OMG Staff Contacts and Partners
Executives
Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
As Chairman and CEO, Dr. Soley is ultimately responsible for all of the business
of the OMG, including Board activities and oversight of the OMG's neutral and
open Technical Process. Richard serves as a valuable resource for a broad range
of topics ranging from predictions and trends in the industry to the details of
CORBA and UML (based on his original leadership as the OMG's original Technical
Director for the first eight years).
Contact information: Richard is best contacted by sending him email at soley@omg.org
or by sending him a fax at the OMG's main office at +1-781-444-0320.
Bill Hoffman, President and Chief Operating Officer
As President and Chief Operating Officer of the OMG, Bill is responsible for
Marketing, Business Development and the company’s General and Administrative
operations. This includes strategic relationships and member recruitment as well
as finance, personnel and international activities. Bill has been with the OMG
for over twenty years, and has worked in the computer industry, mainly in the
areas of advanced software, for over thirty years. A frequent industry speaker,
he is very up-to-date on the latest trends in Distributed Computing and very
familiar with industry studies and market research related to the OMG’s work.
Contact information: Bill is reachable by phone at OMG's main office number at
+1-781-444-0404, by email at hoffman@omg.org
and by fax at +1-781-444-0320.
Administrative Department
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Richard Hutchings, Office Manager
Richard's responsibilities include overseeing OMG Member Services and all
aspects of office management. He works directly with the President and Chairman
of OMG and is the primary liaison to the OMG Board of Directors.
Contact information: Richard can be contacted by phone at +1-781-444-0404, by
fax at +1-781-444-0320 or email
hutchings@omg.org.
Marketing Department
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Stephanie L. Covert, Marketing Communications Manager
Stephanie is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships
with the press and analyst communities. In addition to managing the extensive
library of marketing collateral both in print and on the Web site, she works
with the technical staff and members to develop marketing content such as press
releases, success stories, newsletters and whitepapers.
Contact information: Stephanie can be contacted at +1-843-737-0637 or by
email at scovert@omg.org.
Mike Narducci, Manager, Marketing Programs & Events
Mike handles a variety of marketing related tasks, including the coordination
of various OMG marketing programs such as Technical meeting and workshop support
and promotion, managing the website content, coordination of electronic
advertising and webcasts. In addition, Mike manages event relationships, along
with general marketing communications duties.
Contact information: Mike can be contacted at the OMG's main office
number at +1-781-444-0404 Ext. 104 or by email at
mike@omg.org.
Rachel Jensen Locke, Marketing Support Coordinator
Rachel works on a wide range of projects, including many phases of advertising
campaigns, event coordination and support, the creation and management of email
campaigns, external online advertising, supervision of the development of web
pages, working with external events on co-op promotions, and hands on support of
OMG sponsored events.
Contact Information: Rachel can be contacted at the OMG’s main office
number at +1-781-444-0404 Ext. 122 or by email at
rachel@omg.org
Technical Department
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Andrew Watson, Vice President and Technical Director
Andrew has overall responsibility for the OMG's technology adoption process, and
also chairs the Architecture Board, the group of distinguished technical
contributors from OMG member organizations, which oversees the technical
consistency of the OMG's specifications. Andrew is always happy to answer
technical questions on CORBA and the Object Management Architecture, or any
procedural queries about the OMG's adoption process.
Contact information: Andrew is best contacted by sending email to andrew@omg.org.
Dr. Jon Siegel, Vice
President, Technology Transfer
Jon heads the OMG's technology transfer program. Jon teaches the technical
aspects and benefits of the Object Management Architecture including CORBA, the
CORBAservices, the Domain specifications in vertical markets ranging from
healthcare, life sciences, and telecommunications to manufacturing and retail
systems, and the modeling specifications UML, MOF and XMI. In this capacity, he
presents tutorials, seminars, and company briefings around the world, and writes
magazine articles and books.
Contact information: Jon may be contacted by email at siegel@omg.org
or by phone at the OMG’s main number: +1-781-444-0404.
Juergen Boldt, Director, Member Services
Juergen is responsible for tracking all standards processes throughout the
technical process. He is tracking bug issues, managing all voting processes, and
managing the document archive. He is POC for most process related issues. In
addition to general member support, Juergen is managing OMG's IT department.
Contact information: Juergen can be reached by sending email to juergen@omg.org,
or by calling the OMG's main office number at +1-781-444-0404.
Linda Heaton, Senior Technical Editor
Linda handles the technical editing of OMG publications, archival and management
of publications on-line and development of CD versions of specifications.
Contact information: Linda may be contacted by phone at the OMG's main number at
+1-781-444-0404. She can also be reached via email at linda@omg.org.
Svetlana Orlova, Webmaster
Svetlana is responsible for creating and managing the OMG's World Wide Web sites
. She is the editorial and technical liaison for the OMG services available to
members and non-members alike. Comments and suggestions on the OMG's Webpages
can be sent to webmaster@omg.org or faxed to +1-781-444-0320.
Contact information: Svetlana may be reached by email at svetlana@omg.org
or by phone at +1-781-444-0404.
Joe Harth, System Administrator
Joe is responsible for maintaining the UNIX system, OMG databases, and
OMG mailing lists.
