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 <boardmember id="ssmith" type="addin">

 	<name>Shaun Smith</name>

 	<title>Product Manager, Oracle TopLink</title>

 	<image> ssmith.jpg
 	</image>

 	<email>shaun.smith@oracle.com</email>

 	<phone>1-403-681-8953</phone>

 	<contact><![CDATA[
 Oracle Corp<br/>
 Suite 2600<br/>
 144 4th Avenue SW<br/>
 Calgary, Alberta<br/>
 Canada T2P 3N4		]]>
 	</contact>

 	<eclipse_affiliation>
 		I'm project co-lead of the Dali EJB Object-Relational Mapping Project which is
 		building frameworks and tools for the upcoming EJB 3.0 persistence specification and
 		a product manager with add-in provider Oracle Corp.
 	</eclipse_affiliation>

 	<vision><![CDATA[
 		<p>
 		I've been using Eclipse since just before 1.0 so I've had plenty
 		of experience using Eclipse to build Java SE and Java EE applications.
 		But my experience using Eclipse did not completely prepare me for what
 		is involved in building add-in frameworks and tools for Eclipse.  There's
 		a lot you need to know if you are going to do this and unfortunately, while the
 		processes are well defined, the road isn't as clear as it could be.  There
 		are many questions new add-in providers have and finding those answers isn't
 		always straightforward.
 		</p><p>
 		To help add-in providers build the Eclipse ecosystem I would like to see a
 		mentoring program established for new projects.  Having a designated mentor
 		for each new project that is willing to answer questions about standard
 		Eclipse approaches, conventions, and technologies would speed the development
 		of add-ins and result in more consistent code that is more easily incorporated into
 		the ecosystem.  There are informal information gathering routes such as the mailing lists
 		and newsgroups but as someone who has been a mentor on many projects I know the value
 		of having a specific person you can go to for help.
 		</p><p>
 		There are many individuals with years of Eclipse experience and while many of them
 		are deeply involved with active projects, it would benefit the Eclipse community greatly
 		if they would lend some of their expertise to those just starting out.  Eclipse Foundation
 		support for a mentoring program would provide a means to connect those with experience
 		to share with those who need it.</p>
 	]]> </vision>

 	<bio> <![CDATA[
 		<p>
 		I've been an OO programmer and mentor for almost twenty years and have been
 		working in Smalltalk, Java, C++, and (more recently) Ruby since I got
 		my first job out of university.  Having been around that long I've seen
 		plenty of IDE's come and go.  Coming from the Smalltalk community I used
 		the development environments of all major vendors including IBM
 		Smalltalk/VisualAge.  For Java development I moved to VisualAge for Java
 		and then eventually to Eclipse.   All of these environment provided incremental
 		compilation--how anyone survives without incremental compilation is beyond
 		me!
 		</p><p>
 		For 11 years I was a consultant involved with the development of enterprise
 		systems and mentoring companies in OO technology.  My focus in the last
 		few years has been on test driven development of
 		systems that use object persistence and I've been active in the Agile software
 		development community both presenting at and helping organize conferences
 		and workshops.  I served on the program and organizing committees of XP/Agile Universe 2004
 		and was community liason for Canada.  I was also on the organizing committee of Agile 2005 and again
 		performed the role of community liason for Canada.  I'm currently a product manager for Oracle
 		TopLink which is the leading commercial Java product for mapping between
 		objects and relational databases (and now between objects and XML).
 		</p><p>
 		I'm an admitted early adopter and am likely to download very early builds
 		of something new and cool and I'm really excited to be involved in an Eclipse
 		project building support for the new industry standard Java persistence API!
 		</p> ]]>
 	</bio>

 	<affiliation>
  		Oracle's business is information--how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it; providing the
  		software and services that let organizations get the most up-to-date and accurate information from
  		their business systems. Oracle's Information Architecture is composed of integrated, standards-based
  		technologies for infrastructure and applications. Our involvement in the Eclipse Foundation and Open
  		Source helps us ensure that we have tooling support using open, readily available components as much
  		as possible to reduce costs, streamline management and maintenance, and increase adaptability for our
  		customers.  That's why Oracle has joined the Eclipse Software Foundation and is leading projects to
  		provide support for Java technologies like JavaServer Faces (JSF), BPEL, and Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0.
 	</affiliation>

