Interoperability Clearinghouse

Mr. Weiler, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Interoperability Clearinghouse (ICHnet.org), has been a leading force in the Open Systems market for over the past 25 years.

During his career, Mr. Weiler has been a recognized expert in architectures, object technology and AI. He speaks regularly at major IT conferences, and has chaired numerous conferences on Object Technology, Open Systems, Information Assurance and E-Business.

Technically, Mr. Weiler's career in developing enterprise architectures has encompassed the use of leading edge technologies including CASE Tools, 4GLs, Object Oriented Languages and Tools, AI/Neural Networks, Enterprise Middleware, Relational Databases, and Security Services. These technologies have been used in a wide variety of environments including mainframes (Unisys, IBM), mini-computers (Sun, DEC, HP), and LANS (PC, MAC, Linux).

Robert Babiskin
Managing Director and CTO

Mr. Babiskin, is a technology executive and innovator with 28 years of experience including senior management positions at General Electric, GTE, Oracle, Computer Sciences Corporation, National Semiconductor, BAE and Cryptek. Mr. Babiskin has lead organizations that have achieved over $500M in product revenue and business system integration projects of over $2B. Mr. Babiskin did his doctoral work in Computer Science and Operation Research at the University of Maryland. He is currently Managing Director and CTO at Interoperability Clearinghouse. He is a recognized technical expert in database, networking, and security technologies and has contributed to major government initiatives in DoD/Civilian data network, GCCS, DII COE, DoD Health Affairs data warehousing and high assurance Security architectures. Mr. Babiskin has been a product innovator in the areas of relational database management, internet services, security and system integration.

ICH Associates

Program Director

is Founder and a Principal of Tech Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in the application of meaningful technology strategies to enterprise business situations. Prior to that, he was with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Ernst & Young for 6 years. He had roles including: the CTO for the Mobile Commerce service line; technical risk management; incorporation of new technology in service offerings; emerging technology R&D; and leading a number of technology focused engagements. Prior to joining Ernst & Young in 1995, Ken held key management and technical positions with Honeywell Information Systems, Citicorp-Transaction Technology Incorporated, the Citicorp Technology Office and Distributed Systems Solutions International (DSSI). Responsibilities included: strategic technology planning, software architecture and engineering, performance evaluation, transaction processing systems development, testing and quality assurance management, release and product management, applications architecture, applications development and senior management consulting.

Hays W. "Skip" McCormick
Technical Director

Skip has overall responsibility for ICH technology issues and processes. Skip comes to us from The MITRE Corporation where his most recent work has been in the areas of knowledge management building a secure web-based distributed collaborative system based on a Lotus Domino R5 backend. Prior to that, Skip was project lead for the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Interoperable Technology Reification with Objects (NITRO) project which is the 1997 implementer follow-on from the Data Integration and Synergistic Collateral Usage Study (DISCUS) project.

Skip is a sought-after speaker, recently giving Keynote Addresses at the 3rd Annual European Conference on Java™ and Object Orientation in Denmark and the Visual Basic Insiders' Technical Summit (VBITS99) in Orlando. He has a diverse background in many information systems areas, including computer security, artificial intelligence, and distributed object computing.

Skip co-author of AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software,Architectures and Projects in Crisis and AntiPatterns and Patterns in Configuration Management, published by J.S. Wiley, and has a new Program Management book due in early 2000, he has also has written for technical journals including Dr. Dobbs. Mr. McCormick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

Linda Kemp, D.Sc.(cand.)
Chief Knowledge Officer

Linda has over 25 years of experience in strategic planning, enterprise performance measurement, business process reengineering, information engineering, systems analysis, software engineering, object technologies, expert systems, and project management. D.Sc.(cand.) in Knowledge Management (George Washington University). MCIS, BBA, Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (University of Denver). Associate, George Washington University Institute for Knowledge Management.

Sidney Bailin, D.Phil.
Principal Researcher

Dr. Bailin has over 22 years of experience in all phases of system and software engineering in a variety of domains including operating systems, financial transaction systems, communications systems, and satellite ground systems. He is fluent in all aspects of system architecting, object-oriented development, modern programming languages, and rule-based and web-based development. He is creator of several methods and tools for reasoning about software evolution. He is one of the originators of Object-Oriented Analysis; creator of the KAPTUR methodology, which connects the disciplines of domain modeling and rationale capture; inventor of Formal Alternatives Management technology, which combines decision support with learning and rationale capture, and co-inventor of the LIBRA methodology, a knowledge management approach to IT system development. He holds a BA in Mathematics from Columbia University, and an M.Sc. in Mathematics and a D.Phil. in Mathematical Logic from Oxford University.

Ronald MacNeil
Principal Researcher

Mr. MacNeil received his BSAD from MIT and his MFA from RISD. He was co-founder of the Visible Language Workshop (with Muriel Cooper), Principal Research Associate, and head of the Intelligent Graphics group at MIT's Media Lab. Since 1977, he has worked as an experimental printmaker and free-lance photographer, and has conducted research in computer-based painting/printing, intelligent personalized design tools, and constraint-based and case-based graphical programming tools. His recent work focuses on seamless ultra-high resolution projection displays, knowledge-based transportation systems, and tools for online design communities. His "Metafield Maze" game appears at the Boston Museum of Science and the MIT Museum.