Donald F. Ferguson

Dr. Donald Ferguson (born 1960) is the CTO of CA, Inc., formerly known as Computer Associates. He graduated with a PhD in computer science from Columbia University in 1989. His thesis studied the application of economic models to the management of system resources in distributed systems.

Career

IBM

From 1985 to 2007, Ferguson worked for IBM, becoming an IBM Fellow in 2001, and Chief Architect for IBM's Software Group (SWG). He provided overall technical leadership for IBM WebSphere, Tivoli Software, DB2, Rational Software and Lotus Software products. He also chaired the SWG Architecture Board (SWG AB). The SWG AB focused on product integration, cross-product initiatives and emerging technology. Some of the public focus areas were web services, patterns, Web 2.0 and business-driven development. Ferguson guided IBM’s strategy and architecture for SOA and Web services, and co-authored many of the initial Web service specifications.

Previously, he had been the Chief Architect for WebSphere and the WebSphere products, which provide support for dynamic Web applications. Prior to transferring to IBM SWG, Ferguson was a Research Staff Member in the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center.

Microsoft

From 2007 to 2008, he worked at Microsoft for one year as a Technical fellow in Platforms and Strategy, in the Office of the CTO. ^[1]

CA

Don joined CA in March 2008.^[2] CA announced on Sept 29, 2009 that Don has become CA's Chief Technology Officer. ^[3]

ChannelWeb named Ferguson one of "25 Technology Thought Leaders For 2010."^[4]

Books

• Web Services Platform Architecture: SOAP, WSDL, WS-Policy, WS-Addressing, WS-BPEL, WS-Reliable Messaging, and More, Prentice Hall PTR, ISBN 0-131-48874-0 , March 22, 2005

Recent Keynote Presentations

SOA and Business Process Conference 2007, SOA, Donald Ferguson. [1]

The 6th International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communications [2]

6th International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (2008) [3]

Convergence of Web Services, Grid Services and Business Processes [4]

6th conference on Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems (NGITS 2006) [5]

Managing and Internet Service Bus [6]

References

1. ^ Geelan, Jeremy (January 15, 2007). "Microsoft Snags Don Ferguson, Former IBM Chief Architect – "Father of WebSphere"". dotNet Journal. http://dotnet.sys-con.com/read/323311.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-20. 
2. ^ Ferguson, Donald (10 March, 2008). "New Job". http://www.linkedin.com/pub/donald-ferguson/4/5a8/144. Retrieved 2008-03-20. .
3. ^ "CA Names Dr. Donald Ferguson Chief Technology Officer". 29 September, 2009. http://www.ca.com/us/press/release.aspx?cid=217792. Retrieved 2009-09-29. 
4. ^ "Channel Web 25 Technology Thought Leaders for 2010". 29 September, 2009. http://www.crn.com/it-channel/222400308. Retrieved 2010-01-28.