Hear Industry's Top Experts Discuss the Latest Trends in SOA
Susan Cramm
Susan Cramm is an award winning author and executive IT leadership coach. Her company, Valuedance, works with Fortune Global 200 clients, including Toyota and Sony. She speaks at numerous IT conferences and is author of the HBS Publishing blog Have IT Your Way.
Cramm is the former CFO and executive VP at Chevy's Mexican Restaurants . She also was CIO and VP of the Information Technology Group and Senior Director for Financial and Strategic Planning at Taco Bell. Susan received her Master's degree in Management from Northwestern University and her BA from UCSD.
John R. Rymer
John R. Rymer is a VP and Principal Analyst of the middleware industry on business rules application platforms and infrastructure software applications at Forrester Research. Mr. Rymer covers Java/J2EE application servers from BEA, IBM, Oracle, SAP, and Sun Microsystems and Microsoft's .NET platform.
John worked as VP of product marketing for IONA Technologies and as principal consultant for a vendor-strategy consulting group within Fleishman-Hillard International Communications.
Kevin Flowers
Kevin Flowers is the Director of Enabling Technologies at Coca-Cola Enterprises where he specializes in corporate Application Architecture, Enterprise Integration, Collaboration Technologies, Enterprise Mobility, and Strategic Enablement.
Kevin has a Logistics degree from Auburn University and served on the board of directors for the Atlanta Electronic Commerce Forum. He has been an expert speaker at national conferences on enterprise integration, mobile communications and business process management.
Peter Cole
Peter Cole founded Green Hat in 1996 and today serves as President and CTO. Prior to Green Hat, Peter saw first hand how the lack of automated testing for integration created business failures, project delays and negative impact on cost and productivity. Peter has pioneered multiple innovations for SOA and integration testing, including simulation. Working directly with customers and partners, Peter directs Green Hat to deliver technology and processes that support the rapidly changing SOA ecosystem and requirements.
Peter holds an honors degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Warwick University. Green Hat is the first true global SOA and integration testing company so Peter splits his time among various locations.
Joe McKendrick
Joe McKendrick tracks the impact of IT on management and markets as an independent analyst and technology author. He serves as the SOA community manager for ebizQ and speaks on SOA topics at industry events.
Joe authors ZDNet's SOA blog and contributes a regular tech column for Database Trends & Applications along with collaborating on research reports with Unisphere Research. Joe has written several articles published in Cloud Computing and Enterprise 2.0.
Ronald Schmelzer
Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst and founder of ZapThink, LLC, is an industry expert in the fields of SOA, Web Services, and XML-based standards. Ron is regularly featured author and wrote XML And Web Services Unleashed as well as co-authored Service Orient or Be Doomed!
Ron received a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT. He also was named "Geek of the Week" in Internet Magazine and was listed in Boston Magazine's Internet Top 40.
Jason Bloomberg
Jason Bloomberg is a senior analyst and principal for SOA industry advisory firm ZapThink, LLC. Mr. Bloomberg experiences include technology management and industry analysis as well as serving as a senior analyst in IDC's eBusiness Advisory group.
He co-authored the book Web Page Scripting Techniques, contributed to XML and Web Services Unleashed and co-wrote Service Orient or Be Doomed! Mr. Bloomberg holds several degrees including a Masters' degrees in Mathematics and a BA in Physics.
Sean Valcamp
Sean Valcamp is currently the Information Technology Director and Enterprise Architect for Avnet, Inc, a high-tech distributor based in Phoenix, AZ. Sean is a pioneer in Services Oriented Architecture, leading Avnet’s global implementation beginning in the late 1990’s. For the past 8 years Sean has provided the strategic and operational guidance to mature Avnet’s SOA practice. Today, Avnet’s SOA implementation is one of the most mature in the industry supporting full service life cycle management along with Business Process Optimization and SOA Governance.
Along with 19 years of experience in the technology industry, Sean has an Associates degree as a Programmer Analyst and a Bachelors degree in Computer Information Systems.
Leo Shuster
Leo Shuster is responsible for SOA strategy and execution at National City Bank. Mr. Shuster has over 15 years of IT experience. Throughout his career, he has performed a variety of roles with primary emphasis on application development and architecture. His experience spans a number of industries with a large portion of it dedicated to the financial services sector. Mr. Shuster holds a Masters degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and an MBA from Cleveland State University.
Mr. Shuster has presented on the SOA and related topics for groups of all sizes at such events as the Gartner summits and the Enterprise Architecture Executive Council. He regularly blogs about advanced software architecture issues at http://leoshuster.blogspot.com/. Mr. Shuster can be reached at leo.shuster@nationalcity.com
Miko Matsumura
Mr. Miko Matsumura, co-author of "SOA Adoption for Dummies", served as the founding chair of the SOA Adoption Blueprints Technical Committee and is the organizer of the SOA Link Interoperability Initiative. Currently, Miko is VP and Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Software AG.
Mr. Matsumura emerged as an industry thought leader for developing the first complete vendor-neutral specification of an SOA application set. Mr. Matsumura holds a MBA from San Francisco State University and a Master's Degree in Neuroscience from Yale University. He also blogs at www.SOAcenter.com.
Bjoern Brauel
Bjoern Brauel is Vice President of Business Architecture at Software AG, the world’s largest independent provider of Business Infrastructure Software. In this position he has responsibility for Software AG's global Business Architecture practice and specializes in delivering methodologies and best-practices to drive enterprise wide adoption of SOA and BPM.
Mr. Brauel is the co-author of "SOA Adoption for Dummies" and was previously working as Deputy CTO on driving the technology strategy for Software AG. Mr. Brauel holds a diploma in Computer Science.
Jignesh Shah
Jignesh Shah, co-author of "SOA Adoption for Dummies," is currently VP of SOA Product Management & Marketing at Software AG. He works to develop real-life SOA solutions for enterprises to gain competitive marketplace advantages.
Mr. Shah's professional experiences also include being a Solutions Architect at BearingPoint where he designed and implemented IT solutions for multiple Fortune 500 clients.
Mike Shumpert
Mr. Shumpert has 25 years of global product management experience in B2B industries. Currently Mike is the Senior Director for Global Strategic Business Solutions for Software AG where he develops value assessment tools for capturing and proving quantifiable ROI. He is an expert in solution design and implementation and best practice solutions.
Mr. Shumpert holds a MBA degree from Georgetown University and a BS from the University of Virginia.
Franco Castaldini
Franco Castaldini is Software AG’s Director of SOA Product Marketing responsible for managing Software AG’s global go-to-market strategy for SOA. He works closely with customers on real-life SOA projects to guide the direction of Software AGs products. As one of the company’s leading spokespersons on SOA Governance, he is committed to providing the market with the intelligence businesses need to make optimal decisions about business integration. Prior to Software AG, Franco has held marketing and business development positions at Seagate Technology, Commerce One, and Intel.
Franco holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and a Bachelors of Science degree in Journalism from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
