Phillip J. Windley, Ph.D. is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Kynetx, an early-stage company providing an application platform for creating social products and services. Dr. Windley, who writes the popular Technometria blog, is a frequent author and speaker on event driven systems, digital identity, Web architectures, Web services, and programming language design. Dr. Windley, who received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis, is also an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Brigham Young University and Executive Producer of IT Conversations, a popular network of technology podcasts.