Asir S Vedamuthu

Over 9 years of software engineering experience - over 7 years of Java programming language experience - over 5 years of technology standardization experience.

Passionate about XML and Web Services. Specialized in typing systems, data models, encoding rules and protocols.

Editor, Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 SOAP 1.1 Binding - a working draft.

Editor, XML Schema Component Designators - a working draft on W3C Recommendation Track.

Ability to clearly and quickly understand business requirements and issues. Strong in designing simple, practical and forward-looking solutions. Grasp of object-oriented technologies (including design patterns and UML) and their applications. Outstanding record of time estimation.

Implemented solid, reliable and robust software modules.

Received Alcatel Achievement Award for Exceptional Creativity and Technical Knowledge.

Member, W3C XML Schema Working Group, since 1999. Contributed materials to XML Schema 1.0 (Part 1 and Part 2). Authored the first XML Schema for XSLT 1.0. Michael Kay, editor of XSLT 2.0, used this schema as the basis for XSLT 2.0 specification. Co-authoring XML Schema Component Designators, a working draft on W3C Recommendation Track.

W3C Advisory Committee Representative for webMethods, since 2001. Increased webMethods participation in W3C from 2 to 10 participants. Actively disseminated standardization information across webMethods. Formulated strategies for standardization related opportunities and issues.

Member, W3C Web Services Description Group, since February 2004. Contributed materials to WSDL 2.0 (Part 1 and Part 3). Authoring Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 SOAP 1.1 Binding, a working draft.

Co-authored webMethods position paper for the WS-Policy related workshop, W3C Workshop on Constraints and Capabilities for Web Services.

Member, W3C XML Protocol Working Group, October 2001 to November 2002. Contributed materials to SOAP 1.2 W3C Recommendation.

Participated in three key W3C submissions: WSDL 1.1, XKMS and WSDL Working Group Charter.

Implemented the runtime for SOAP 1.2; designed and implemented a light weight extensible framework for SOAP features and modules.

Implemented SAAJ 1.2 and support for JAX-RPC handlers.

Led a small group that designed a true layered pluggable transport and protocol framework for the webMethods Integration Server.

Co-authored architectural approach documents for implementing SOAP 1.2 and WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 specifications.

Led a small group that designed and implemented an XML Schema 1.0 coder.

Designed and implemented a generic application launcher framework.

Formalized encoding rules and implemented a high speed coder for native communication across heterogeneous systems with disparate typing systems and data models (webMethods Integration Server and Broker).

Led a small group for type synchronization across heterogeneous systems (webMethods Integration Server and Broker)

Implemented a coder for SOAP 1.1 section 5 encoding rules.

Authored a technical approach document for implementing WSDL 1.1.

Led a small group for SOAP 1.1 design and implementation.

Designed and implemented an embedded XML Schema 1.0 processor. Integrated XML Schema into the Integration Server.