The Java Community Process(SM) Program - Press & Success

The Java Community Process (JCP) program is overseen by two elected Executive Committees (ECs), which pay close attention to the development of Java Specification Requests (JSRs) and resulting Application Program Interfaces (APIs), Reference Implementations (RIs), and Technology Compatibility Kits (TCKs). One EC looks out for the interests of the Java Micro Edition (ME) technology and community, and the other does the same for the Java Standard Edition (SE)/Enterprise Edition (EE) technology and community. Representatives who serve on these committees often have a say in other standards bodies as well, which enhances cross-industry communication and agreement.

Stefano Andreani started his professional activity in HP Labs in Bristol as a researcher. Afterwards he worked for several years as a consultant for Hutchison Group ("3"), managing the specification process and quality assurance of the application stack of the handsets (and their JVMs). In 2003 he founded Opentech ENG, a software development company focused on mobile application development in JME. Stefano holds a MS degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy. Stefano has been involved since 2004 as an Expert in several EGs related to JME, with active contributions as a member of the developers community.

John has a deep passion for technology and where it will bring us in the future. He has vision but also has a very realistic view on how to achieve success. John is a futurist and innovator but knows that without business success even the best innovation will fall to the wayside.

John is an adept executive who gets the job done by using cutting edge business, strategic and technical skills. His experience is drawn from various responsibilities that include: coding as a senior software/staff engineer for advanced technology teams, technical business development, software architecture, mergers and acquisitions experience, advising start-ups in the mobile space on technology/investments/product positioning/customer goals and his current role as VP of Technology Strategy for Aplix Corporation.

John's background includes: designing/architecting mobile data systems and applications, evangelizing products and ideas, technical business development, international sales, leading and executing wireless efforts/strategies for global and international companies.

John has deep experience working with and displaying leadership in technology communities and community driven products and standards and knows how to negotiate to meet the goals of the companies involved in these communities.

Paul Manfrini has over 20 years of working in the semiconductor and software business. With a background and interest in law, business development, and product development, he brings a varied perspective to the ME EC. Currently, Paul is the Senior Software Partner Manager for ARM's Strategic Software Alliances group, in charge of managing the Oracle Java relationship for ARM. Paul runs to stay in shape, and, for fun, he performs in the band, Soulfolk, where he plays guitar and sings retro folk rock from the 60.s to present-day tunes.

Roger Mahler has more than 20 years in the software industry with experience spanning Mobility Telecommunications, Banking, Transportation, Inventory Management, Insurance, and as an independent software vendor. Within his current position at AT&T, Roger is focused on mobility and mobile Java and serves as a Java technology evangelist both within AT&T, professional groups, and standards committees. Roger is a regular presenter at professional gatherings, including JavaOne. Roger is also heavily involved in the JCP standards process; his involvement includes participating in almost two dozen individual specifications in the ME space as well as involvement in EE and JAIN specifications (e.g., JSR-271 MIDP3, JSR-248 MSA, JSR-289 MSA2 and JSR-281 IMS Services API). Roger is currently Specification Lead for JSR-320 Services Framework.

Mark Rogalski is an IBM Software Architect for mobile collaboration applications. Based in Austin, Texas, Mark has been with IBM for over 20 years, spending the last 15 years working on Java based software for various types of devices including set-top boxes, bar code scanners, smart phones, and tablets.

Werner Keil is Distinct Architect for a Financial Services company. Helping Global 500 Enterprises across industries, as well as leading IT vendors. He has worked for more than 20 years as Program Manager, Coach, SW architect, and consultant for Finance, Telco/Mobile, Media and Public sector. Werner is Eclipse Committer, UOMo Project Lead and member of the JCP, e.g. in JSRs like 321 (Trusted Java), 331, 333, 342 (Java EE 7), 344, 346 (CDI 1.1) or 348 (JCP.next) and the Executive Committee.

Kimmo Löytänä is Senior Manager at Nokia and represents Nokia in the ME EC. He joined Nokia in 1995 and since then has been participating in various software R&D projects and technology management positions. He first started researching the Java technology in 1996 and has been closely involved in applying the technology into mobile phones. He has been participating in the Java ME standardization since the beginning of JCP and has been managing the standardization team responsible for the JSRs lead by Nokia.

In addition to Java, Kimmo has been working e.g. with the web technologies and he and his team has been participating also in other standards bodies such as W3C and the Khronos Group.

Kimmo is based in Tampere, Finland.

Calinel Pasteanu represents Oracle on the ME EC. He holds several software patents and has a Licentiate degree in Physics. He worked for Siemens 1985-2005 in several telecommunication business units, in both network and terminal areas. His last Siemens responsibility was to manage the Technology & Innovation SW department of Siemens Mobile. He moved to Qisda along with the Siemens Mobile business, and now he is employed by Sun as Director of Standards within the Client Software Group. He is based in Munich, Germany and manages an international team.

