Monday, July 21 | 5:30 PM–6:30 PM

Michael Rosen, CTO, Wilton Consulting Group

It seems that everyone has heard of IT architects, and many people have the title, yet few people seem know what an architect really does and how that adds value to the organization.

This keynote walks the audience through 10 things an architect does and the skills needed to accomplish them. The list includes: Inquire, integrate, analyze, conceptualize, abstract, visualize, formalize, communicate, enable and assist. What does an architect do? What skills do they need? How do they add value?

Mike Rosen is Chief Technology Officer at Wilton Consulting Group, which provides expert consulting services on SOA, enterprise architecture and MDA. He has years of experience consulting on the architecture and design of applications for global corporations in telecom, insurance and finance. Mike draws on his 20+ years of experience in distributed technologies including Web services, J2EE, XML, CORBA, COM, DCE, transaction processing and messaging. He frequently speaks at industry symposia, contributes to industry journals and is the author of several books including Designing E-business Systems and Architectures.