Andre co-founded Nitobi (http://www.nitobi.com) in 1998 after working for several other Internet start-ups. Hes been involved in the execution of over hundreds development projects and was a early proponent of the building blocks of Ajax , and helped build Nitobis User interface components. Andre has spoken widely on Ajax and usability, and co-authored a book on Enterprise Ajax for (www.enterprisajax.com) Prentice Hall. Andre maintains a blog at: http://captainajax.com.