David Frankel is Lead Standards Architect for Model-Driven Systems at SAP Labs. He has over 25 years of experience as a programmer, architect, and technical strategist. He is the author of the book,"Model-Driven Architecture®: Applying MDA® to Enterprise Computing." He also is lead editor of the book, "The MDA Journal." He served several terms as a member of the Architecture Board of the Object Management Group (OMG), the body that manages the MDA standards, and he has co-authored a number of industry standards. Recently, he has been publishing and speaking about the role of model-driven systems in enterprise SOA.