Contact information: Joe may be contacted by phone at the OMG's main
number at +1-781-444-0404, or by email at
joe@omg.org. Send your mailing list requests to request@omg.org.
Finance Department
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Suzanne Leon, Vice-President of Finance
Suzanne is responsible for the OMG’s financial reporting and manages the
daily accounting functions. She is also responsible for Human
Resources and manages employee relations and benefits for the company.
Contact information: Suzanne prefers to be contacted by email at
suzanne@omg.org
but can also be contacted by telephone at +1-781-444-0404.
For billing inquires or questions about payments for vendors please contact
accounting@omg.org.
Maribeth Mahoney, Registration Coordinator
Maribeth is responsible for all aspects of the registration process for all
technical meetings, workshops, seminars and conferences. She assists and supports
numerous other Marketing Department
operations.
Contact information: Maribeth can be contacted at the OMG's main office
number at +1-781-444-0404 Ext. 151 or by email at
maribeth@omg.org.
Maura Shoulkin, Staff Accountant
Maura Shoulkin is responsible for collecting membership and sponsor payments.
Maura helps each member individually with personal billing requests.
Contact Information: Maura prefers to be contacted by email at:
maura@omg.org or a +1-781-444-0404 (extension
121 voice mailbox).
Business Development
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Ken Berk, Vice President of Business Development
Ken leads OMG’s global business development team in its management of OMG's
strategic relations; managing membership retention, new business in the
Domain/Vertical markets and special programs. He also works with OMG chairs to
generate interest in the industry at large in responding to RFIs and RFPs.
Additionally, Ken serves as primary liaison to OMG’s International Partners.
Contact Information: Ken can be contacted by email at
kenberk@omg.org or at +1-781-444-0404.
Berto DeBenedictis, Account Manager
Berto, is an Account Manager in Business Development and is responsible for
working relationships with OMG members and SOA Consortium participants and
sponsors.
Contact Information: Berto can be contacted at
berto@omg.org +1-781-444-0404 ext 103
Diane Ehramjian, Sales Administrator
Diane provides administrative support to the Business Development Team and
maintains Member relations as well as support for other department activities.
Contact information: Diane can be contacted at the OMG's main office
number at +1-781-444-0404 Ext. 115 or by email at diane@omg.org.
OMG Governance, Risk & Compliance Roundtable
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Said Tabet, Chief Architect, GRC Roundtable, GRC-GRID Project
Contact Information: Said can be reached via email at:
stabet@omg.org
OMG BPM Consortium; Green CIO (GCIO); Business Ecology Initiative (BEI)
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Karen Larkowski, General Manager and Program Director,
Business Ecology Initiative and GCIO
Karen D. Larkowski is the General Manager and Program Director of Business
Ecology Initiative, BPM / SOA Consortium and GCIO at OMG. An industry
spokesperson for nearly two decades, Ms. Larkowski served as the founder and
Chief Evangelist for Green Computing Impact Organization, Inc. (GCIO) prior to
its merger with the OMG. She also serves as the President of Market Research at
The Standish Group International, Inc. a market research and advisory firm
focused on enterprise technology. She is well known for her industry
contributions and has written numerous books, white papers and articles focused
on many facets of the computer industry. She has held multiple advisory sessions
with both vendor and end-user clients and offers daily advice on key technology
decisions. Ms. Larkowski is the author of "Essential Guide to Object Monitors"
published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Contact information: Karen can be contacted at
karen@omg.org or at +1-781-444 0404
International Representatives
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Kevin Vinsen, OMG Representative, Australia
Kevin Vinsen, represents the OMG's interests in Australia. Kevin is Director
at ILLIARC and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at The University of Western Australia.
Contact information: Kevin Vinsen can be contacted by phone at +1300 850 422
or by email at kevin.vinsen@illiarc.com.au.
Sergio Mainetti, OMG
Representative, Brazil
Sergio Mainetti, Director at Visionnaire, represents the OMG in Brazil. He
assists the OMG in promoting CORBA in Brazil as the solution for building
distributed systems. The company's main focus of work is in the areas of
Telecommunications, Finance, Healthcare and Government and also produces the
Distributed Objects Conference. Visionnaire is located in Curitiba, Parana,
Brazil.
Contact information: Sergio Mainetti can be contacted by phone or fax at
+55-41-373-7400, by email at sergio_mainetti@omg.org
or on the web at http://www.visionnaire.com.br.
Mark Ragel, OMG Representative, Middle East
Mark Ragel, CEO of Al-Gosaibi/Q Data ME, represents the OMG in the following
countries: Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, United Arab
Emirates and Yemen. Contact information: Mr. Ragel can be contacted by
phone at +973-274 090 or +973-967 4090, or email at
mark_ragel@omg.org.
Roberto V. Zicari, OMG Representative, Europe
Roberto V. Zicari represents the OMG’s interest in Europe.
Roberto is Full Professor of Database and Information Systems at the Goethe
Frankfurt University.
Contact information: roberto@zicari.de
Sung-Soo Kang, OMG Representative, Korea
Sung-Soo Kang represents the OMG's interest in Korea. Sung-Soo is
Manager, Global Business Team, Korea Software Technology Association (KOSTA).
Contact information: hurduck@compoins.com
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Last updated on
06/18/2009
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