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Abbie Barbir, Ph.D., (abbieb@nortel.com) is a member of Nortel's Strategic Standards group, where he serves as Senior Advisor in the areas of Web services and Security. This role has involved him in many activities within OASIS, W3C, WS-I, OMA, ITU-T, Canadian Advisory Committee (CAC) JTC1 SC6, IETF, Parlay and IPSphere. He currently chairs the Cybersecurity question in ITU-T SG17 and is the vice chair of the CAC for JTC1 SC 6. In 2005, he represented OASIS to ITU-T and was instrumental in having the ITU-T consent the SAML and XACML OASIS Standards as ITU-T Recommendations. Abbie holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, USA. In his more than 20 years in the software and telecommunication industry, he has been a professor of Computer Science in Western Carolina University, an application developer, data compression and encryption inventor, systems architect, security architect, engineering manager, consultant, author, and inventor of numerous security algorithms. His term on the TAB extends to July 2010.

Martin Chapman, Ph.D., (martin.chapman@oracle.com) joined Oracle Corporation in 2002 where he holds the position of Consulting Member Technical Staff and focuses on Web Services standards activities. This role has involved him in a plethora of web service activities within W3C, OASIS, WS-I, and ISO. He currently chairs the W3C Web Services Choreography Working Group and the OASIS Web Services Composite Application Framework TC. Martin gained a Ph.D. in Distributed Computing from Oxford Polytechnic and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, in 1989. From 1989 to 1996 he worked at BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, UK, where his principal task was in applying distributed object technology to the telecommunications industry. He joined IONA Technologies in 1996 and served as their prime representative to the OMG. During that time he authored several CORBA specifications and was elected to be a member of the OMG Architecture Board. His term on the TAB extends to July 2009.

Toby Considine (toby.considine@unc.edu) of the University of North Carolina co-chairs the TAB. He is also chair of the OASIS oBIX Technical Committee, where he works to expose the deep processes of the engineered systems in buildings and the grid as services responsive to the enterprise and the tenant. Toby has provided business process analysis and software services within the education, manufacturing, distribution, and architecture industries. He is a regular speaker in organizations ranging from APPA (educational facilities) to AIIM (image management) to the NCCC (CAD technologies and business integration). Toby's work at standards groups includes buildingSmart and GridWise. His term on the TAB extends to July 2010.

William Cox, Ph.D., (wtcox@CoxSoftwareArchitects.com) co-chairs the TAB. He has developed enterprise product architectures for Bell Labs, Unix System Labs, Novell, and BEA, and related work in OASIS, ebXML, the Java Community Process, OMG, and the IEEE, typically working at the boundaries between technology and business requirements. He was lead architect for Unix System V Release 4 and of follow-on highly scalable and secure Unix systems, service-oriented architectures and directory APIs for Novell, Web services and XML messaging and transaction systems, and other enterprise software. He earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Today Bill concentrates on applying eCommerce and enterprise approaches to helping smart electric power grids collaborate with business enterprises including intelligent buildings and industrial facilities. He is co-chair of the OASIS SOA-EERP TC and a member of the OASIS SOA Reference Model TC. Bill is a past member of the Java Community Process Executive Committee and the OMG Board. He is a co-author of the Business Transaction Processing Primer and of WS-Transaction and WS-Coordination. His term on the TAB extends to July 2009.

Jacques Durand Ph.D., (JDurand@us.fujitsu.com) director of Engineering and Standards at Fujitsu Software, evaluates and promotes XML-related and eBusiness standards, and advises on their use in the enterprise software products at Fujitsu. He has actively been involved in ebXML and Web services as a member of the OASIS ebXML Messaging Services TC, chair of the OASIS ebXML Implementation, Interoperability and Conformance (IIC) TC, and co-editor of the OASIS WS-Reliability TC. He has an interest in conformance and testing technology, coordinating with OASIS an initiative to facilitate conformance and interoperability testing for OASIS Standards.

Jacques is actively involved in WS-I and chaired its Testing Tools working group. He is also member of the OMG Production Rules Representation BEIDTF. He has more than 25 years of experience in various areas of software, ranging from R & D to commercial products. He holds a Ph.D. from Nancy Univ (France) in logic programming. His term on the TAB extends to July 2010.

Patrick Durusau (patrick@durusau.net) is an independent consultant and standards editor. He currently serves as editor for the OASIS OpenDocument Technical Committee, co-editor of ISO/IEC 13250 parts 1 and 5 (topic maps), and convener of JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3. He also chairs the US mirror committee to SC 34, INCITS/V1. In addition to being a topic maps editor, he also teaches a course on topic maps at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois.

In no particular order he is interested in the role of formats as part of the interoperability question, semantic integration while preserving semantic diversity, and the development of open and collaborative environments both in and between standards organizations. He holds degrees in law and theology.

Andy Lee, Ph.D., (javola@vip.sina.com) heads the technical committee of China's Changfeng Open Standards Platform Software Alliance. His accomplishments in the area of open standards includes: the development of cnXML, a project which introduced XML technology to China's IT industry; the development of an XML standard suite in China's e-Government reference model and reference architecture; key participation in the adoption of ebXML as China's national eBusiness standard; recognition of Rossettanet as the official e-Logistical standard for China; and the development of SOA EERP, which is regarded as an emerging industry standard in next generation enterprise applications. Andy has also served as China's senior eBusiness advisor and acted as the national major eBusiness project technical reviewer since 2002. He holds a Master's degree in fluid dynamics from Shanghai JiaoTong University and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University. His term on the TAB extends to July 2010.

Hal Lockhart (hal.lockhart@oracle.com) represents Oracle in information security-related standards activities at various bodies including OASIS, WS-I, EPCGlobal, JCP, W3C, Liberty Alliance, OMG, and Open Group. He is the co-chair of the OASIS XACML TC, co-chair of the OASIS Security Services (SAML) TC, and an active member of a number of other TCs including WS-SX. In his more than 30 years in the software industry, Mr. Lockhart has been an application developer, kernel engineer, systems architect, engineering manager, operations manager, consultant, author, Director of Security and standards representative. His term on the TAB extends to July 2009.

Mary McRae (mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org), Director of Standards Development, provides front-line support for OASIS committees and the standards they produce. As TC Administrator, she works with OASIS TC chairs, guiding them through the OASIS technical process and helping them reach the goals and objectives of their charters. Mary also serves on the OASIS Technical Advisory Board. She joined the OASIS staff in 2004, but she has been an active member of the Consortium since 1995, serving on the OASIS Board of Directors in 1999. Mary became involved in structured markup languages in 1992, while working for Butterworth Legal Publishers, where she mastered the nuances of document analysis, DTD development, structured editors, and content management systems. Later, as Vice President of XML Solutions and Principal XML Technologist for DMSi, she used her skills at project management, needs analysis, requirements definition, product selection, schema development, application customization, and training to help clients avoid the pitfalls she encountered herself as an early adopter. Sandwiched in between, Mary was the Manager of Sales Support for Xyvision (now XyEnterprise), focusing on SGML/XML content management solutions. Mary is co-author of "Office 2003 XML" and a frequent speaker at industry conferences. In her spare time, Mary is a textile artist. She is based in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, USA.