Shea has spent the majority of his career in web development and first began developing web applications for Tower Records that combined the call center interface with inventory and fulfillment. Since then, Shea has worked as a developer for several companies - building and implementing various commerce solutions, content management systems, and lead tracking program. Integrating new technologies to make a better application has been a driving point for Shea's work. He strives to use open source libraries as they are often the launching pad for the most creative technological advances. He has worked closely with the ExtJS creators since inception to create cutting edge web interactivity and has contributed to its growth by writing documentation, tutorials, example code and a book for Packt. He has remained an active community member for the modern yui-ext library - ExtJS. On the rare occasion he's away from his keyboard, you can find him mountain biking or skiing.