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Contact:
Stephanie Covert
Object Management Group
+1-843-225 8419
pr@omg.org
OMG Announces Appointment of Jeffrey S.
Lichtenstein as
Vice President, OMG Regulatory Compliance Alliance Program
Lichtenstein to lead program that provides C-GRID, the comprehensive
open
database compliance reference guide to global IT managers
Needham, MA, USA - May 4, 2006 - The Object Management Group™ (OMG™)
today announced that Jeffrey S. Lichtenstein has been appointed Vice
President and will head the OMG Regulatory Compliance Alliance (ORCA™)
program. He will be reporting directly to OMG President and Chief
Operating Officer, William Hoffman.
OMG is an open membership, international organization of information
system vendors, software vendors, and IT end-user companies. Through its
members, the OMG produces and maintains specifications for interoperable
software for the enterprise and Internet, for real-time and
safety-critical applications, for embedded systems, and other networked
environments. ORCA is an open community created to raise awareness of the
complex regulatory compliance issues companies face today, and to provide
them with resources to make them successful in their compliance efforts.
One of ORCA's most significant endeavors is the development of the
Compliance Global Regulatory Information Database (C-GRID™), of which
IBM (www.ibm.com) is a charter sponsor.
The C-GRID is being developed as an open database of rules, regulations,
standards, and government guidance documents that require IT action, and a
survey of the regulatory climate around the world. The goal of this
project is to provide the de facto compliance reference guide for global
IT managers. Contributions from the community to the database are being
accepted and vetted by a team of regulatory compliance experts on an
ongoing basis. See http://www.omg.org/orca-pr
to add your submission.
The Regulatory Compliance Special Interest Group (RC SIG) is the body
within OMG that is working to develop standards related to regulatory
compliance. Their work will touch many vertical industries and areas
including distributed computing and business process management. More
information about OMG and the work of the RC SIG can be found online at http://www.omg.org/orca-pr.
In his new role, Mr. Lichtenstein will be responsible for business
development and promoting the activities of ORCA and the Compliance GRID
to global IT managers, compliance officers and other executives tasked
with regulatory compliance management.
"Today, more than ever, IT compliance regulations are on the minds
of every CEO, CIO, CSO and Risk Management officer. They need the ability
to mitigate risks associated with the myriad of regulations specific to
their industry. OMG's Regulatory Compliance Alliance Program will be
providing the most comprehensive compliance reference database tool
available today in the form of the Compliance GRID program," said
Jeffrey Lichtenstein, vice president, ORCA at OMG. "I am excited to
join the OMG and the ORCA program, and to be a part of building such a
progressive and unique community that has the potential to influence
global IT compliance initiatives by enabling compliance automation best
practices."
"Jeff's experience with IT asset management and deep business
development background, coupled with his experience with some of the top
IT companies around are very valuable and will enable him to hit the
ground running," said William Hoffman, president and COO of OMG.
"We are very pleased to welcome Jeff to the OMG team."
Prior to joining OMG, Mr. Lichtenstein was the Director of Business
Development for Converge's NextPhase IT Asset Management Services. He has
more than 20 years of experience with Regulatory Compliance, Business
Process Management, IT Consulting, Software and IT Asset Management
services with a variety of leading technology firms such as Data General,
Digital, ADP, AT&T, GE, and EDS. Jeffrey holds a Six Sigma
certification from GE and attended Bentley College. He currently resides
in Boston's North Shore.
For more information on the OMG Regulatory Compliance Alliance or the
ORCA Compliance GRID, please contact Jeffrey Lichtenstein at jefflich@omg.org
or at +1-781-444 0404, or Dr. Adrian Bowles, program director, Regulatory
Compliance at adrian@omg.org or at
+1-781-444 0404.
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