Before joining Orbeon as a Unix, Java, and XML guru, Mercay worked at Sun Microsystems where he received the Technical Achievement Award for his major contribution on Sun's Web-based auctioning system. Gilbert Bouzeid created several J2EE applications for big companies, including NEC Computer, Context Integration, and Symantec before joining Orbeon. He is well versed in e-commerce applications, particularly in databases and XML technologies.