SOA Consortium Steering
Committee
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Ashok
Kumar, Avis Budget Group
Ashok Kumar has over 26
years of IT experience
in Management,
Consulting and Software.
He has a Bachelor’s
degree in Computer
Science from Concordia
University in Montreal.
He has worked in Canada
and United States, in
various industries
including
Transportation,
Pensions,
Pharmaceuticals and
Travel. Currently he is
the Director of Services
Architecture with Avis
Budget Group – a global
car rental company.
Avis
Budget is aggressively
using Service Oriented
Architecture to open new
business opportunities,
integrate systems and
drive legacy
modernization. |
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Yogish Pai, Former Sr. Director, Technology, BEA Systems
Yogish Pai is the Founder Co-Chair of the SOA Consortium and provided key leadership in getting this initiative launched. Yogish was the Chief Architect, New Products Initiative in the Products Engineering organizations at BEA Systems. Yogish had been at BEA for 5 years with prior roles as Chief Architect, AquaLogic Composer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of IT. Yogish has over 20 years of experience in the software industry and following are a few of the leadership roles he held prior to join BEA - Founder CTO at CellExchange, Inc., Director of Architecture at Oracle Corporation, Initiative Manger at The Coca-Cola Company, etc. Yogish holds a Masters in Computer Applications (MCA) degree from Bombay University.
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Burc Oral, CellExchange
Dr. Burc Oral is a
senior architect at
CellExchange focusing on
enterprise architecture
solutions for the
Federal government. He
has broad experience in
large scale system
architecture definition
and systems engineering,
software development
lifecycle, Service
Oriented and
Event-Driven
Architectures, and
portals. He has
envisioned, designed,
built and deployed
solutions at JP Morgan
Investment, Health and
Human Services,
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Iron
Mountain, Iona
Technologies, Amadeus
e-Travel, Parametric
Technology and Fidelity
Investments.
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Dr.
Oral brings innovative
application of
technology to business
problems with his deep
technology expertise
from
commercial engagements
in sectors such as
finance, health, records
management and digital
archiving, e-commerce,
travel, insurance, and
product data management.
He has led complex
projects, mentored and
supervised staff in
analyzing and defining
functional system
requirements into
software design and
translating the
specifications into
code. He is an expert in
application design
methodologies, rapid
prototyping techniques,
system deployment and
operations.
Dr. Oral is a
co-author of SOA
Practitioners' Guide
series. He has a Ph.D.
in Geophysics from
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. |
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Ian Foster, Director,
SONA Program Office,
Cisco
Ian Foster runs
program development for
the SONA Program Office
in Cisco’s Advanced
Services group. In this
capacity, he has
worldwide responsibility
for business strategy
and development of
services to support
successful adoption and
deployment of Cisco’s
SONA.
Ian has been involved
in sales, marketing and
business development in
different waves of
integration technology,
included CORBA, EAI and
Service-Oriented
Architectures, working
for Fujitsu/ICL, Hitachi
and Software AG prior to
joining Cisco.
Ian holds a BSc (Hons)
in Mechanical
Engineering from the
University of
Southampton, UK.
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Michael K. Wons, Vice
President and Chief
Information Officer
Michael K. Wons, 42, is
vice president and chief
information officer
(CIO) at Federal Signal
Corporation. Wons is
leading all aspects of
Federal Signal’s
information technology
strategy, including new
product launches,
technology management
and the establishment of
a solid and effective
enterprise platform
across the business.
Prior to joining
Federal Signal in 2006,
Wons was the lead
technology strategist at
Microsoft responsible
for defining next
generation technology
platforms for major
global financial
services organizations.
