Reminder to vote - Election of the UDDI Member Section Steering Committee

Greetings, just a reminder that the ballot is open for our election.   I'm again including information of the candidates.   And, if you have questions for the candidates that would help you decide, please post them to this list.   I will see that they get answered.    Here is the direct link to the ballot page:

http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/uddi-ms/ballots.php

Please vote when you get a chance.   Thanks much.

Regards, George

Chair, OASIS UDDI Member Section Steering Committee

Managing Director, UDDI Operators Council

Web Services Strategy, IBM Software Group

1-408-463-4041 or 543-4041, FAX 3319



---------------------- Forwarded by George Zagelow/Santa Teresa/IBM on 08/12/2004 08:56 AM ---------------------------

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From:	George Zagelow/Santa Teresa/IBM@IBMUS

Subject:	Election of the UDDI Member Section Steering Committee

Later today I will open a ballot for election of the Steering Committee.   I have approval from the current Steering Committee to reduce the size of the Steering Committee to 3 members.   This is permitted under our Rules of Procedure, so long as we keep an odd number of members.   For those 3 seats we have 4 very qualified candidates.   I'm including below, in alphabetical sequence, the information forwarded by the candidates to introduce themselves and to describe their qualifications, motivations, ideas, etc.   If you carry the vote for your organization, please watch your email for the ballot, and follow the link to vote for the 3 candidates you think best qualified to lead our Member Section.   Thanks much.

Regards, George

Chair, OASIS UDDI Member Section Steering Committee

Managing Director, UDDI Operators Council

Web Services Strategy, IBM Software Group

1-408-463-4041 or 543-4041, FAX 3319



---------------------- Forwarded by George Zagelow/Santa Teresa/IBM on 08/05/2004 12:49 PM ---------------------------

Ian Bruce, Director of Marketing at Systinet Corporation

Ian has over 20 years experience in marketing, business development and

corporate communications, most recently at CSC where he was Head of

Communications at the company's European headquarters. Ian has also held

senior marketing positions with CWB (acquired by Thales), and Analog

Devices. Ian holds a BSc from Coventry University, England, and a PhD in

Communication from SyracuseUniversity.

Ian was a member of the Software & Information Industry Association's = Web

services working group and has been actively involved with the EAI

Consortium's Web services and SOA group. 

"I believe a registry is a critical ingredient of an effective

service-oriented architecture, providing standards-based approach to

advertising, discovering and reusing services. UDDI.org will play a key 

role in ensuring that users appreciate and understand how the registry can

be effectively deployed, and the associated technical, architectural, and

business process issues. Prospective users need a clear rationale for

adopting UDDI, and evidence that the registry can provide business = value.

Using case studies, business outreach and by actively enrolling the =

support of existing users, analysts, and the media, UDDI.org is well

positioned = to show this value and accelerate adoption."

"This is an exciting opportunity. My goals for the Member Section would 

be:

> Significantly extend and grow active membership and involvement in the

Member Section

> Develop UDDI.org into a destination site and resource center for 

adopters, contributors, journalists and analysts interested in learning about and

furthering the development of UDDI

> Develop an integrated marketing campaign and outreach to:

- Users of the specification - vendors, enterprise architects and 

senior IT management who are beginning the process of creating or deploying

a = UDDI registry

- Prospective adopters of the standard who are grappling with how to

architect and deploy an effective SOA

- Journalists & Analysts interested in understanding the role and 

value of UDDI and the progress, support and state-of-adoption of the

standard

The overall goal will be to significantly raise awareness of UDDI and

effectively communicate the standard's importance and centrality for

creating a SOA."

A short bio is posted at  the following location:

    http://uddi.org/governance/#hamer

 

Jean-Luc Levesque

Company Director of EdiEyes ltd in London

Dircetor of EdiEyes France to

President of S10M Ophtalmic Committee at AFNOR in France.

ISO expert for optics business (instruments and data  exchange)

President of Semantic Optics Association

 

We are  very interested by this project.    We use and need it in our ophtalmic 

application for searching all resources we need to  process a complete equipment 

(spectacle lens + spectacle frame + glazing +  mounting).   Our  system is already used 

by 13.000 Opticians in Europa (60.000 Opticians) and all  main laboratories (Essilor, 

Hoya, Sola, Oakley, Baush & Lomb, Vistakon,  Menicon...) and main frame 

manufacturors (Luxottica, Charmant, ...) in Europa  and main chains of opticians in France

and Spain.

 

Vicki currently  works within SAP's Technology Standards Organization as the Director of  Business Strategy. Within her role, she actively participates in the  governance and marketing activities of organizations such as the Java  Community Process, the Eclipse Foundation, and the Java Tools  Community.  Within SAP, Vicki drives the process for evaluation and  integration of Java and Web services standards into SAP's product portfolio,  and directs related messaging and marketing activities as liaison to the  corporate organizations of product definition and product marketing. Prior to  joining SAP, Vicki worked for many years within Sun Microsystems's Java  Software organization. She was a member of the team that created the  formalized Java Community Process. She also worked as one of the original  Java product managers managing families of APIs for extending the Java  platform with media capability, and for use within the embedded/wireless  domain through EmbeddedJava, Real-time Java, and EmbeddedJava tools. 

 

"SAP is extremely committed to UDDI and  looks forward to participating in marketing activities that will drive its  positioning and proliferation within the Web services market."