Thomas Erl is the world’s top-selling SOA author, Series Editor of the Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl, and Editor of The SOA Magazine (www.soamag.com). With over 100,000 copies in print world-wide, his books have become international bestsellers and have been formally endorsed by senior members of major software organizations, such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, BEA, Sun, Intel, SAP, CISCO, and HP.

His most recent titles SOA Design Patterns and Web Service Contract Design and Versioning for SOA were co-authored with a series of industry experts and follow his first three books Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design, and SOA Principles of Service Design.

Thomas is currently working with over 20 authors on the upcoming titles: SOA Governance, SOA with .NET, SOA with Java, ESB Architecture for SOA, and SOA with REST. He is also overseeing the SOAPatterns.org initiative, a community site dedicated to SOA patterns.

Thomas is the founder of SOA Systems Inc. (www.soasystems.com), a company specializing in vendor-neutral SOA consulting and training services. Thomas is also the founder of the internationally recognized SOA Certified Professional program (www.soacp.com and www.soaschool.com). Thomas is a speaker and instructor for private and public events and is regularly invited to Gartner summits. He has delivered many workshops and keynote speeches, and is on the program committee for the International SOA Symposium. Articles and interviews by Thomas have been published in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine.

For more information, visit: www.thomaserl.com.