Prior to this, he served
as CIO for a $2 billion
division of Waste
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Wons is a graduate of
the Kellogg Management
Institute at
Northwestern University
Graduate School of
Management, holds a
Bachelor of Arts Degree
from Governors State
University, and holds a
Diploma in Management
from Aurora University
in Aurora, Ill. |
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Sankar Ram Sundaresan,
Hewlett Packard
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Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz
& Associates
Judith Hurwitz has been
a thought leader in the
technology research and
strategy consulting for
more than 20 years. In
1992, she founded
Hurwitz Group, a
software research and
consulting organization
that quickly became an
industry leader with top
technology clients.
Currently she is the
President of Hurwitz &
Associates, a research
and consulting firm with
a pragmatic portfolio of
service offerings
focused on identifying
customer benefit and
best practices for
buyers and sellers of
information technology
in the US and Europe.
Judith has held senior
positions at John
Hancock and Apollo
Computer. She is a
frequent keynote speaker
at industry events and
holds advisory board
positions at Safeguard
Scientifics and various
emerging technology
companies. She earned a
BS and MS degrees from
Boston University and
was also honored by
Boston University's
College of Arts &
Sciences, when it named
her a distinguished
alumnus in 2005. She is
also a recipient of the
2005 Massachusetts
Technology Leadership
Council award.
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John Schmidt,
Chairman, Integration
Consortium John
Schmidt has been serving
on the board of the
Integration Consortium
since its inception in
2001; currently in the
role of Chairman. John
has practiced as an
information systems
professional for 30
years and brings a wide
range of experience from
a number of industries
including Retail,
Communications, Finance,
Education, and
Government. His current
“day job” is at Wells
Fargo Bank as head of
Enterprise Architecture.
Previous employers
include Bank of America,
Best Buy, American
Management Systems (now
CGI), and Digital
Equipment Corporation.
Mr. Schmidt is a
frequent speaker on the
topic of architecture
and integration and has
written a book
(Integration Competency
Center: An
Implementation
Methodology) and
countless articles on
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John is based in
Minneapolis where he
lives with his wife and
three children (although
two of them spend most
of the year away at
college). When not
spending time with his
family, he can usually
be found riding his road
or mountain bike and
occasionally competing
in a Triathlon. |
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Fill Bowen,
SOA Marketing, International Business
Machines Mr. Bowen
is an SOA Marketing
Manager in IBM Software
Group Application and
Integration Middleware
organization, focusing
on business and
marketing strategy for
clients looking to move
to SOA. His experiences
have included developing
and executing business
and marketing strategies
and plans, project
management, strategic
and tactical planning,
and organizational
change. He also brings
30 years of knowledge
and experience working
in consulting, software
development and
marketing across
multiple IBM divisions. |
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Surekha Durvasula,
Manager, Enterprise
Architecture Group, Kohl's Department Stores
Surekha Durvasula runs
the enterprise architect
group for a large
retailer. She has had 10
years in designing and
architecting a variety
of enterprise
applications in the
financial services
sector and the retail
industry vertical. Most
of her work has been in
the area of distributed
N-tiered architecture
including JEE component
architecture. Her more
recent focus has been on
Service Oriented
Architecture, Event
Driven Architecture and
Business Process
Management. Her efforts
as an Enterprise
Architect involve not
only architecting new
applications and
business services but
also in leveraging the
principles of SOA to
extend the life of
existing Enterprise
Information Systems. |
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Dr.
Richard Soley, Chairman
and Chief Executive
Officer, OMG As Chairman and CEO, Dr. Soley is responsible for the
vision and direction of the world's largest consortium
of its type. Dr. Soley joined the nascent OMG as
Technical Director in 1989, leading the development of
OMG's world-leading standardization process and the
original CORBA®
specification. In 1996, he led the effort to move into
vertical market standards (starting with healthcare,
finance, telecommunications and manufacturing) and
modeling, leading first to the
Unified Modeling Language
(UML®) and later the
Model Driven Architecture (MDA®).
Previously, Dr. Soley was a cofounder and former
Chairman/CEO of A. I. Architects, Inc., maker of the 386
HummingBoard and other PC and workstation hardware and
software. Prior to that, he consulted for various
technology companies and venture firms on matters
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Dr. Soley has also consulted
for IBM, Motorola, PictureTel, Texas Instruments, Gold
Hill Computer and others. He began his professional life
at Honeywell Computer Systems working on the Multics
operating system.
