I am looking for a list of INDEPENDENT INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS IN
TRAINING/CONSULTING for IFX, OFX and MISMO. My detailed requirements
are stated below.

By INDEPENDENT I mean that these individuals operate alone or are part
of small boutique consulting shops and are NOT part of any large
company including technology vendors like Microsoft, IBM, WebMethods,
etc or large financial services concerns like Citibank, Bank of
America, etc. In addition, they should not be part of Research/Analyst
firms like Gartner, Forrester Research, ZapThink, et al.

By INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS I mean these individuals have published
books on the topic and/or are regular speakers at Industry conferences
regarding these topics. In addition, it is preferred(but not
necessary) that they are part of the working groups of these standard
bodies.

By TRAINING/CONSULTING I mean they provide custom training services
(preferred) and potentially also provide consulting services to
clients. By training I'm referring to individuals who teach who these
standards are used and conduct workshops/et al.

By IFX, OFX and MISMO I am referring to three standards that are
prevalent in the Banking (IFX and OFX) and Mortgage (MISMO)
industries.

Please Note: Individuals provided in the answer should satisfy ALL the
requirements stated above.

The answer should include contact information for the individual and
would be organized by the 3 standards. An example of the preferred
answer is...

IFX
---
John Doe (Contact Information and Short Bio/Link to Bio and Criteria
for Inclusion)

OFX
---
Mary Smith (Contact Information and Short Bio/Link to Bio and Criteria
for Inclusion)

MISMO
-----
Robert S (Contact Information and Short Bio/Link to Bio and Criteria
for Inclusion)

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Apr 2003 09:29 PST

How many names are you looking for?

jbf777-ga
GA Researcher

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Apr 2003 09:47 PST

I have made some contacts, and I will see what I can find.
 
Thanks,
 
jbf777-ga
GA Researcher

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Clarification of Question by david7254-ga on 04 Apr 2003 10:19 PST

Atleast 5 individuals for each standard (and I don't mind overlap - so
you could have the same name in two or three standards if the person
is actually proficient in more than one of them which I expect might
happen due to the overlap in OFX and IFX). Of course, I'm less
concerned about the number and more concerned about the quality of the
list! :)

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Apr 2003 10:42 PST

Hi -

There literally may not be that many.  A prominent OFX site says they
really only know of 3 [1 of which doesn't count for your criteria]... 
I need to know specifically what you will accept before an answer is
given.  Thanks..

jbf777-ga
GA Researcher

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Clarification of Question by david7254-ga on 04 Apr 2003 13:22 PST

Well, I would like to see at least 5 different names overall. If there
aren't 5 in each standard, that's alright.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Apr 2003 14:23 PST

Hello -

2 questions for you..

1) May I ask who your target audience is?  Developers/programmers?

2) I have located a company that employees people who have done
training on OFX in privately held workshops and have done development
w/ the OFX standard.  Would something like that suffice for the OFX
category?

Thanks...

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Clarification of Question by david7254-ga on 04 Apr 2003 15:02 PST

1. I don't quite understand what you mean when you say "target
audience". I am looking primarily for consultants who can conduct
training workshops in these areas. These training workshops are
conducted for software architects/developers.

2. That would be fine as long as they satisfy my Independent
requirement. I would also prefer to have the names of the individuals
who actually conduct that training.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 04 Apr 2003 16:34 PST

1) "Target audience" was answered by what you said here:  
"These training workshops are conducted for software
architects/developers."

2) OK, I've got contacts for OFX.  I'm waiting back IFX and Mismo, and
we should be all set.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 07 Apr 2003 11:42 PDT

I've got a very prominent figure in the IFX world who is interested. 
I'm just waiting now for Mismo.  Thanks for your patience.
 
jbf777-ga

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Clarification of Question by david7254-ga on 07 Apr 2003 12:51 PDT

No problem.

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Request for Question Clarification by jbf777-ga on 09 Apr 2003 08:20 PDT

Hi again -

Just about there...  this one Mismo trainer says she "does not offer
generic training but training suited to your specific needs and geared
toward the type of system you are developing."  Is this OK?

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Clarification of Question by david7254-ga on 09 Apr 2003 08:57 PDT

Yep that would be alright.

Hello -

Important Note: This answer is not finished until you're satisfied
with it.  If you choose to rate this answer, I ask that you do so
*after* asking for any necessary clarification/information.  Thanks
for your understanding.

Please email me at jordan_com7@hotmail.com upon reading this, and I
will furnish you with the 2 pieces of information to complete this
answer.  As listed below, some of the information I can't publicly
display for privacy reasons.

IFX
===
Michael Weiss
email jordan_com7@hotmail.com for his email address
"The lead architect of the IFX standard for the first four years of
its development. During the latter two years, I was also responsible
for training others in the use of IFX, as well as the development of
extensions to the standard."


OFX
===
Mr. George Anderson
President 
Enterprise Engineering 
55 Broad St. 
7th Floor 
New York, NY 10004 
Tel: 212-344-2000 x12  Fax: 212-344-2700 
E-Mail: gwa@joineei.com 

"I wrote the material and host the training at EEI."

--

Diginexus (www.diginexus.com) 
You'll want to talk to DJ at this company.  They employ individuals
that will suit your needs [he's got at least 2].  He does not want to
divulge the names of the individuals on a public forum for fear of
recruitment.    They are employed as developers at this company. 
Email jordan_com7@hotmail.com for his cell phone number.


MISMO
=====
Rachael Sokolowki of www.magnoliatech.com.
"Rachael Sokolowski is the Principal of Magnolia Technologies. She has
designed and developed software applications for nineteen years, with
a concentration in business to business information exchange, health
care, and print publishing. She is the inventor on two patents and on
three pending patents. Ms. Sokolowski is a leading expert in XML and
has served as Chair of two national health care standards
organizations: Health Level Seven (HL7) and ASTM E31.25 or XML DTDs
for Health Care. In March of 1999, Ms. Sokolowski testified about uses
of XML in health care to the National Committee on Vital and Health
Statistics (NCVHS) under the Department of Health and Human Services."

781 646 8877
info@magnoliatech.com

Search strategy:
company contacts after using
search terms of OFX, IFX, and MISMO
in conjunction with "consulting," 
"training" and related terms

Thank you very much for the rating + generous tip!  If you have any
difficulties reaching these individuals, please don't hesitate to post
a comment or request for clarification.  Thanks again.

Hi David -

Got a return call from a Gabe Minton at MBA [Mortgage Bankers
Association -- www.mbaa.org] regarding MISMO.  I believe they
originated the MISMO standard.  He's got people that do MISMO training
[not sure if offsite though].  You can call him at 202-557-2821.

Thanks,

jbf777-ga