Michel Biezunski works as a consultant for Coolheads Consulting. Michel was instrumental in the initiation of the Topic Maps paradigm, and has been involved in its development since the beginning (1992), together with Steven R. Newcomb. He is the co-editor of the ISO/IEC 13250 Topic Maps Standard. He is working to merge knowledge-based approaches with information management systems, both by designing custom applications and by fostering the development of new standards for the Web.