Rafal Kuc is a born team leader and software developer. Right now he holds the position of software architect and Solr and Lucene specialist. He has 8 years of experience in various software branches - from banking software to the e - commerce products. Mainly focused on Java, but open on every tool and programming language that will make the achievement of his goal easier and faster. Rafa? is also one of the founders of solr.pl site where he tries to share his knowledge and help people with their problems with Solr and Lucene. Rafa? began his journey with Lucene in the 2002 and it wasn't love at first sight. When he came back to Lucene in late 2003 he revised his thoughts about the framework and saw the potential is search technologies. Than Solr came and this was it. From then Rafa? is concentrated on search technologies and data analysis. Right now Lucene and Solr are his main points of interest. Many Polish e - commerce sites use Solr deployments that were made with the guidance of Rafa? and with the use of tools developed by him.