OASIS Expands Board of Directors

["Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS Expands Board of Directors

International Standards Consortium Adds Representatives from IBM, Nokia,
and Oracle


Boston, MA, USA; 8 December 2003 -- OASIS, the international standards
organization, today announced the election of three new members to its
Board of Directors. Frederick Hirsch of Nokia, Jeff Mischkinsky of
Oracle, and Michael Weiner of IBM were elected by the OASIS membership
to provide business leadership to advance OASIS as a major
standards-setting body for Web services, e-business security, and other
applications. The three fill new seats created by a recent decision to
expand the Board in response to membership growth.

Hirsch, Mischkinsky, and Weiner join existing directors, John Borras of
the United Kingdom Office of e-Envoy, Edward Cobb of BEA, Colin Evans of
Intel, Patrick Gannon of OASIS, Eduardo Gutentag of Sun Microsystems,
Jim Hughes of Hewlett-Packard, Chris Kurt of Microsoft, and Laura
Walker.

"OASIS open standards play an important role in moving the XML and Web
services community forward in a timely and credible manner," said
Frederick Hirsch, Senior Architect for Nokia Mobile Phones. "My work at
Nokia gives me insight into both the mobile marketplace and the European
standards community--perspectives that I hope will further enrich OASIS'
industry involvement and reach of influence."

OASIS has emerged as a significant arena for the development of Web
services standards with members doing work in technical committees for
UDDI, WSRM, WSBPEL, WS-CAF, WSDM, WSRP, and WS-Security," said Jeff
Mischkinsky, Director of Web Services Standards for Oracle. "Oracle is
committed to promoting interoperability based on open industry
standards, and we are pleased to have this opportunity to further guide
standards organizations toward a common, cooperative vision for Web
services."

"I am pleased to be returning to the Board of Directors" stated Michael
Weiner, Program Manager, e-business Emerging Technology Standards at
IBM. "I look forward to helping OASIS continue to grow as a leading
standards organization for Web services standards."

About OASIS (http://www.oasis-open.org):
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards) is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the
development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. Members
themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open
process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite
disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web
services, conformance, business transactions, and interoperability
within and between marketplaces. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than
2,500 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual
members in 100 countries.

Press contact:
Carol Geyer
Director of Communications
OASIS (www.oasis-open.org)
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
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