About the Authors

Sagara Gunathunga is a software architect with over 15 years of industry experience, specializing in application development, integration, and identity solutions. His early career saw him immersed in the Spring Framework that led him to apply Spring-related technologies like Spring Security, Spring Integration, and Spring Services to a number of enterprise projects.

After joining WSO2, as the product lead he led the effort to integrate Spring profile support and JavaEE profile into the WSO2 Application Server. Additionally, he was a key contributor to Spring support within WSO2's Java microservices framework, MSF4J. Currently, Sagara serves as Head of DevRel IAM at WSO2.

Sagara has shared his expertise at international conferences such as the European Identity & Cloud Conference, Consumer Identity World, ApacheCon NA, and WSO2Con events. He has been an open-source advocate and a PMC Member & Committer at the Apache Software Foundation and contributed to projects like Apache Axis2, Apache WebServices, Apache Synapse, and Apache Camel as well.