A native of
Baltimore,
Maryland, U.S.A.,
Dr. Soley holds the bachelor's, master's and doctoral
degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. |
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Amit Sinha, Co-Chair:
As Director of
Solution Marketing for
SAP NetWeaver, Amit is
responsible for the
field enablement and go
to market strategy of
SAP NetWeaver and
enterprise SOA across
all its capabilities.
He plays a key role in
platform strategy and
customer adoption of SOA
at SAP.
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Larry Johnson,
TethersEnd Consulting,
http://www.TethersEnd.com/
TethersEnd is the
individual consultancy
of Larry Johnson, an
Enterprise Systems
Architecture Consultant
specializing in
technical collaboration.
Mr. Johnson has designed
and coordinated
integration architecture
for the seamless
deployment of software
products and services in
customer environments;
facilitated
collaborative advanced
technology programs; and
served as software
standards representative
for organizations such
as the US General
Services Administration,
the National Archives
and Records
Administration, National
Centers of Manufacturing
Sciences, Texas
Instruments (TI), and
MSC.Software.
Mr. Johnson was
CAD/CAM/CIM
Infrastructure Architect
for Texas Instruments
for 15 years, and Chief
Architect for
MSC.Software for three
years. He was Texas
Instruments' Steering
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Committee member to the
Rapid Response
Manufacturing Consortium
(RRM) consisting of TI,
General Motors, Ford
Motor Company, United
Technologies (Pratt &
Whitney), and Oakridge
National Laboratory. RRM
was the first NIST
Advanced Technology
Program. In the RRM he
chaired the Reference
Architecture Committee
and the Infrastructure
Services Working Group.
Mr. Johnson worked in
the GSA's Enterprise
Architecture Program
Management Office for 16
months, reporting to the
GSA's Chief Architect.
He is serving his second
term on the Object
Management Group’s (OMG)
Board of Directors and
has co-chaired OMG Task
Forces over the last 10
years (Manufacturing,
Finance, and currently,
Government.) TethersEnd
is currently
facilitating the
creation of an OMG
standard specifications
of Records Management
Services on behalf of
the National Archives'
Records Management
Services Component
Program, and the Federal
Transition Framework in
collaboration with the
President's Office of
Management and Budget. |
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Prasanna Deshmukh, WebEx
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Tom Mitchell,
VP/Chief Technology
Architect, Wells Fargo
Wealth Management Group
Tom and his team are
responsible for defining
and articulating the
technology architecture
for the Wealth
Management Group,
working with development
teams to realize it, and
aligning it with Wells
Fargo's Enterprise
Architecture. His team
is also responsible for
working with development
teams and businesses to
continually improve the
technology approach by
considering new
strategies,
technologies, products,
and methodologies.
Tom started working
for Wells Fargo in 1997
working on the Internet
and Intranet team at
Norwest Bank in
Minneapolis. After
moving to the Boston
area in 2000, he worked
for BEA
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Systems in Boston, MA in
various architecture and
technology leadership
roles until rejoining
Wells Fargo in his
current position in
2004. Before first
coming to Norwest, Tom
ran a software
development firm and ISP
in St. Paul, MN.
Tom currently lives
with his family in
Beverly, MA on Boston's
North Shore. |
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Mr. Harrison is a
partner in CSC’s Federal
Consulting Practice
and leads the Special
Initiatives group. He
has provided chief
architect or chief
engineer services to
nearly fifty different
commercial, civil, DoD,
and IC organizations.
Some highlights of Mr.
