Adam Sah

 Creator of Google Gadgets
Google Gadgets for the Enterprise
Adam Sah is the architect of Google Gadgets and the Gadget Content Directory. Prior to Google, he was a founding engineer at several startups, among them Inktomi and Sensage, where he is a member of the board. He holds several patents in databases and Web systems.

Paul Rademacher

Google, Creator of HousingMaps.com
How Do You Get Started with AJAX?
Paul Rademacher is the creator of HousingMaps.com, which combined Craigslist and Google Maps for the first web mashup. Paul holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UNC-Chapel Hill, and worked as an R&D Engineer at Dreamworks Animation on such movies as Shrek 2 and Madagascar. Since creating HousingMaps, Paul is now at Google.

Bret Taylor

Original Author of the Google Maps JavaScript Front End
AJAX development with Google Web Toolkit
Senior Product Manager for Developer Programs at Google, Bret Taylor - who also created "Ajax Cookbook" at www.ajaxcookbook.org, because he saw a void in the information about AJAX programming available on the web - joined Google in early 2003, where he has been responsible for over 25 product launches, including Google Maps, the Google Maps API, and Google Local.

Scott Blum

Software Engineer, Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
Google Web Toolkit: For Quick Relief of AJAX Pain
Scott Blum has been a software engineer on the Google Web Toolkit team since 2005. He focuses on the Java-to-JavaScript compiler and hosted mode browser integration. He's also a big fan of Java and a bigger fan of Eclipse, the leading cause of dust gathering on his C++ books. Before coming to Google, Scott worked for several years on mobile software development tools. His work included compilers, virtual machines, object frameworks, and all manner of hackery.

Chris Schalk

Developer Advocate, Google
Will AJAX Always Exist?
Chris Schalk, a member of the Developer API Evangelism group at Google, is also one of the original members of the OpenAjax Alliance. Prior to Google, he was a Principal Product Manager and Java Evangelist for Oracle's application server and development tools division.