I am a VP of Solution Management at PTC. I have an HNC in engineering, a 1st class BSc in computing & an MA in strategic marketing. I am an author and visionary on methodologies, modeling and reuse. I am also a member of the OMG Board & OASIS OSLC Core committee. I was involved in writing Component Based Development for Enterprise Systems (1998 Cambridge University Press). I also co-authored Component Based Software Engineering; Putting the Pieces Together (1999, Addison-Wesley) and Service- and Component-based Development; Using the Select Perspective and UML (2002, Addison Wesley.)