Learning Officer. Venkat is known for his passion, enthusiasm, and ability to impart complex concepts using clear analogies and examples. Venkat co-authored the 2007 Jolt Productivity Award-winning book Practices of an Agile Developer and authored .NET Gotchas. Venkat is frequently invited to speak at international conferences and user groups. He has over 15 years experience developing software applications and teaching software development practices to thousands of software developers in US, Canada, and Europe.

At Relevance, Venkat will work closely with industry experts to expand our top-of-the-line training curriculum. Our curriculum will focus on three key areas: Software Development Practices, Languages, and Frameworks and Platforms.

The Software Development Practices area covers the principles, practices, tools, and techniques you need to succeed on your software projects. We emphasize proven agile practices from our decades of experience on successful software projects.

The Languages area focuses on languages that we use on projects today, plus languages that are driving innovation for the future. We are offering courses on Ruby, JavaScript, Java, Groovy, C#, Erlang, Scala, Smalltalk, and Lisp.

The Frameworks and Platforms area covers environments that have proven themselves for enterprise development, plus promising technologies on the horizon. This area currently includes the Java Virtual Machine, Rails, Grails, Spring, Lift, and Streamlined.

Welcome Venkat!