Bruce Thomas Peat

Online at: http://eProcessSolutions.com/BPeat

• Subcontracting to DoD Business Transformation Agency's (BTA) Priorities and Requirements (TP&R) team, supporting initiatives such as Enterprise Standards Team and Business Enterprise Information Services (BEIS) integration efforts with funds distribution, human resources, and disbursing. Assisted in modifying the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA 5.0) OV-7 to reflect funds distributuion and President's Budget structure. Particular to Data Reference Services to better handle interoperability challenges with disparate systems, developed Standard Financial Information Structure (SFIS) Values Library Service prototype and applied Terms Service (tm) for the semantic alignment of financial concepts across the Department. Developed Working Group's charter and supporting group's efforts. Developed proposed SF-132 XML Schema (and currently developing Common Government-wide Accounting Classification (CGAC) Structure compliant Treasury Warrant) for OMB Budget Line of Business with intent to be used throughout the Federal Government. To enable DoD's BEA across the enterprise, developed 'Architecture Compliance And Requirements Traceability' (ACART) 1.0 service; integrating eProcess Solutions' Guide (tm); Web-based wizard generator, faceted classification, and Wiki technology. Assisted in configuring team's SharePoint portal site, webpart integration, and automation tool evaluation and selection. Previous support was within the Business Management Modernization Program (BMMP) on the Joint Requirements team of the Financial Management (FM)Transformation Team responsible for Comptroller and Program Analysis and Evaluation's (PA&E) portion of the BEA's business rules, activity models, process models, and segments as well as FM's liason for the BEA's Technology Standards Profile (TV-1). Assisted in the authoring of SFIS Rollout proposal for transforming DoD to becoming further netCentric. Other papers include standardization and integration services requirements in support of DoD transformation. Prior to supporting the BMMP, contracted to DoD Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) CIO's 'Emerging Technologies' team to provide policy and guidance. Co-developed the Business-centric Methodology (BCM), a complementary business first approach to current architectures and methods for constructing a business-oriented infrastructure that transforms the interoperability problem into opportunities. Performed business information object identification, XML prototyping, co-developed XML methodology and best practices. Developed associated information artifacts, e.g. Standard Fiscal Code (SFC) in XML to span the enterprise. Prototyped U.S. Treasury - DFAS XML interface of Fund Group (SFC part A) implementing BCM Templates. Assisted with developing "Mid-Range Financial Improvement Plan" per Finance and Accounting Domain team lead request as a bridging strategy for the domain as BEA gets incorporated into DFAS. Developed 'Semantic Architectures' presentation describing methods to align various frameworks, DoD (C4ISR/DoDAF), ebXML, UMM/UML, Zachman, etc. Developed crosswalk and strategy of extending DoDAF to include integration components of BCM to provide interoperability artifacts for federated implmentation of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) development. Provided support to business enterprise architecture (BEA) members and presentations/workshop to DoD Metadata Registry and Clearinghouse. Assisted in the authoring of "GuidOn" proposal to DoD CIO for transforming DoD to becoming more netCentric; a BCM Template-based composition service combined with self-adapting navigation for collaboration. Developed web-based collaborative environment for project team, including taxonomy, repository, issues base, and calendar. Assisted in developing prototype interface between Intuit's QuickBooks and enterprise invoicing system (Web front-end via XML).
• Architecture and technology consulting to DoD contractors in developing proposals - one winning proposal was $20B; ITES-2S
• Consulting to NEON to incorporate XML into their product line to support MQ-Series Integrator. (see below)
• Consultant to Data Interchange Standards Association - DISA.org on XML/edi strategy and member of the Collaborative Services and Store teams. Presented DISA's XML capabilities to Open Travel Alliance (OTA) and once as a member of Collaborative Services became interim Standards Manager. Setup architecture group and developed templates for deriving business objects, transaction sets and their cross-domain choreography. OTA is comprised of major airlines, hoteliers, car rental companies, leisure suppliers, travel agencies, global distribution systems (GDS), and technology providers.
• Provided technical management direction of a DLA funded XML implementation team involving a complex mix of government, contractor and part vendors for DoD EMall in XML and wireless proof of concept.
• Patent pending on knowledge management technique for enterprise collaboration incorporating history-of-use search filtering and channelling
• Consultant on Internal Research and Development project in development of an Electronic Commerce Broker utilizing XML/edi, legacy and database interfacing, secure access, and proprietary knowledge management system.
• Chief Engineer responsible for architecture and technical approach on the development of Virtual Prime Vendor project; extending SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) via XML/edi into a Supply Chain Management (SCM) on-line Internet-based procurement and strategic Decision Support System.
• Assisted with the design and development of an Internet-based business marketplace. Bringing together private industry, Federal, State and Local governments trading opportunities for buyers and sellers. RFQ and purchasing transactions are translated and prepared in various electronic formats which can be searched, retrieved and processed.
• Co-founder of the XML/edi Group - an ad hoc group which supports the use of XML/edi technology and tools. Currently assisting in the design of the XML/edi framework and co-author of "Introducing XML/edi... the E-business framework" and "Guidelines for using XML for Electronic Data Interchange".
• Integral member of design team for a mapping CASE tool for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Helping take the product from single large customer to OEM and direct sales of more than 1,000 users.
• Developed Internet strategy for two corporations. Designed Web page content and code. Strategy included information publishing, database access, and implementing corporate functions (Intranet) via the network. To date, there have been over 200 referrals via this sales channel in the first 6 months of operation.
• Developed an automated HR resume fax-back system for Maryland DEED. Took the partnership system to a prosperous commercial endeavor. Created processes to enable system to provide demographic information to various IP clients; Newspaper Association, Washington Post and L.A. Times. Responsible for product development and operations. Approximate project size $1,500,000.
• Wrote contracts for consulting vendors, systems requirements and system specification documents to support the development and design of the Department of Energy’s New Production Reactor Program's "Decision Support System." System linked for the first time at the Department cost-based and schedule-based models, allowing for a more effective program expenditure plan. Savings of over $2,000,000
• Instituted a job awareness program which allowed for increased change control and document flow definition. This automation allowed for a more satisfactory operation of daily tasks, group communication of business issues, goals and objectives within the corporation. Increased quantity & quality of workmanship of product.
• Completed prototype of mainframe migration to an open systems platform for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), successfully planning migration strategy, performing requirements analysis, tool selection; both hardware and software, and implementation. Approximate prototype size $500,000.
• Designed and developed a series of laser-based particle counters to be incorporated in IBM’s Very-Large Scale Wafer Fabrication (VLSWF) program. Design was accomplished in a record two months time. 50 units sold.
• On design team in developing the Navy’s first laser-based vision robot. As Product Manager, commercialized the product and deployed to the U.S. auto industry as a non-contact measuring sensor for assembly plants.
• Brought prototype electronic warfare system from engineering to production. Responsible for providing engineering support to operations; as well as presenting QA plans to customer and resulting in new business.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• XML Global Technologies, Director of Consulting
• Datamatix, Inc. [now Digital Commerce], Systems Analyst
• PaperFree Systems, Inc. [now Sybase], Product Engineer
• Open Technology Group, Inc., Systems Analyst
• Advantage Systems Corporation [now Alexis], Product Manager
• Research and Management Technicians, Inc., Analyst
• Pacific Scientific - HIAC/ROYCO Division, Senior Electronics Engineer
• Cincinnati Milacron - Chesapeake Laser Systems, Product Manager
• Litton-Amecom Division, Associate Test Engineer
• Japanese Electron Optics Laboratories, USA Field Service Engineer

