Alec has helped small and large organizations get the most from their Plone sites by adding custom dynamic functionality, site-specific optimizations, high performance deployments, and web service integrations. Alec specializes in Python, Zope and Plone development, high-performance website deployment and optimizations, RDBMS integration, and integration with web services. He has worked extensively on the Plone based KCRW website, Southern California's leading National Public Radio affiliate, including content delivery optimization and development of new web service APIs for HTML5 and flash media players and iPhone/Android applications. His open source contributions include numerous core Plone features, collective add-ons, and the OpsWorks Python cookbooks. He is currently a member of the Jazkarta team.