Ivar Jacobson

Dr. Ivar Jacobson,Vice President of Business Engineering, is the inventor of the OOSE method, and he is also the founder of Objectory AB in Sweden, which recently merged with Rational Software Corporation. Dr. Jacobson is the principal author of two influential and best-selling books Object-Oriented Software Engineering--A Use Case Driven Approach (Computer Language Productivity award winner in 1992) and The Object Advantage--Business Process Reengineering with Object Technology. He has also authored several widely referenced papers on object technology. One of the most famous papers is his first OOPSLA '87 paper entitled "Object-Oriented Development in an Industrial Environment," which presented the first truly object-oriented method ever published. Ivar Jacobson's use-case driven approachhas had a very strong impact on the entireOOAD industry, and he himself has become one of its "icons." Consequently, he isa frequently invited keynote speaker and panelist, debating OOAD topics withcolleagues and methodologists such as Grady Booch, Jim Rumbaugh, StevenMellor, and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock at major OO conferences around the world.

He is well known for his pioneering work and more than 20 years of experience inusing object methods for the design of large real-time systems. His earlyobject-based design technique has evolved into the international standardITU(formerly CCITT)/SDL.

Dr. Jacobson also regularly serves on the OOPSLA, ECOOP, and TOOLSprogram committees, and he is a member of the advisory board of the Journal ofObject-Oriented Programming.

In 1994, Ivar Jacobson received the first Swedish Computer Association (SCA)award (the Kjell Hultman prize) for "extraordinary achievement in promotingefficiency and productivity in the development and use of informationtechnology."

Pan-Wei Ng

Ivar Jacobson is one of the “fathers” of components and component architecture, use cases, modern business engineering, the Unified Modeling Language, and the Rational Unified Profess. He is the principal author of five best-selling books on these methods and technologies, in addition to being the coauthor of the two leading books on the Unified Modeling Language. Ivar is an executive technical consultant to IBM Rational and founder of Ivar Jacobson International. He is also currently focusing his efforts on his new software company, Jaczone AB, where he and his daughter and cofounder, Agneta Jacobson, develop intelligent agents for software development.

Pan-Wei Ng, Ph.D., plays multiple roles in Ivar Jacobson International (IJI). As a member of the IJI Technology Office, Pan-Wei defines best practices in architecture, use cases, iterative development, business modeling, active software, and aspects. He develops materials for some of these best practices and conducts research in other best practice areas. Pan-Wei also actively works on customer accounts to enable companies and project teams to adopt these best practices quickly and safely. These projects range from telecommunication and defense to business applications; from command and control systems to business applications, middleware messaging systems, and embedded systems; from in-house development to outsource development and product development. Pan-Wei works alongside practitioners and ensures that the best practices developed are both relevant and practical.