Georges Saab is responsible for Java Standard Edition (SE) including the Java language, core libraries and the Java Virtual Machine. A veteran of programming language and platform development for 30+ years, his work with the Java platform began as a developer of Java SE at JavaSoft and Sun Microsystems, where he was a founder of the Swing group and Java Webstart. He also ran development of the JRockit JVM for many years at BEA Systems. Georges is also the Chairperson of the OpenJDK governing board.