Thomas Erl
Biography:
Thomas Erl is the President and Chief Architect of XMLTC Consulting Inc. (www.xmltc.com), a consulting firm in Vancouver specializing in the delivery of service-oriented and XML-centric solutions. He recently authored "Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services" for Prentice Hall/PTR. This book was formally endorsed by IBM and Microsoft, became a bestseller on Amazon's Top 25 Computer Books chart, and is being translated into Chinese. Thomas is currently writing "Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts and Technology", due for release in 2005 (for more information visit www.serviceoriented.ws). Thomas has published over 30 papers, and established an integration framework for XML and Web Services. He also maintains a series of resource Web sites for XML and Web services. For more information, visit Thomas' bio site at www.thomaserl.com/technology/.