About the Author

Jaime Pillora is a passionate full-stack JavaScript developer, an open source advocate and contributor, and is currently the CTO of Luma Networks, a well-funded networking startup in Sydney, Australia.

Jaime has always been interested in all things computer science, and from a young age, he began to devote his time and effort to learning and perfecting his knowledge in the field. Jaime holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of New South Wales. In all of his work, Jaime strives to reduce technical debt while maintaining maximum efficiency; this is done through software engineering best practices, combined with using the best tools for the given situation. Grunt is one such tool, which is utilized in every frontend project. Jaime's interest in Grunt began early on in his development career and he has since become a renowned expert.

Jaime has been working as a frontend JavaScript developer since 2008, and a backend JavaScript developer utilizing Node.js since 2011. Currently, Jaime leads all software development at Luma Networks, who is implementing software-defined networking on commodity hardware utilizing JavaScript.