Anne Thomas Manes
Vice President and Research Director ,  Burton Group
Anne Thomas Manes' 28-year industry background includes roles as Chief Technology Officer at Systinet, a SOA governance vendor (now part of HP) and Director of Market Innovation in Sun Microsystem's software group. Anne's experience also includes field service and education at IBM Corporation; customer education at Cullinet Software; product management at Digital Equipment Corporation; chief architect at Open Environment Corporation; and research analyst with Patricia Seybold Group. Anne was named one of the 50 most powerful people in networking in 2002 by Network World and listed among the "Power 100 IT Leaders" by Enterprise Systems Journal. Anne authored "Web Services: A Manager's Guide," which was published by Addison-Wesley in 2003. She is a frequent speaker at trade shows and InfoWorld, JavaOne, and RSA conferences, has authored numerous articles in trade publications, participated in web services standards development efforts at W3C, OASIS, WS-I, and JCP and is a member of the Web Services Journal editorial board. Anne earned a BA in Economics at Wellesley College.