Sharat Chander - Director, Java Product Management
Sharat Chander has worked in the IT industry for 20 years for firms including Bell Atlantic, Verizon, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle. His background and technical specialty is in Java development tools, graphics design, and product/community management. Chander has been actively involved in the Java community for 15 years, helping drive greater Java awareness, acceptance, adoption, and advocacy. As Oracle’s director of Java developer relations, Chander serves as the JavaOne conference content chairperson, driving the technical content strategy and Java community involvement in the conference. He is a frequent keynote speaker and participant in developer programs worldwide. Chander holds a BS in corporate finance from the University of Maryland and an MBA in international business from Loyola College, Maryland. You can often find Chander at global developer events and Java community engagements. When not growing visibility for Java, he follows his passion for baseball, actively coaching his 10-year-old son’s Little League team and fanatically following his hometown Baltimore Orioles.
Posts
- The arrival of Java 15 on September 15, 2020 Moved By Java Oracle JDK 15
- The arrival of Java 14! on March 17, 2020 JDK 14
- The arrival of Java 13! on September 16, 2019 JDK 13
- The arrival of Java 12! on March 13, 2019 JDK 12
- Oracle Java SE Releases FAQ on January 14, 2019 Oracle
Videos
- OpenJDK Projects Give Rise to Innovations in JDK 15 and Beyond on November 12, 2020
- Keynote - The Future of Java Is Now on September 17, 2020 Moved By Java Oracle
- Ask the Java Architects Panel on September 17, 2020
- Sharat Chander on the Java Community and the Ongoing 25th Anniversary Celebrations on June 14, 2020 Moved By Java
- Java's 25th Birthday Kickoff Event [Moved by Java] on May 20, 2020 Moved By Java
- Oracle JDK and Oracle Open JDK on February 20, 2020 Oracle