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Profiles of JCP EC Representatives

	Michael Bechauf
	Josh Bloch
	Wayne Carr
	Danny Coward
	Don Deutsch
	Scott Jameson
	Jens Jensen
	Rod Johnson
	Werner Keil
	Sacha Labourey
	Doug Lea
	Geir Magnusson
	Mike Milinkovich
	Bryn Rahm
	Makiko Shimamura
	Mark Thomas

The job of an Executive Committee (EC) representative is a serious commitment. The time required is extensive, and includes reading of specifications, Reference Implementations (RIs), and Technology Compatibility Kits (TCKs), as well as regular attendance at EC meetings and teleconferences to discuss and vote on various technical and process topics. Besides voting on Java Specification Requests (JSRs) at various stages, the EC guides the Program Management Office (PMO) in the evolution of the Java Community Process (JCP) program. EC decisions can have significant, long-term consequences to not only the community, but also in the industry and the market. Still, plenty of JCP participants relish the task of representing a corporation, non-profit, open source group, or themselves.

George Sarosi

Time Warner Cable (TWC) has been a leading contributor to the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP), which is based on a CDC/FP/PBP/Java TV stack. OCAP enables TV-based applications and services such as the Electronic Program Guide, viewer participation, interactive advertising, customized news and sports tickers, audience polling, and e-learning. TWC has been a consistent champion for support of Java technology in cable, both through technical contributions and via their rollout of over 130,000 OpenCable Platform set-top boxes and applications. TWC is continuing to deploy Java based OpenCable set-top boxes at a rate of 10,000 per week and anticipate a complete rollout to their full subscriber base within the next eighteen months. Time Warner Cable will also provide digital TV stakeholder perspective with regards to other JSRs impacting media-related capabilities, including mobile broadcast service (242), mobile television (272), and advanced UI API's (Java 2D and 3D). Time Warner Cable joined the JCP program in May 2004.

George Sarosi is the Principal Software Architect for the Advanced Technology Group at Time Warner Cable, as well as Chair of the Cablelabs OCAP working group. He was the lead architect for the development of the OCAP LLC OCAP middleware stack. George represents TWC on the JCP ME EC, and he has served on the JSR 242, "On Ramp to OCAP" Expert Group. George says, "I believe this will give me an opportunity to learn how other contributors and industries are using Java technology and to see how Time Warner Cable and the entire cable industry can learn from these experiences to provide a more robust and compelling platform for our subscribers." As a technology leader in the Cable Industry, the JCP will give Time Warner Cable a voice in defining the Java profiles that will be used by the applications that are the interface to TWC customers.

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