I personally would like to thank Thomas B. for showing me the right way of crafting Android applications.

Pablo Pera is an entrepreneur and engineer who has built and launched Android apps that have reached more than 30 million users worldwide. He started his professional career at Google, right about the time Android was born, and worked for large organizations such as CERN and tech startups, where he has been leading various engineering teams.

Karim Varela is an entrepreneur and mobile enthusiast at heart. He is currently involved in a couple of mobile start-ups, Coffee Meets Bagel and Tastemates. At Coffee Meets Bagel, he leads the engineering team and he advises Tastemates and Proxloop on strategy, product, and technology. Previously, he built the Android app for the world-famous Tinder app.

He earned an MBA from the University of Florida and a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California. He also contributed as a technical reviewer on the book Pro Android 4 and coauthored the book Instant GSON.