Adam Bosworth is Chief Architect and Senior Vice President of Advanced
Development at BEA Systems, driving the strategic and technical
direction for the BEA WebLogic Enterprise Platform. Before joining
BEA, Bosworth co-founded Crossgain, a software development firm
acquired by BEA in 2001.

Bosworth is widely recognized as a pioneer and key figure in the
evolution of XML. Prior to starting Crossgain, he was a senior manager
at Microsoft, where he drove the company's XML program from 1997
through 1999. He was then named General Manager of Microsoft's WebData
organization, a team focused on refining the company's long-term XML
strategy. While at Microsoft, he was also responsible for designing
and delivering the Microsoft Access PC Database product, and he
managed the development of the HTML engine used in Internet Explorer 4
and Internet Explorer 5.