David Besemer

Chief Technology Officer

David joined Composite in 2002 as VP of Engineering and then transitioned to the CTO role in January 2006. At Composite David pioneered industryfirst information server products for high performance query optimization and SOA data services. He joined Composite from his freelance CTO consulting practice where he provided software technology intelligence to venture capital firms. Previously, David served as CTO of eStyle, ran a successful enterprise software consulting practice, headed software product marketing at NeXT Computer, built program trading systems on Wall Street, and researched natural language processing systems at GE’s Corporate R&D center. David holds a BS in Computer Science from Michigan State University and a MS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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Paul Butterworth

Chief Technology Officer

Paul is the Chief Technology Officer for AmberPoint, the leading provider of SOA management solutions. In recognition for his work at AmberPoint, Paul was named one of InfoWorld’s Top 25 CTOs for 2007. Prior to founding AmberPoint, Paul was the CTO for Forte Tools at Sun where he was voted a Distinguished Engineer by his peers and was responsible for the technical strategy for the Sun developer tools products. As a co-founder of Forte Software, Paul was the Chief Architect and Senior Vice President of Engineering and Customer Services. Before founding Forte, Paul served as Chief Architect and Director of Product Engineering at Ingres Corporation. He holds both a BS and a MS in Information and Computer Science from University of California at Irvine.

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Luc Clément

Co-Chairman

Luc, an industry expert in UDDI standards, served as Co-Chair of OASIS UDDI Specification Technical Committee from 2003 to 2007. In this role, he oversaw development of all UDDI registry-related specifications, personally editing and co-authoring the OASIS UDDI Version 2 and 3 specifications and Technical Notes, which have been a major catalyst for broad enterprise adoption of SOA. Luc currently serves as the Senior Director of Product Management at Active Endpoints. At Systinet and HP from 2004 through 2007, Luc was actively involved in the development and marketing of the Systinet Registry and SOA Governance products. Before that Luc established Microsoft’s UDDI Services and the UDDI Business Registry offerings. A graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, Luc was an Officer in the Canadian Forces for over 13 years.

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Jim Green

Chairman and CEO

Jim, a noted enterprise computing technology visionary and roll-up-thesleeves entrepreneur, guides Composite Software strategy and operations. Prior to Composite, Jim served as webMethods’ CTO, Executive Vice President of Product Development, and Board of Directors member. Jim was CEO and co-founder of Active Software, where he grew the company from a start-up to an industry leader in Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) software. During his seven year tenure at Sun Microsystems, Jim led the development of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) specification, the industry standard for distributed objects. In previous companies, he achieved several industry firsts by developing networking and distributed computing products. Jim holds both a MS in Industrial Engineering and a MS in Computer Science.

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Hemant Ramachandra

Managing Director, Business Systems Integration

Hemant is a Managing Director at BearingPoint, Inc. and a senior leader responsible for strategy, sales, development and delivery of Technology Integration solutions. He has more than 17 years experience and has led several information systems strategy, architecture and integration projects in a variety of industries ranging from life sciences to the communication and media sector. Hemant specializes in service oriented architecture, business process management and enterprise search. His technology focus has included SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, Information Builders, and Search technologies. Hemant holds a BS in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is a frequent speaker and has authored several articles on technology integration, service oriented architecture and the impact of technology on the enterprise.

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Jeff Schneider

Chief Executive Officer

Jeff founded MomentumSI, a leading enterprise SOA consulting firm, in 1997, and serves as its CEO and Chairman. As CEO, Jeff aligns the strategic goals of the company with those of the customers. A hands-on CEO, Jeff spends significant time working directly with clients and keeps a close eye on disruptive technologies and paradigms. Prior to founding MomentumSI, Jeff started his career at 3M working on supply chain and manufacturing systems. In 1996, he wrote the first book on Enterprise Java and continues to write for leading technology publications. A frequent speaker related to emerging technologies, Jeff’s concepts of service networks, enterprise vocabularies and the “service oriented enterprise” serve as a blueprint for companies to upgrade not only their enterprise architecture, but also their people and processes.

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Hub Vandervoort

Chief Technology Officer

Hub is Chief Technology Officer of Progress Software. As CTO, Hub is responsible for incorporating market and customer requirements into the industry leading Progress® Sonic ESB® Product Family and evangelizing Progress’ leading-edge developments in the ESB and service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure market. Hub previously held the position of vice president of strategic services for the Sonic division. Over the last four years, he has built up a highly successful technical services group to enable Progress customers and partners to achieve rapid results with Progress technology. Hub has over twenty years experience as an entrepreneur, consultant and senior technology executive in the networking, communications software and Internet industries. Prior to joining Progress, Hub co-founded and managed several successful start-up ventures.

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