David Burdett is Director of Standards Strategy, Web Services for Commerce One. He is responsible for directing Commerce One's use of Web Services standards in its products and solutions. Recently he has played leading roles in Web Services and eCommerce standards including: WS Choreography, WS Architecture, ebXML (where he was editor of the ebXML Messaging specification) UBL and the Internet Open Trading Protocol - the first XML based eCommerce protocol that pre-dated all other XML eCommerce initiatives.

He is also an experienced consultant with over 20 years experience in managing and motivating teams in IT strategy, development, architecture and organization in industries including: finance, insurance, distribution, security regulation, utilities, oil, entertainment, accountancy, legal and healthcare. He has also authored several articles and books on Web Services and XML technology.

David is a British citizen who holds a graduate degree in Physics from Leeds University and Masters Degree in Computer Science from Bradford University. He lives in the Bay Area.