Calinel began his involvement in the JCP in 1999, serving as an Expert for JSR 30, J2ME Connected, Limited Device Configuration, and various other Expert Groups, including JSR 248, Mobile Service Architecture (MSA), and JSR 249, MSA Advanced. At his initiative, a Java ME Spec Leads team was created at Siemens, and numerous JSRs were filed by his team: 195, 229, 230, 246, 253, 259, 266, 281, 304.

Calinel has made other contributions in the area of standardization. He served as Vice Chair of the Software Defined Radio Forum, as member of the OSGI Board of Directors, represented Siemens in the mobile carriers consortium known as OMTP and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

Currently representing Research In Motion on the ME EC is James Warden. He has over 25 years of experience developing software and system architecture for mobile and embedded devices, including more than ten years developing DRM and security-related solutions for cellular products. He formerly served as the Maintenance Lead for JSR 118, MIDP 2.1. He has served on the Expert Groups of JSRs 118, 120, 185, 215, 232, 248, 249, 271, 287, 300, and 306.

Lothar Borrmann is head of the Software Architecture department at Siemens Corporate Technology. The department assists and advises Siemens' Groups regarding software architecture issues, as well as innovations and trends in this domain, including software platform technologies, such as the Java technology. Lothar's department comprises an international team of Java experts, which has been promoting the use of Java technology at Siemens for over ten years. The team constitutes the center of competence for the entire company, which has more than 30,000 software developers. Since 2000, Lothar and his alternates have worked in the JCP program, holding a seat on the Java ME EC.

"The JCP program is an excellent example for a well working industrial standardization process," Lothar says. "Our goal is to bring the experience of a highly diversified corporation like Siemens into the Java platform, in order to make its scope even broader, and to render it even more useful to our company and the community."

SK Telecom, Dr. Hoojong Kim

Dr. Hoojong Kim is Senior Vice President and Head of Mobile Device Development where he is responsible for technology and solution development of terminals and platforms.

He has over 20 years of experience in mobile industry and his efforts are being made to develop and secure key technologies for 3G terminals, and strengthen the competitiveness of mobile network operator businesses both in domestic and global markets. In the past 10 years, he has been in a charge of mobile device and platform technology development which enhances mobile multimedia services and offers the consistently personalized service through any device. His current research interests are developing a business model for the future mobile services, principally on the convergence of telecommunication.

Globally, Dr. Kim has represented SKT in IMT-2000 and evolution researches. He has actively served as a Board member of LiMo, Mobile Platform Standardization Forum and WPAN Standardization Forum.

Deutsche Telekom, Roland Hechwartner

TOTVS, Aguinaldo Boquimpani

With 29 years of experience in the IT field, Aguinaldo Boquimpani is Senior Manager in charge of the Products area at TOTVS. Before that he worked for 4 years at Quality Software, and at TIM Mobile development company TimNet. At TimNet he led the Java VAS and mobile development group and was responsible for the implementation of software products for incumbent operators in several countries (in Latin America, USA and Asia).

During his work at Quality Software he led the Java Mobile Development area in several projects for Siemens Mobile of which Quality Software was a key partner in Brazil.

He has actively participated for more than 2 years in the Brazilian Digital TV Forum (SBTVD) where he was one of the key responsible guiding forces for the Ginga-J middleware standard and managed the successful collaboration of several SBTVD Forum companies with Sun Microsystems to create the Open Source JavaDTV specification, a basis for the Ginga-J middleware. He is also an active member of ITU SG9 and is involved in the standardization of Digital TV middleware initiatives including SBTVD collaboration with Japan and other ISDB-T countries in Latin America.

At TOTVS his work is concentrated on TOTVS's products, which are aimed at the Digital TV market. He is also in charge of all standardization activities and deeply involved in technical strategy for the worldwide Digital TV, Interactive TV and Connected TV marketplaces.

Vodafone, Edin Bektesevic

Edin Bektesevic is a Senior Technology Strategist with Vodafone, and has been representing his company in the JCP EC and the MSA work since 2009. His interest in Java began during his MSc studies in computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in the very beginnings of Java and evolved through design at Compaq Computer and Sun Microsystems, his previous employers.

Apart from his interest in Java, Edin has over the past ten years actively participated in several other industry bodies, such as the Open Mobile Alliance, GSMA, the Liberty Alliance, the Mobile Marketing Association, ITU-T, IETF, etc, working mainly in the areas of mobile payment and identity, mobile advertising, device management, etc.

Other than work, Edin's main current interest is playing with his new-born son and bundle of joy, Benjamin.