Speaker Bios

Chris Haddad
Service Director

Emphases: Service-Oriented Architecture, integration, model-driven development, open source, Software as a Service, technology adoption strategies

Background: Over 17 years of experience leading software teams on architecture, development, and transformation initiatives. Leadership roles span technical, product, and business development strategy. Experience includes seven years as co-owner of a software company, three year leadership position at venture-backed software as a service company, and consulting director and delivery agent to Global 2000 enterprises and leading software vendors on topics including service oriented architecture, application architecture, middleware, and product/company strategy.

Primary Distinctions: Established software development, product direction, and integration strategy of several successful software companies. Granted committer status on the Apache Axis project in 2002. Conference editorial board member and chair of special interest groups. author, editor, and contributor on numerous articles, technical publications, presentations, and podcasts. Frequent speaker at industry conferences and events including Enterprise Architecture Summit, Networld+Interop, SOAWorld, JBossWorld, OMG Workshops, IASA IT Architecture Regional Conferences, and SDWest.

Anne Thomas Manes
Vice President and Research Director

Emphases: Service-oriented architecture, web services, XML, governance, superplatforms, application servers, Java, J2EE, .NET, application security, data management

Background: Former Chief Technology Officer at Systinet, a SOA governance vendor (now part of HP). Director of Market Innovation in Sun Microsystem's software group. Manes' 28-year industry background also includes field service and education at IBM Corporation; customer education at Cullinet Software; product management at Digital Equipment Corporation; chief architect at Open Environment Corporation; and research analyst with Patricia Seybold Group.

Primary Distinctions: Named one of the 50 most powerful people in networking in 2002 by Network World. Listed among the "Power 100 IT Leaders," by Enterprise Systems Journal. A frequent speaker at trade shows and InfoWorld, JavaOne, and RSA conferences. She has also authored numerous articles in trade publications. Member of Web Services Journal editorial board. Authored "Web Services: A Manager's Guide," published by Addison-Wesley, 2003. Participated in web services standards development efforts at W3C, OASIS, WS-I, and JCP. Anne earned a BA in Economics at Wellesley College.

Craig Roth
Service Director

Emphases: Enterprise portal products, collaborative applications, content management, intranets

Background: 18 years of experience in the IT industry. Former Vice President and Research Practice Area Lead at META Group. Research agenda focused on the organizational, financial, and governance issues around knowledge and collaboration infrastructure. Over 7 years of experience advising Global 2000 organizations on best practices related to knowledge infrastructure, web architecture, and website development and design. Background includes 5 years as co-owner of a software company and coding, analysis, project management, and management positions at a Fortune 500 financial services company.

Primary Distinctions: Rated as a top 10 expert in portals and web services by an independent analyst rating firm. Frequent speaker at industry events and often quoted by media sources. Written work includes over 140 papers on technology trends, best practices, and market analysis for META Group as well as articles for ENT Magazine and .NET Magazine. Blogs at http://knowledgeforward.wordpress.com. Craig earned his bachelors of science in business at Indiana University and a MBA in marketing at the University of Chicago.

Karen Hobert
Analyst

Emphases: Collaboration and messaging platforms, application interfaces, enterprise messaging, enterprise data management, and business process workflow

Background: Began working in software development in 1988 and the collaboration applications industry starting in 1989 with Lotus Development and has worked as a programmer, educator and curriculum developer at Lotus Development and IBM. Experienced using IBM Lotus Domino/Notes, J2EE, Microsoft .NET and SharePoint platforms, including application development, collaboration, workflow, middleware, enterprise data management, enterprise messaging systems, and server technologies. Experienced working with major international consulting and service organizations, manufacturing corporations, banking firms, insurance underwriters, and federal agencies. Consultant to organizations on collaboration application platforms, IT strategy and planning based on industry trends.

Primary Distinctions: Contributor on numerous articles on collaboration, information management, and software platform integration. Curriculum developer and author of numerous courses and workshops including programming collaborative application interfaces to enterprise data for web browsers. Frequent speaker at industry conferences including IBM Lotusphere. Karen earned her degree in computer programming and computer graphics at Boston University.

Guy Creese
Vice President and Research Director

Emphases: Content management, content analytics, enterprise search, records management, and information architecture

Background: More than 25 years of experience within the software industry, including working as a programmer within the international division of a Fortune 500 company; as a product manager of operating systems; as a product manager of a content portal; and as an industry analyst covering business intelligence, content management, and Web analytics. Research agenda is focused on how users create, disseminate, find, and evaluate content, and what companies are doing to increase content throughput and "knowledge turns."

Primary Distinctions: Held positions throughout the entire software development process, including systems analyst, developer, product manager, tech writer, QA engineer, customer service representative, and Webmaster. Recently served as Co-Chair of the Standards Committee for the Web Analytics Association. Regular monthly columnist for DMReview.com. Blogger since 2004: (http://creese.typepad.com).

Peter O'Kelly
Research Director

Emphases: Communication/collaboration workspaces, applications, and tools; XML and document/database management system convergence; extensive experience with IBM and Microsoft communication/collaboration products

Background: 25-year software career focused on application architectures, collaborative applications, XML, and database topics. Enterprise application developer and data modeler. Software product management, business development, and strategy roles with companies including IBM/Lotus, Groove, and Macromedia. Analyst/author of dozens of reports and articles on Microsoft platform and product strategy, XML standards, DBMS market dynamics, and other topics. Consultant to enterprises and software vendors on topics including application architecture, data/conceptual modeling, and product/company strategy.

Primary Distinctions: Led IBM Lotus Notes product management during the pivotal Notes R4 release. Established product management and competitive strategy for collaborative application pioneer Groove Networks. Macromedia VP Strategy during the launch of its MX product line. Frequent speaker at many major industry events such as Lotusphere and Enterprise 2.0. He is frequently quoted and looked to for insight regarding major movements in collaboration and communication fields. Avid blogger since early 2000 http://pbokelly.blogspot.com.