Stuart Herbert is a Senior Platform Engineer at DataSift, with over ten years of experience in software design, implementation, support, and in technical and operational management. His career to date includes projects and/or roles with household names including Eurostar, Hewlett-Packard, Orange, and Vodafone. He has written for php|architect magazine, and was an invited speaker for the very first php|cruise conference in 2004. He is a co-author of the official Study Guide for the Zend PHP Certification Exam.