 </boardmember>
	<boardmember id="ssmith" type="addin">

	<name>Shaun Smith</name>

	<title>Product Manager, Oracle TopLink</title>

	<image> ssmith.jpg
	</image>

	<email>shaun.smith@oracle.com</email>

	<phone>1-403-681-8953</phone>

	<contact><![CDATA[
	Oracle Corp<br/>
	Suite 2600<br/>
	144 4th Avenue SW<br/>
	Calgary, Alberta<br/>
	Canada T2P 3N4 ]]>
	</contact>

	<eclipse_affiliation>
	I'm project co-lead of the Dali EJB Object-Relational Mapping Project which is
	building frameworks and tools for the upcoming EJB 3.0 persistence specification and
	a product manager with add-in provider Oracle Corp.
	</eclipse_affiliation>

	<vision><![CDATA[
	<p>
	I've been using Eclipse since just before 1.0 so I've had plenty
	of experience using Eclipse to build Java SE and Java EE applications.
	But my experience using Eclipse did not completely prepare me for what
	is involved in building add-in frameworks and tools for Eclipse. There's
	a lot you need to know if you are going to do this and unfortunately, while the
	processes are well defined, the road isn't as clear as it could be. There
	are many questions new add-in providers have and finding those answers isn't
	always straightforward.
	</p><p>
	To help add-in providers build the Eclipse ecosystem I would like to see a
	mentoring program established for new projects. Having a designated mentor
	for each new project that is willing to answer questions about standard
	Eclipse approaches, conventions, and technologies would speed the development
	of add-ins and result in more consistent code that is more easily incorporated into
	the ecosystem. There are informal information gathering routes such as the mailing lists
	and newsgroups but as someone who has been a mentor on many projects I know the value
	of having a specific person you can go to for help.
	</p><p>
	There are many individuals with years of Eclipse experience and while many of them
	are deeply involved with active projects, it would benefit the Eclipse community greatly
	if they would lend some of their expertise to those just starting out. Eclipse Foundation
	support for a mentoring program would provide a means to connect those with experience
	to share with those who need it.</p>
	]]> </vision>

	<bio> <![CDATA[
	<p>
	I've been an OO programmer and mentor for almost twenty years and have been
	working in Smalltalk, Java, C++, and (more recently) Ruby since I got
	my first job out of university. Having been around that long I've seen
	plenty of IDE's come and go. Coming from the Smalltalk community I used
	the development environments of all major vendors including IBM
	Smalltalk/VisualAge. For Java development I moved to VisualAge for Java
	and then eventually to Eclipse. All of these environment provided incremental
	compilation--how anyone survives without incremental compilation is beyond
	me!
	</p><p>
	For 11 years I was a consultant involved with the development of enterprise
	systems and mentoring companies in OO technology. My focus in the last
	few years has been on test driven development of
	systems that use object persistence and I've been active in the Agile software
	development community both presenting at and helping organize conferences
	and workshops. I served on the program and organizing committees of XP/Agile Universe 2004
	and was community liason for Canada. I was also on the organizing committee of Agile 2005 and again
	performed the role of community liason for Canada. I'm currently a product manager for Oracle
	TopLink which is the leading commercial Java product for mapping between
	objects and relational databases (and now between objects and XML).
	</p><p>
	I'm an admitted early adopter and am likely to download very early builds
	of something new and cool and I'm really excited to be involved in an Eclipse
	project building support for the new industry standard Java persistence API!
	</p> ]]>
	</bio>

	<affiliation>
	Oracle's business is information--how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it; providing the
	software and services that let organizations get the most up-to-date and accurate information from
	their business systems. Oracle's Information Architecture is composed of integrated, standards-based
	technologies for infrastructure and applications. Our involvement in the Eclipse Foundation and Open
	Source helps us ensure that we have tooling support using open, readily available components as much
	as possible to reduce costs, streamline management and maintenance, and increase adaptability for our
	customers. That's why Oracle has joined the Eclipse Software Foundation and is leading projects to
	provide support for Java technologies like JavaServer Faces (JSF), BPEL, and Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0.
	</affiliation>

	</boardmember>