* Currently an independent consultant.
	* Formerly CTO for Elastra Corporation, and an Enterprise Architect for BEA Systems'. RestInPeace BEA.
	* I'm often a RestArchitecturalStyle proponent.
	* I think a lot about how organizations work and how they change over time (aka. "politics"), but also from a sociological & economic viewpoint
	* When I'm on a project, I'm usually a coach aiming to help people develop, integrate, and/or test great software.	This often means a combination of technical mentoring, troubleshooting, and prototyping.
	* Usually I work with a mix of object technology, integration technology, and relational databases.
	* I'm a proponent of agile methods (particularly LeanDevelopment) and promote them to my friends, co-workers, clients, etc.  I also quite like TheCore.
	* MyMyersBriggsTypeIs "Expressive, Enthusiastic" INTP (I have out-of-preference extroverted tendencies)
	* My HerrmannBrainDominanceInstrument rating is 2211 (I'm primarily right brained)
	* I've been on Ward's Wiki since 1998, though I'm a lot less active than in years past.
	
Besides technology, I have a tremendous interest in Business, Strategy, ProjectManagement, Economics, Sociology, and Political Science.  My favorite author, by far, is PeterDrucker.

The past four or five years, I have sought to tear down the intellectual bulkheads separating objects from relational data. There are many lessons to be learned by synthesizing these views.

'''Lessons learned:''' InexperienceGeneratesFailure, WhyDoYouPermitThisToBeDoneToYou, PairProgrammingIsaWaste (not), SurvivingGuruStatus, WeWillTry, EjbTernaryRelationshipExample, RestArchitecturalStyle

'''Pages I started:''' CloudComputing, WebObjects, WebServices, WebServicesAttributes, SnapshotIsolation, MultiversionConcurrencyControl, DesignForPerformance, PseudoBinaryRelationships.	Provided revised main definitions for EventDrivenArchitecture and ComplexEventProcessing.

'''Some important books/authors:''' SoftwareForYourHead, NatureOfOrder, PeterDrucker, FredrickWinslowTaylor

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/svrc
mailto:stuartcharlton@yahoo.com
http://stucharlton.com/blog

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