Michael is a Senior Consultant and co-founder of Digital Primates who has been developing Internet applications since 1995. Michael has helped take this company from helping tiny businesses establish fledgling web presences, to delivering enterprise platforms for companies like Siemens and creating online media presences for world-acclaimed sporting and entertainment events. Michael has authored five books, lead open source development teams and speaks internationally about development and technology. His free time is spent escaping from technology through wine and food. Michael speaks English, Spanish, Italian, and pretends to speak more Japanese than he actually knows.   About Digital Primates Like all consultants, we analyze problems and recommend and implement comprehensive solutions, applying our insight and experience to accomplish the task at hand with an efficiency that justifies our involvement. Led by its two senior consultants, Michael Labriola and Jeff Tapper, Digital Primates is among the thought leaders in Enterprise, Media and Mobile applications, having most recently been named to the Streaming Media 100, a list of the 100 most influential and important companies in online media.