John Spencer is the Director of The Open Group's Architecture Forum, which provides a global forum for senior enterprise architects in customer, vendor, consultancy, academic & research organizations. The Architecture Forum is the home of TOGAF - The Open Group Architectural Framework - the industry consensus framework and method for developing IT architectures based on open industry standards, which is made openly available from The Open Group's public web site at http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/.

As Director of the Architecture Forum, John is responsible for: planning and coordinating all the projects that contribute to the development and evolution of the TOGAF framework; planning and facilitating the quarterly meetings and interim workshops of the Architecture Forum; and acting as the Coordinating Technical Editor of the TOGAF document set.

John has over 30 years experience in the computer industry, including supplier, service, and customer environments. Prior to joining The Open Group in 1989, he was responsible for corporate IT standards in three large international IT customer organizations in Europe and the Middle East. Previously, he was a director of Infotech Limited, a leading UK computer training, conference, and technology reporting company. He has a BA Honours degree in Latin from the University of Wales.
John Spencer

Director, The Open Group Architecture Forum