My name is Barney Boisvert, and I'm a software developer specializing in Java, ColdFusion, and Flex web application development. I've been doing this professionally since '99, ever since I realized staying in college was the wrong choice (personally and financially).
I currently live in Sherwood, OR, about 15 miles southwest of downtown Portland, along with my two kids: Lindsay (born in 2004) and Emery (born in 2005). In addition to my life of code, I ride a 2003 Triumph Sprint (motorcycle) and a 2007 Fuji Cross Comp (bicycle). I also have a photoblog at http://www.barneyb.com/bbphoto/ which mostly contains non-smiling pictures of me taken with my phone.
Official Bio
Here's my bio for directories, speaking engagements, etc.:
Barney Boisvert is a Sr. Application Developer at Mentor Graphics primarily using ColdFusion, Groovy, JavaScript, along with a smattering of Java and Flex. He is the author of the CFGroovy and FB3Lite frameworks, was a core contributor to Fusebox 4, has provided accepted patches to Fusebox 5, Prototype, Groovy, Hibernate and ColdSpring, in addition to building several micro-frameworks from the ground up. He is also an active member in local and online CF, Flex, and Java communities and occasionally speaks at user groups and conferences.
Other Aliases
I try to keep my online identity as narrow as possible. However, that's not always possible with 6 billion other people in the world consuming unique usernames. Where I can't use 'barneyb' (e.g., barneyb.com), I usually use 'bboisvert' (e.g., bboisvert@gmail.com), and occasionally 'barneyboisvert'. Those seem to be relatively unique, so if you see one, it's probably me.
