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Reto Meier 目前是Google Android 團隊的一名Android 開發人員倡導者，幫助Android 開發人員創建最優秀的應用程序。Reto 是一位經驗豐富的軟件開發人員，擁有逾10 年的GUI 應用程序開發經驗。進入Google 之前，他曾在多種行業中工作過，包括海洋石油、天然氣以及金融業。

Reto 始終不渝地追求掌握新技術，從2007 年Android 發布之初Reto 就迷戀上瞭此項技術。在Reto 的個人網站Radioactive Yak(http://blog. radioactiveyak.com) 上可以瞭解Reto 的興趣和愛好。他還在Google+(http://profiles.google.com/reto.meier) 和Twitter(www.twitter.com/retomeier) 上分享各種信息。

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Dan Ulery 是一名軟件工程師，具有.NET、Java 和PHP 的開發經驗，並且十分熟悉軟件部署。他畢業於愛達荷大學，獲得瞭計算機科學學士學位，並且輔修瞭數學專業。