Ken Holman Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Crane Softwrights Ltd. is a consultancy delivering Computer Systems Analysis and training services worldwide since April 1997. We focus primarily in structured text processing related to the Web-based Extensible Markup Language (W3C XML) family of Recommendations and the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML - ISO 8879:1986) family of Standards. We specialize in the structuring of and processing of information, in particular training and deploying the use of the W3C XSL/XSL-FO, XSLT, XPath and XQuery set of Recommendations and OASIS Universal Business Language (UBL) artefacts and systems for electronic commerce and transportation.

Representative of Crane Softwrights Ltd. as an advisor to Réalta Online Publishing Solutions Limited - http://RealtaOnline.com (and its precursor company), directing the use of XML, XSLT, and XSL-FO in the publishing of standards documents for National Standards Bodies, International Standards Bodies, and Industry Standards Bodies.

I began computer programming in earnest June 30, 1971 using FORTRAN IV on an IBM 1130, using cards with an IBM 026 keypunch. I achieved an undergraduate Bachelor of Mathematics degree in Honours Computer Science at the renowned University of Waterloo in May 1981, having learned a number of programming languages, principles, and techniques. My programming career started on mainframe computers (IBM 360/370) and RJE, moving to very early microcomputers (I8080, M6800, Z80, etc.) in Silicon Valley, California. I may have been the University of Waterloo's first co-op student in a Silicon Valley computer company, but I cannot verify that. I architected and implemented videotex systems on personal computer hardware before getting into markup. I first got involved in international standardization and ISO committees in May 1988. I first got involved in OASIS standards by participating in the inaugural SGML Open meeting in 1993. I made a career traveling the world teaching my own training classes in technologies in which I participated during the standards development. Mine was the first company out of the gate with a hands-on XSLT/XPath class, and the first out of the gate with a hands-on XSL-FO class. In my retirement I continue to make piecemeal revenue with XSLT/XPath/XSL-FO in order to pay for my standards travel and participation so as not to dip into retirement savings. I continue to stretch my own envelope by jumping into new technologies such as blockchain using old strategies and approaches such as state machine architectures. I am to the point where I can be choosy picking interesting revenue work that lands in my lap while I travel the world waving the flag for standardization and open standards. I am an incorrigible extrovert reveling at being centre stage in all that I do, including international conferences in front of hundreds of delegates (provided I know what I'm talking about!).

Please note: as of April 2020 the bBiller company and project no longer exist, due to the unexpected and untimely passing of the founder. Our deepest condolences to his family and colleagues.Representative of Crane Softwrights Ltd. as an advisor to BBILLER - http://BBILLER.com, directing the use of OASIS and International standards for e-commerce electronic document representation and business transaction processing on blockchain technologies. The focus is on ISO/IEC 19845 Universal Business Language, OASIS BDXL/SMP, ISO/IEC 14662 Open-edi, and ISO/IEC 15944-4 business transaction ontology.