Hiren is a Scala Trainer and Consultant at BoldRadius. He has been working with Scala for 6 years in many capacities. His interest in Functional Programming began with Scala. As a Senior Software Developer and Typesafe Trainer, Hiren spends his time writing high quality and sustainable software that can withstand the test of time. He strongly believes that quality and DRY-ness are paramount in building good software. He is also very passionate about making sure that this pervades the entire lifecycle of software: design and craftsmanship; build and deployment; maintenance and monitoring. In addition to Scala he also enjoys learning other languages of a functional persuasion such as Haskell and Clojure.