About LearningPatterns™

LearningPatterns has been providing premier training and mentoring in advanced technologies since 1995. Our dedication to Java�, XML/Web Services, and OO/UML enables us to provide our clients with the just-in-time knowledge and skills transfer they need to deliver real-world projects. Our practical hands-on workshops and seminars provide software developers with the skills they require to accomplish today's greatest development challenges.

LearningPatterns has the unique strength, focus, and depth of talent needed to help our clients build the technology teams that are creating their future. We are living our vision of creating quality, cutting-edge services that will enable companies to meet the challenges they face. We look forward to the challenges and discoveries that the future will bring, and affirm our commitment to helping our clients realize their full potential.

About the Founder - Yaakov Weintraub

Yaakov has been working in Object Technology since 1988. He has authored extensive parts of the LearningPatterns Java curriculum, taught at the 1996 International Java Conference, and occasionally written for Java Report and JavaWorld. His extensive teaching credentials include teaching Introductory and Advanced Java and C++ courses and Object-Oriented Analysis & Design throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Following LearningPatterns' belief that the best teacher is an experienced programmer, Yaakov is a seasoned developer. His experience includes mentoring teams of programmers on building EJB based systems, the development of OO libraries for financial systems, development of a CORBA IDL to C++ compiler, and research into the management of Very Large Computer Networks with the Distributed Computing and Communications Center at Columbia University. Yaakov holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University. Yaakov has also been awarded the rank of Sho-Dan in Nihon Goshin Aikido, and was a dancer with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company.

Mission Statement

We are dedicated to providing the highest quality Java courseware and training services for software developers throughout the world. As a service, we have chosen to focus on the Java language because we recognize that Java offers unparalleled power and unfettered flexibility in its ability to create the applications which humanity needs now in order to most effectively share information and knowledge. We recognize that people are infinitely more important than the computers which they have created as tools.

Therefore, we are dedicated to enabling creative people to work with the most powerful tools so that each one can most effectively contribute their greatest gifts to the whole. Ultimately, we are creating a place where people can offer their strengths in service of humanity.