Dale Skeen is cofounder and CTO of Vitria Technology, a pioneer in 
integration technology. He has over 15 years experience in designing 
and integrating large-scale, distributed computing systems for some of 
the world's largest corporations. Prior to Vitria, Skeen co-founded 
TIBCO, where he served as Chief Scientist. Skeen has held faculty 
positions at Cornell University and the University of California, 
Berkeley, where he received his Ph.D. in distributed database systems.