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Subject: RE: Candidate statements
- From: "David RR Webber \(XML\)" <david@drrw.info>
- To: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:08:00 -0700
Mary,
OK - I will go first here.
Thanks, DW
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Brief Candidate BioSketch and Vision:
I have been an active participant in OASIS for the past 8 years,
including chairing the OASIS CAM TC work and working as editor for
several specifications.
Similarly I have worked with XML since its inception in 1997 and
taught and presented both here in the USA and internationally on its use
and applicability in a complete range of domains for commercial entities
and governments. I have over 25 years industry experience in
delivering business software solutions in the USA, Europe and the Middle
East.
I was VP Business Development for 4 years for XMLGlobal and so I am
very familiar with what it takes to not only create technology and
standards but also see them adopted and used in the real
world. It was just immensely satisfying for me to see this month
the formal announcement that the software that XMLGlobal originally
built is now being used by Norway to handle over 2 millions health
insurance card transactions for its citizens this past year
alone.
Recently I have been involved in the HAVA/NIST process on voting
specifications and standards, including promoting the use of OASIS EML
there and actually taking OASIS EML and developing working forms for
use in US election ballots this coming November. This includes
the use of open source to provide a public platform for the adoption of
EML. To that end I co-founded a corporate entity - Open Voting
Solutions Inc - which is focused on assisting voting authorities use
open source and open public specifications combined with off-the-shelf
hardware to deploy election solutions.
I see that the OASIS EML is very much at an emerging point
right now - we have a mature specification with some adoption and
implementation occurring. We have a strong and capable EML TC
membership. However the challenge is how to reach to the next
level?
An OASIS TC Chair continually faces these challenges - to not only
facilitate the development and enhancement of the technical work, but
also to create outreach materials, and to promote the use of the
specifications and to verify the business use model for adopters.
Understanding how to leverage the internet to bring more attention to
our work is also a key need - and I have extensive experience in
promoting technology online and using all those tools to
effect.
A further need is to instruct and help people understand how
eVoting can be successfully and securely deployed and the essential
benefits and mutual trust to societies that this can foster and
deliver.
Finding adoption communities is probably the biggest challenge I see
for the OASIS EML work, building up that community of practice and
evolving into a healthy and thriving globally
available solution.
If elected as TC Chair I will strive to use my experience and
know-how to help facilitate that with your help and support.
Thanks, David RR Webber
-------- Original Message --------
Subject:
Candidate statements
From: "Mary McRae"
<mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
Date: Mon, March 27, 2006 2:34
pm
To: <charbel.aoun@accenture.com>,
<david@drrw.info>,
<rhill@opt2vote.com>
Cc:
<mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
Hi
everyone,
I've
received a couple of emails from TC members asking for more information
about each of the candidates - feel free to post a short note about your
background, experience, etc. to the list.
Thanks!
Mary
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