Mark is the XML lead for the Logistics Management Institute (LMI) where he coordinates LMI’s XML initiatives and standards involvement. Mark has been active in XML research and implementation since 1997, and has completed several reports for various government agencies regarding XML. He is the LMI project leader for an ongoing EPA XML initiative to leverage the technology for State reporting of environmental permit compliance data. He also provides technical consulting to GSA and the Federal CIO Council XML Working Group, the EPA XML policy group, and the DON XML Working Group. He is active in a number of different XML standards efforts. He is the vice chair of the OASIS sponsored Universal Business Language initiative and vice chair and editor of the Design Rules and Naming Conventions subcommittee. He is the editor of the ebXML Core Components Technical Specification being developed by UN/CEFACT. He was the editor of the ebXML Requirements document and an active member of the ebXML architecture and core components groups. He was the chair of the recently completed joint ANSI and UN effort to develop internationally standardized core components and he was Vice Chair of the ANSI ASC X12 XML workgroup.