IT Industry Visionary and Thought-leader
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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- Director of Apprenticeships and Mentorship at Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession
- Sr. Principal Architect at QinetiQ, North America
- SOA, BPM, EA & Cloud Computing Strategist at jpmorgenthal.com
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- Sr. Analyst/Consultant at Burton Group
- President & CEO at Avorcor, Inc.
- Chief Architect, Strategic Alliances at IONA Technologies
- Chief Architect, Solutions and Consulting at Software AG
- CTO at Ikimbo
- CTO at XMLSolutions
- Founder/Principal Analyst at NC.Focus
- Education
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- Hofstra University
- Hofstra University
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JP Morgenthal’s Summary
JP Morgenthal is a world-renowned thought-leader and visionary in enterprise computing. He has over 25 years experience in designing and delivering mission-critical systems for business. JP has both breadth and depth in knowledge about IT issues and topics. His work is well-respected by the EA, EAI, XML, SOA, BPM and Cloud Computing communities. In addition to his technical acumen, JP also has acted in an executive role with P&L experience, twice heading up his own companies, twice as CTO/VP Engineering of startups and once as Chief Architect for a $500m software company. JP excels in technology leadership regardless if working in volunteer and salaried roles. He has held board level positions with IASA and CAEAP, both leading enterprise architecture advocacy organizations. The combination of skills enables JP to be an agile component of any product or services company, providing credibility and confidence to customers while helping to guide the business in a path of growth and opportunity.
JP Morgenthal’s Specialties:
Subject matter expertise in supply-chain management, banking, finance, brokerage and retail
Authority on SOA, BPM, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Computing, XML, Java, EAI, .NET
JP Morgenthal’s Experience
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Director of Apprenticeships and Mentorship
Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Responsible for helping CAEAP organize their workstreams and efforts around apprenticeships and mentorships for enterprise architecture profession.
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Sr. Principal Architect
QinetiQ, North America
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Leading member of a core architecture group focusing multiple projects for the Federal Services Business Unit ensuring customer satisfaction, quality delivery and assisting with new business capture.
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SOA, BPM, EA & Cloud Computing Strategist
jpmorgenthal.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Provide strategic advice on EA, SOA, BPM and Cloud adoption through blogging, speaking, articles and books.
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Sr. Analyst/Consultant
Burton Group
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2008 — February 2009 (4 months)
Delivered report on using SharePoint for Business Activity Coordination for the Application Platform Group and completed contract providing enterprise application infrastructure consolidation analysis and recommendations for major financial services information provider.
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President & CEO
Avorcor, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 7 months)
Self-funded company to deliver SOA platform for multi-channel retailing and supply-chain management.
• Managed sales, delivery, architecture, partnering and marketing
• Successfully sold and delivered four specialized applications, on time and on budget, using our SOA platform; garnered three industry awards for innovation
o Delivered custom asset tracking solution for standardized testing group
o Delivered custom pick, pack & ship for multi-channel auto parts retailer
o Delivered custom showroom ordering system for major toy distributor
o Developed and run gift & loyalty Cloud platform for small businesses
• Pioneer in SOA, SaaS, PaaS and Cloud Computing
• Formed and managed offshore team in India for software development and testing
• Sold technology to retail merchandising software provider -
Chief Architect, Strategic Alliances
IONA Technologies
(Public Company; IONA; Computer Software industry)
November 2004 — April 2005 (6 months)
Part of the business development team, I was hired to assist the Strategic Alliances team engage leading systems integrators, such as CSC, EDS, Accenture, BearingPoint etc. in partnering efforts.
• Presented to integrators on IONA product lines and assisted them in understanding how these products could be used in current and proposed customer engagements
• Teamed with integrators on large integration project opportunities providing architectural support -
Chief Architect, Solutions and Consulting
Software AG
(Public Company; SOW; Computer Software industry)
June 2002 — November 2004 (2 years 6 months)
Part of the US management team focused on solutions and services around Software AG’s core products.
- Led design and development of new solutions based on XML products for $500m+ software developer based in Darmstadt, Germany
- Designed and led creation of two successful solutions that were turned into full-fledged products and allowed Software AG to compete in the EII and SOA Governance product markets
- Led implementation team to deliver EII solution for sub-prime credit lender resulting in over $1m in savings over past efforts for same task
Assisted in sales and marketing/evangelizing efforts including RFP response -
CTO
Ikimbo
(Computer Software industry)
April 2001 — March 2002 (1 year )
Brought in by CEO to transform platform for digital card exchange into secure IM platform for supply-chain management.
- Led product architecture and 20 person development team.
- Active in sales, marketing/evangelizing and raising venture capital
- Participated in development of key partnerships with PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Deloitte & Touche
- Represented the company in standards efforts with W3C and OASIS
- Named one of the top CTOs in B2B by Aberdeen -
CTO
XMLSolutions
(Computer Software industry)
September 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 8 months)
XMLSolutions acquired my firm New Horizon Computing Corporation and I joined as a member of the management team and 15th member of the company.
- Led product architecture and 40 person development team distributed across Virginia, North Carolina and Chicago
- Managed relationship with offshore development group out of Chicago
- Active in sales, marketing/evangelizing and raising venture capital
- Participated in development of key partnerships with BEA, Bluestone Software, Sybase, Vitria and CommerceOne
- Represented the company in standards efforts with W3C, OASIS and ebXML
- Acquired by Vitria Technologies in March 2001 -
Founder/Principal Analyst
NC.Focus
(Computer Software industry)
September 1994 — April 2001 (6 years 8 months)
Formed niche high-end software architecture consulting company. Provided architecture, development, training and industry analyst services.
• Provided Distributed Object Computing software development services to Banker's Trust, Tullet & Tokyo, Prebon-Yemane, Barclay's ZDW and ADP.
• Supported marketing and training efforts of software vendors, such as Microsoft, Bluestone Software (now HP), Sun Microsystems, IBM, WebMethods (now Software AG) and Progress Software.
• Developed monthly newsletter entitled “In the Final Analysis...” with 700+ paid subscribers.
• Produced and delivered the first XML and Java training course and delivered at 2001 Java One to audience of over 1,100
• Acquired by XMLSolutions in 1999
JP Morgenthal’s Education
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Hofstra University
MS , Computer Science , 1991 — 1995
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Hofstra University
BS , Computer Science
Additional Information
JP Morgenthal’s Websites:
JP Morgenthal’s Honors:
Author, Enterprise Information Integration: A Pragmatic Approach
Author, Enterprise Application Integration with XML & Java
Author, Manager's Guide to Distributed Environments
