 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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