About Us

ZeroTurnaround is a small software company from Estonia (the same country that brought you Skype, Kazaa, etc).  We build small tools that provide huge results for development teams (and their budgets).  For example, JRebel is a JAR file that’s under 1Mb, is easy to setup & use, saves between 3-7 weeks of wasted development time (yup; 40-hour workweeks), and costs under $150/year.  That’s a pretty big deal.  As we grow, so do our visions of improving quality, consistency, and deliverability in the software industry.  Check out our next vision, in private beta now: LiveRebel.

Team Bios

Jevgeni Kabanov – Founder, Chief Technical Officer
Previously, Jevgeni worked as the R&D director of Webmedia, Ltd, the largest custom software development company in the Baltics. As part of the effort to reduce development time he wrote the JavaRebel prototype and has led development since ZeroTurnaround’s inception in 2007.  He has spoken at international conferences for several years, including JavaPolis/Devoxx, JavaZone, and JAOO on topics ranging from: “Do you really get Classloaders” to “Zero Turnaround in Java Development”. He has an active research interest, publishing several papers on topics ranging from category theoretical notions to typesafe Java DSLs. Besides the commercial products made for ZeroTurnaround, Jevgeni is the co-founder of two open-source projects — Aranea and Squill. Aranea (www.araneaframework.org) is a web development and integration platform based on strong object-oriented principles. Squill (squill.dev.java.net) is a typesafe internal DSL for constructing and executing SQL queries. Jevgeni’s personal blog can be found at dow.ngra.de.

David Booth – Chief Executive Officer
David has been marketing productivity tools in the Java industry since 2001, working first on JProbe, then at JetBrains (IntelliJ IDEA), helping to share quality products and make development more productive.  He believes highly in supporting the communities around him, and in his spare time is a founder of the Young Professionals Forum in Prague, where he is based. He’s easy to reach on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Toomas Romer – Founder, Chief Engineer
Toomas Römer was an R&D specialist at one of the largest custom software development companies in the Baltics (Webmedia, Ltd). He is a core developer of ZeroTurnaround’s product lines, has spoken at events across Europe and the US (note: JUG communities rock), has contributed to the open-source Aranea Web Framework, and in his spare time he crashes new Lexus’ while test driving them. Tom’s personal blog can be found at dow.ngra.de.