Ron Schmelzer, Jason Bloomberg, ZapThink
Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst and founder, is a well-known expert in the field of XML and XML-based standards and initiatives. Ron has been featured in and has written for periodicals and has spoken at numerous industry conferences including XML One, Comdex and Internet World on the topic of XML.
Ron has served as the chair of the RosettaNet Cluster 1 Workgroup, a working group member of CPExchange, a member of the UDDI advisory group and a member of the CompTIA Electronic Commerce Standards Board (ECSB). Ron was named "Geek of the Week" in Internet Magazine and was listed in Boston Magazine's Internet Top 40. Ron received a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst, has a diverse background in e-business technology management and industry analysis. He has served as a senior analyst in IDC's eBusiness Advisory group and has held e-business management positions at USWeb/CKS (later marchFIRST) and WaveBend Solutions (now Hitachi Consulting).
His articles have appeared in Electronic Commerce World, Intranet Journal, XML and Web Services Magazine, The Rational Edge, Application Development Trends, and ZDNet: Developer. He co-authored the book Web Page Scripting Techniques (Hayden Books, 1996) and, in association with Ronald Schmelzer, contributed the chapters on Web Services to XML and Web Services Unleashed (SAMS Publishing, 2002). He has a bachelor's degree in physics from Pomona College and master's degrees in mathematics and history and philosophy of science from the University of Pittsburgh.
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