'''James Strachan''' is a [[software engineer]] who created the [[Groovy (programming language)|Apache Groovy programming language]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rocher|first1=Graeme |last2=Brown|first2=Jeff|title=The Definitive Guide to Grails|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ddwyg3ADVCEC&pg=PA545&dq=%22James+Strachan%22+groovy&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22James%20Strachan%22%20groovy&f=false|accessdate=29 November 2011|edition=2|year=2009|publisher=Apress|isbn=1-59059-995-0|page=545}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Apache Software Foundation]] and a co-founder of a number of other [[open-source software|open source]] projects such as:<ref>[http://www.ohloh.net/accounts/jstrachan James Strachan open-source contribution history] on [[Ohloh]]</ref>
Strachan is currently employed by [[CloudBees]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/jstrachan|title=GitHub Profile|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>.