Harrison’s career
include Chief Architect
of numerous Lead System
Integrator programs;
creation of the STORM
executable SOA reference
implementation used on a
number of SOA
engagements; designed
and delivered a custom
supply chain system;
Methodology development
for one of the services;
and has provided
architecture, software
design, and systems
engineering services to
organizations as diverse
as commercial
enterprises such as
Kaiser-Permanente and
General Motors to the IC
community members such
as the NSA to DoD
services such as the
Army, USTRANSCOM, and
Navy-SPAWAR. He is a
past board member-of and
current CSC
representative-to the
Object Management Group,
has been published in
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has
spoken at numerous
conferences, holds a
patent (pending) for a
System and Method for
Architecting Pattern
Based Models Within a
Governmental Framework,
and as acknowledged SOA
expert, is currently
assisting the OMG is
establishing a common
and consistent UML
Profile for SOA. He has
been invited by a number
of DoD agencies to
provide guidance and
assessment on topics
ranging from SOA design
and governance to the
portability and
reusability of software
and hardware designs.
His current professional
interests include
modeled correctness of
service oriented
architecture design
characteristics,
concurrent engineering,
feature-based delivery,
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Ashwini Ahuja, Senior
Manager – Strategic
Advisory Services, SDG
Corporation
Ashwini Ahuja (Ash) is a
Senior Manager and
leader of the
Information Security &
Risk Management
services, at
SDG Corporation headquartered
in Norwalk, CT. He has
over 19 years of
experience architecting,
building and integrating
enterprise solutions for
Fortune 500 clients
including GE, BP,
Coca-Cola, Tyco/ADT,
Gexpro and United
Technologies. He started
his foray into software
at the age of 16,
building comprehensive
aircraft cost benefit
analysis tools, used by
new airlines and
corporate jet customers.
From that starting
point, his cumulative
experience now spans
across a very wide
spectrum, from
developing enterprise
wide web applications,
deploying identity &
entitlement management
solutions, and leading
information security &
risk management
initiatives. Being
rooted in building
reusable shared
services, he typically
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as a SME and
trusted advisor
to CXO’s, helping them
standardize, centralize,
and align IT initiatives
with business needs. He
leads these initiatives
from concept to
strategy, through
architecture, roadmap
and realized business
benefits. He has
published over 40
articles in leading
technology publications
and national newspapers
on various technology
areas, and has directed
and anchored a season of
a show on emerging IT
trends - a first of its
kind on India’s national
television network in
the mid 90’s. He
currently holds the
Technology Director
position on the board of
the Information Security
Standards Association’s
(ISSA) Connecticut
chapter.
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Herbert Heinzel,
Managing Director, H2O
GmbH, Germany
Herbert Heinzel is
President of H2O
Business Process
Training Center GmbH, a
management coaching and
training company in
Business Process
Analysis, Business
Process Management,
Performance Management,
Change Management and
Interims Management.
He has 30 years of
industry experience in
semiconductor,
high-tech, automotive
and pharmaceutical, most
spent in different
locations of Siemens
Corporation across the
globe.
Worked with Intel,
Siemens and the Supply
Chain Council to
integrate the SCOR
methodology with the
e-business B2B-standard
for collaborative
partner networks with
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Chairman of the European
Supply Chain Council
1997 – 2002 and member
of the global Board of
Directors of SCC.
Active member of Board
of Directors in the
Value Chain Group, Inc.
(VCG) a public,
not-for-profit, global
organization with
membership open to
corporations, academia,
research institutions
and governmental
offices. mission being
to be the first resource
used by Practitioners
for Value Chain, Product
Chain and Design Chain
network improvement and
implementation.
Expert with the
European Commission to
consult on strategic
issues for framework
research, evaluate and
review on consortium
project proposals and
contribute in industry
consortia to topics like
Enterprise
Interoperability,
Collaborative Working
Environments, ICT
Platforms, Enterprise
Architectures and Value
Chain Integration.
Established own
company – H2O Business
Process Training Center
Europe (BTC) – in 2002
as spin-off from
Siemens, to satisfy the
high demand of European
enterprises for business
process orientation and
organizational change
mainly for SMEs. |
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