Greetings: (01)
My name is Greg Olsen. I am the Industry Relations Director for Aerospace
and Defense. It is my job to find what those two industries may require
from a software vendor in terms of metadata content/semantics. (02)
My background includes all the following:
Programmer/analyst at Vanstar. I was one of five developers who wrote the
EDI Processing Engine for the entire corporation. Vanstar was a $2
billion/year company. Additionally, I owned the manufacturing processes,
including adding new functionality to the EDI Processing Engine and all the
EDI maps connecting Vanstar to its' suppliers: IBM, HP, Compaq, Lotus,
Microsoft, Novell, 3Com, Apple, etc. (03)
EDI/SAP Developer at Hewlett-Packard. I was responsible for creating the
EDI maps using Sterlings' Gentran:BASIC and GEIS's Application Integrator
and to extend the basic capabilities of SAP to make use of the EDI
transactions. I was also responsible for the contract manufacturer, 3PL,
and distribution warehouse processes. I was also an architect of the
Reverse Logistics processes on SAP. (04)
Director Product Management/Industry Relations Director at Contivo. I am
responsible to help define the direction of the product, interface with
customers to get their feedback, and then to implement our customer/industry
feedback into the product. Additionally, I am responsible for working with
the following industry groups:
* AIA (Aeronautics Industries Association). Currently, I am working
with the EEWG (Electronic Enterprise Working Group) on the Metadata
Harmonization Project.
* EIDX/CompTIA (Electronics Industry Data Exchange/Computer Technology
Industry Association). Currently, I co-chair XRT (Cross-Reference Team),
chartered to develop a cross-reference of the various metadata standards
used by the industry (ANSI and EDIFACT EDI, RosettaNet, OAGI, and xCBL).
* OAGI (Open Applications Group)
* RosettaNet (05)
I am interested in semantic modeling of metadata. I am also very
interesting in the various ontologies and taxonomies that are currently in
use as well as those being worked on from an industry/government
perspective. I would like to gain a stronger understanding of these
emerging ontologies and taxonomies to better position Contivo and its
products. (06)
I look forward to rolling up my sleeves and gaining more information from
this discussion group. I can use the information to feed back to both AIA
and EIDX/CompTIA at their face-to-face meetings. (07)
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Greg Olsen
Industry Relations Director
Aerospace and Defense
Contivo, Inc.
640A Clyde Court
Mountain View, CA 94043
voice: (650) 426-4110
fax: (650) 426-4001
email: golsen@xxxxxxxxxxx
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