Richard Soley, Object Management Group

Dr. Richard Mark Soley is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Object Management Group, Inc. (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 pertaining to software investment opportunities. 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.

Presentation: "The Model-Driven (R)evolution"

Track: MDA

Time: Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00

Location: Conference Hall

Abstract:

All sorts of promises of a revolution in software development accompany the phrase "model-driven" these days. Model Driven Architecture, Model Driven Development, Model Driven Enterprise -- there must be something to these ideas, but is "model driven" the key to a revolution, or just another buzz word? Will we have to completely change the way we develop systems? Is code dead?

Richard Soley, Chairman of the Object Management Group (stewards of the Model Driven Architecture Initiative) will dispel some rumors about the model driven approach, and put it in the context of computing history. While there are some important implications for how complex systems are built, like most revolutions in software, Model Driven Architecture has straightforward underpinnings and represents a direct evolution from where we have been.

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Presentation: "The Model-Driven (R)evolution"

Track: Sixth Generation Languages

Time: Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00

Location: Conference Hall

Abstract: All sorts of promises of a revolution in software development accompany the phrase "model-driven" these days. Model Driven Architecture, Model Driven Development, Model Driven Enterprise -- there must be something to these ideas, but is "model driven" the key to a revolution, or just another buzz word? Will we have to completely change the way we develop systems? Is code dead?

Richard Soley, Chairman of the Object Management Group (stewards of the Model Driven Architecture Initiative) will dispel some rumors about the model driven approach, and put it in the context of computing history. While there are some important implications for how complex systems are built, like most revolutions in software, Model Driven Architecture has straightforward underpinnings and represents a direct evolution from where we have been.

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