Filip is a Senior Software Engineer for the Covalent Products Division of SpringSource and a key participant in the company’s Apache Tomcat initiatives.  

Filip has extensive experience working in the architecture, design and development of distributed application frameworks and containers and is recognized for his top-quality system development skills and continuous participation of open source development projects.  

Filip is an active committer to the Apache Tomcat project where he is a leading authority on Tomcat clustering and author of the Hitch-Hikers Guide to Tomcat.  

Prior to joining Covalent, Filip worked as a Senior Software Engineer/Architect for La Quinta Corporation.  Previously, Filip has made contributions to software initiatives for walmart.com, Sony Music, France Telecom and has held a variety of senior software engineering positions with VRP Consulting, Pakana Corporation, XmarkstheSpot.com, Extrico Data AB, IRIS Data AB, and SEBA Data AB.  

Filip received his education at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden where he majored in Computer Science and Computer Engineering.