 Mike
Lambert
Fellow, The Open Group
Mike Lambert was made the first Fellow of The Open Group1 at
the end of April 2003.
As Chief Technical Officer, Mike led the development of The Open
Group's technical strategy and architecture, and the expansion of The
Open Group's activities to address the new challenges of wireless and
mobile computing.
Mike was appointed on the merger of X/Open Company
Limited and the Open Software Foundation to form the Open Group in March
1996. Prior to that, he was one of the creators of the X/Open organization
when it was formed in 1984, and was appointed as Chief Technical Officer
when the independent X/Open Company was formed in 1987. Under Mike's
technical
leadership, X/Open developed the Common Applications Environment, a comprehensive
suite of specifications for application portability built on the single
UNIX specification, test suite and brand.
Before joining X/Open, Mike spent 17 years with ICL, Britain's major
computer systems vendor. His extensive background in application systems
development, provides a unique insight into the problems faced by application
developers. Mike was the Chief Architect of the ICL Manufacturing
Systems flagship product OMAC 29.
As one of the originators of both X/Open and The Open Group, Mike is
recognized as an expert on Open Systems throughout the world.
1 The
Open Group, a vendor and technology-neutral global consortium, is committed
to delivering greater business efficiency by bringing together buyers
and suppliers of information systems to lower the cost and risks associated
with integrating new technology across the enterprise. Recognizing that
standards alone are insufficient, The Open Group's mission is to deliver
assurance of conformance to Open Standards through the testing and certification
of suppliers' products.
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