• QSS Group (now Perot Systems Corporation) consultant
• Engineering, Management & Integration Inc. (EM&I), consultant
• Lockheed Martin Corporation, consultant
• WebCritical Technologies, consultant
• Mobil Oil Corporation, consultant
• Defense Personnel Support Center, consultant
• Data Broadcasting Technologies, Corp., consultant
• T.E.S.S.T. School, Instructor; part-time

Mr. Peat has consistently demonstrated his ability to innovate and provide unique solutions. His solutions to challenges have changed the method which business conducts commerce today; his perseverance has brought about unprecedented and successful transformation in both industry and government. He has architected and brought to market the first declarative business transaction translator - today this mapping engine is the most deployed and all modern translators are declarative rather than procedural. In 1997 prior to the XML specification was complete; he introduced the concept of implementing the use of XML, registries and templates for business documents. He founded the XML/edi Group, a worldwide grassroots membership in the thousands to take his ideas to implementation. Today exchange of business information between collaboration partners with XML is the norm, and considered an industry best practice. Furthering the concepts introduced, he was a driver in the development of the ebXML electronic business framework sponsored by UN/CEFACT and OASIS, coauthoring the architecture, registry/repository specifications and participating in the messaging group. Today ebXML is considered the business framework of choice by industry and many governments. He was co-chair of the OASIS Business-Centric Methodology (BCM) committee, advancing declarative templates in providing the critical links between customer, business experts and technical counterparts while building a solid enterprise information architecture. To assist organizations in better understanding how to become netCentric, he developed a conceptual model to aid the transformation toward an environment that fosters emergence.

• Author "Focus Paper - Applying Business-Centric Methodology Event Template to Financial Management"
• Author "Becoming NetCentric - Leveraging an Information Network with Communities of Interests, Architectures, and Ontologies" and developing the netCentric Conceptual Model as a reference to extending one's initiatives and ideas
• Co-chair; Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) BCM Technical Committee UPDATE: BCM has been voted as an approved commercial standard / best practice.
• Coauthor "Business Integration Driven by Business Lines: A perspective on the Data Reference Model as it relates to Cross Agency Challenges" with Industry Advisory Council (IAC) members
• Coauthor /Team Lead "Interoperability Strategy; Concepts, Challenges, and Recommendations" with Industry Advisory Council (IAC) members
• Coauthor of the "Business-Centric Methodology" addressing interoperability through the semantic alignment of concepts and layering of constraints as defined by reusable business templates.
• Coauthor "Professional ebXML Foundations" Wrox Press Ltd.
• Participant and Coauthor "ebXML Technical Architecture Specification v.1.0" and "ebXML Registry v.1.0"
• Coauthor "Professional XML"; Programmer to Programmer Series; - First edition, Wrox Press Ltd. (published in multiple languages)
• Coauthor "Guidelines for using XML for Electronic Data Interchange" (reference Alan Kotok article, "XML to the Rescue?")
• Coauthor (1997) Introducing XML/edi…"the e-Business framework" (published in multiple languages)
• Hobby: Gaming
• Lectures to various associations, user groups, and corporations and at conferences on various topics. XML-ONE, XML DevCon, DISA EC/EDI conferences, WebBusiness, XML97, TAG98, various EDI User groups, DoD's annual Joint Electronic Commerce Program Office Conference, SecurE-Biz, and others.

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION:

• Prince Georges CC, Largo, MD - 1978
• T.E.S.S.T. School, Hyattsville, MD - 1979
• George Washington University; GENRAD, UML, Metis, System Architect - DoD Architectural Framework

  Federal Communications Commission - General Radiotelephone Operator License - First Class

  Secret Security Clearance