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 Miko Matsumura is vice president of SOA product marketing and
technology standards at webMethods, Inc. He also serves as chair of
the SOA Adoption Blueprints Technical Committee at Oasis and is the
organizer of the SOA Link Interoperability Initiative. Miko regularly
speaks throughout the world on SOA issues, as well as blogs at
www.SOAcenter.com.
Prior to the recent acquisition of Infravio, Inc. by webMethods, Miko
served as vice president of marketing and technology standards at
Infravio, where he led marketing operations and strategic
planning. Matsumura emerged as an industry thought leader at The
Middleware Company, where he was a co-creator responsible for
building the partner program for SOA Blueprints, the first complete
vendor-neutral specification of an SOA application set, supported by
BEA, Borland, HP, Microsoft, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Veritas and
others. At Systinet, Matsumura worked with the executive team and
offshore development center on product development, product strategy,
and outbound marketing, including representing the company at
industry events. At Sun Microsystems, Matsumura held the position of
chief java evangelist, where he was a visible spokesperson for Java
technologies and worked closely with Java ISVs and licensees to
further the developer community. Before joining Sun, Matsumura worked
at Wired Digital (acquired by Lycos) and the Well online community
(acquired by Salon). He has also worked extensively with software
start-up companies, including Biztone and Kalepa Networks (acquired
by Semio) raising more than 12 million in capital for Java start-ups.
Matsumura is currently a limited partner with Focus Ventures and was
an advisor to the Asia Java Fund, as well as start-ups TogetherSoft
(acquired by Borland), Dejima (acquired by Sybase) and Kendara
(acquired by Excite). Matsumura holds an MBA from San Francisco
State University and a Masters Degree in Neuroscience from Yale University. |
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