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SAN FRANCISCO, September 26, 2007 – The
Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium focused
on open standards and global interoperability within and
between enterprises, today announced the appointment of Len
Fehskens to vice president and global professional lead for
Enterprise Architecture. With over 40 years of experience
in the IT industry as both an individual practitioner and
manager, Mr. Fehskens will play an integral role in further
developing The Open Group’s contributions to the field
of Enterprise Architecture, including the organization’s
professional association, The Association of Open Group Enterprise
Architects (AOGEA).
“The Open Group is largely focused on raising the
level of professionalism in enterprise architecture, and
to advance our efforts in this area required someone with
deep subject matter expertise,” said Allen Brown, president
and CEO, The Open Group. “With more than 3,000 certified
TOGAF practitioners, approximately 2,000 Certified ITAC professionals,
in excess of 2,500 attendees at Open Group Architecture Practitioner
Conferences each year and over 1,300 members of the newly
established Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects,
we are delighted that one of the industry’s most regarded
names in enterprise architecture has agreed to join the staff.”
Mr. Fehskens will be responsible for overseeing all architecture-related
activities across The Open Group, including professional
certification, conferences and other relevant open standards
utilized around the world. He will also drive efforts for
The Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects, a professional
association for enterprise and IT architects. Additionally,
Mr. Fehskens will lead The Architecture Forum, which has
developed and is evolving TOGAF, a comprehensive enterprise
architecture framework that enables organizations to achieve
the right balance between IT efficiency and business innovation.
He will report to The Open Group president and CEO, Allen
Brown.
“I am very pleased to be able to contribute to the
continued success of The Open Group in this dynamic field,” said
Fehskens. “The Open Group’s commitment to the
creation of a true enterprise architecture profession will
be of significant value to the industry as a whole and to
individual practitioners alike.”
Mr. Fehskens has extensive experience in the IT industry,
within both product engineering and professional services
business units. He most recently led the Worldwide Architecture
Profession Office at Hewlett-Packard’s Services business
unit, and has previously worked for Compaq, Digital Equipment
Corporation, Prime Computer and Data General Corporation.
He majored in Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and is the lead inventor on six software patents
for the object-oriented management of distributed systems.
The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, which drives the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow™ that will enable access to integrated information within and between enterprises based on open standards and global interoperability. The Open Group works with customers, suppliers, consortia and other standard bodies. Its role is to capture, understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies and share best practices; to facilitate interoperability, develop consensus, and evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies; to offer a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia; and to operate the industry’s premier certification service. Further information on The Open Group can be found at http://www.opengroup.org.
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