Ian Roughley is a speaker, author, and consultant based in Boston, MA, where he runs From Down & Around, Inc., a consultancy specializing in architecture, development, and process improvement services. For more than 10 years, he has been helping clients ranging in size from Fortune 10 companies to start-ups.

Focused on a pragmatic and results-based approach, he is a proponent for open source, as well as process and quality improvements through agile development techniques.

Ian is a committer on the XWork and WebWork projects; member of the Apache Struts PMC; and speaks at conferences in the United States and abroad. He is also a Sun Certified Java Programmer and J2EE Enterprise Architect and an IBM Certified Solutions Architect.