Robert John Hathaway III

CEO / Chief Architect - Cyberdyne Object Systems, Inc.
Author/Maintainer - Comp.Object FAQ
Leader - New York WebLogic User Group: groups.yahoo.com NYWLUG
Editor-In-Chief (former) - Object Magazine Online, Object Currents
  


Bob has performed software engineering, computer science research, teaching, and consulting professionally for almost two decades and has a graduate level education in computer science. His primary areas of concentration include distributed architecture and object methodology: analysis, design, and programming; business, teaching, authoring and speaking and has held the title of architect in many firms for over a decade. He has many certifications in Java and similar technologies from Sun, Microsoft, and Bluestone.

Bob is currently Senior SOA Architect on a large-scale high volume next generation global central reservation system. Bob has been performing software architecture and software engineering in large financial services corporations for the past decade primarily in very high volume global transactional and analytical enterprise applications implemented in Java/J2EE/EJB, Web Services and JMS/MOM utilizing and promoting best practices in archtecture, object-oriented analysis and design and process. Earlier work was primarily in the research community on advanced dynamic object-oriented systems software

His work and research interests include:
  • Service-Oriented Architecture - Web Services, SIB, ESB, Frameworks, Optimizations
  • Software and System Architecture - QOS, Styles/ADL, Patterns, Analysis
  • Object-Oriented Methodology: Analysis/Design/Programming
  • J2EE/EJB Systems and Patterns
  • EJB 3, Spring, Hibernate.
  • Software Design Patterns and Composition
  • Product Lines, Domain Engineering
  • RUP, RM-ODP, CMMI/TSP/PSP, ADD, ATAM
  • UML 1.4/2.0, xUML, MDA/MOF/CWM
  • Web Services/SOA - SOAP/WSDL/UDDI/XSD/WS Standards
  • C++, Java, C#/.net
  • Aspect-Oriented Programming, AOSD, Generative/Intentional Programming
  • Self Healing and Dynamic Adaptive Systems
  • CORBA
  • Component Frameworks (CBSE)
  • Object-Oriented Databases, Distributed Databases
  • Advanced Dynamic Object-Oriented Programming Languages and Translation
  • Software Engineering - Classical & Best Practices
  • Modern/Quality/Classical Management, Leadership
  • Business Analysis - JAD Leader, Use Cases, Business Rules
  • Financial Systems
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Business/Enterprise Systems/Business Objects
  • Data Warehousing/DSS/OLAP/Data Mining
  • Education/Teaching
  • Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Science
  • Information/Knowledge Portals
  • Security Frameworks: SSL/TLS, Digital Certificates, Cryptography
  • Virtual/Artifical Reality, VRML, Mirror Worlds
  • 3D Graphics and CAD
  • Object-Oriented CASE
  • TCP/IP Internetworking
  • Test Harnesses, Generic Distributed Regression Testing, SCM

Bob is author/maintainer of the comp.object FAQ, soon to be published, and has spoken at conferences such as Object Expo, C++ World, & TOOLS on object-oriented design and advanced topics with C++.

Bob is married and has a daughter.