I am a Software Development Consultant at Object Mentor, Robert Martin's company. I teach courses and mentor clients on the following topics.

  • Polyglot Programming: Languages like Scala, Java, and Ruby, including JRuby. Picking the best language for the job. When to mix and match languages.
  • Poly-paradigm Programming: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Functional Programming (FP), and Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP). Finding the best approach for each problem.
  • Software Craftsmanship: Agile methods, especially Extreme Programming (XP). The practices that promote professionalism.

I am the co-author (with Alex Payne) of the forthcoming Programming Scala from O'Reilly (available now as a Rough Cut).

I also run advocacy sites for PPP and AOP at PolyglotProgramming.com and AspectProgramming.com. I have presentations on these and other topics on my papers page.

I blog on the Object Mentor site and occasionally on the Aspect Programming site. I microblog on twitter.

My career experience includes many roles in the software-development process; Director of Development, Architect/Lead, and Product Manager. I have worked on applying Agile methods to all phases of the development process, requirements gathering with stakeholders, architecture and design, implementation, quality assurance, and deployment, all done iteratively, of course. ;)

I have worked in many industries, including Internet startups, wireless telecoms, medical electronics companies, and tools vendors. I have worked on many kinds of applications, including Internet and other enterprise applications, telecom switching elements, embedded systems, medical devices, and software-development tools. I have worked for small startups to large corporations, e.g., IBM.

My resumé (PDF) has more details about my experience.

My old consulting firm is Aspect Research Associates.

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Photography is one of my hobbies. See here and here.

"Great Thoughts"

On Software:

  • To design is human; to refactor divine.
  • All problems in Computer Science can be solved by another level of indirection. (Butler Lampson)
  • Premature optimization is the root of all evil. (C.A.R. Hoare)

On the End:

I want my tombstone to say:

Unknown Application Error in Dean Wampler.exe.
Application Terminated.

Ruby on Rails Speaking at QCon San Francisco Speaking at Agile 2009