Dick Wall is a software engineer and has been a Java developer for over 15 years, more recently gaining an interest in the Scala language and now working primarily in Scala as well as teaching it as a part of his enterprise with Bill Venners: Escalate Software - http://www.escalatesoft.com

In addition Dick works for Locus Development, a company doing genetic risk research, and finds time to co-host the Java Posse podcast -http://www.javaposse.com - and run the local Scala developer’s group BASE (the Bay Area Scala Enthusiasts - http://svscala.org).

Dick also enjoys road and mountain biking, riding his motorcycle, hiking, and lots, and lots, of music.