Ben Ramsey is a Senior Software Architect at Schematic, where he is a leader in the Open Source Platforms Group, designing and developing software and setting and enforcing best practices. Ben is a leader in the PHP community–the founder of the Atlanta PHP user group, the founder of the PHP Groups user group network, a founding member of PHPCommunity.org, and a speaker at industry conferences worldwide. He has written for php|architect, International PHP Magazine, and Zend Developer Zone and has contributed to several books, including php|architect’s Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide (php|architect) and PHP 5 Unleashed (Sams).

A few things you may not know about Ben:

• His surname, “Ramsey,” loosely translates to wild garlic.
• His degree is in English Literature, not Computer Science.
• He once participated in the ‘Stache Bash.
• Despite all the other Ben Ramseys in the world, he still comes up first in Google.

Ben’s talks are entitled Web Service Design with AtomPub and The Hidden Gems in HTTP .