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Director of Object Technology and Transaction Services
David Curtis, Director of Object Technology and Transaction Services, is responsible for the development of the Internet-based transactional services that support Amiga's products. Prior to joining Amiga, Mr. Curtis was Director of Enterprise Technology at Inprise, a leading supplier of distributed object and transactional infrastructure technology.
Previously, David was Director of Platform Technology for the Object Management Group, the leading international software consortium for developing standards for distributed systems. Mr. Curtis managed the OMG platform technology adoption process, providing architectural direction, and leadership in building industry-wide consensus. Before joining the OMG, Mr. Curtis was Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer at Expersoft, an early leader in the field of distributed object technology. He was the designer and architect for the Expersoft software product line, which included the award-winning PowerBroker ORB product.
Mr. Curtis is the primary author of several key OMG standards for distributed computing, including the IIOP protocol standard, the specification for interworking between Microsoft's DCOM environment and the CORBA environment. Most recently, he has authored the abstract component model and implementation framework for CORBA Components, an emerging standard for component-based server development. Mr. Curtis is the co-author of "Integrating CORBA and COM Applications" (Wiley Computer Publishing), and is currently working on a book describing the architecture of the CORBA Component Model.«
Contact information:
»David Curtis
Director, Object Technologies R&D
David.Curtis@amiga.com«
Director of User Experience R&D
Dr. Jim Miller, Director of User Experience R&D, has worked in the field of human-computer interaction for over 17 years. He has specialized in the development of interactive systems that provide exceptional creative power to their users, while maintaining exceptional ease of use. Prior to joining Amiga, Jim was doing consulting on the design and evaluation of the user interface components of desktop software and Internet products, and was involved in startup activities in the area of consumer Internet technology.
Previously, Jim was the program manager for Intelligent Systems at Apple's Advanced Technology Group, where he led a number of research projects on human-computer interaction and intelligent interfaces, especially those involving agents and assistants, speech, and natural language processing. Here, as elsewhere, much of his work was focused in supporting technology transfer between research and product development teams. The result of one such collaboration, Apple Data Detectors, is available at http://www.apple.com/applescript/data_detectors. Some of his other interests include the ongoing convergence of computation and consumer technologies, the creation of distributed networked communities, and the evaluation methods for interactive systems.
Prior to joining Apple, Dr. Miller was the manager of the Human-Computer Interaction Department in Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, and a project leader in human-computer interaction at MCC (Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation). Jim has a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a B.S. in Social Science-Computer Science from Michigan State University.
Jim is also active in SIGCHI, the ACM's special interest group for human-computer interaction. He was co-chair of the 1992 CHI conference, and was elected chair of SIGCHI in 1993. Currently, he sits on the SIGCHI Executive Committee as Past Chair, and is also a member of the organization's Conference Management Committee.«
Contact information:
»Dr. Jim Miller
Director of User Experience R&D
Jim.Miller@amiga.com«
(Source: AMIGA)
