W. Paul Kiel

Objective - Experience - Skills - Training - Education and Certification

Objective

Architecting and developing data integration solutions using Xml technology.

Advantage

Once described as "a geek who can communicate", Paul combines solid skills with a proven ability to convey technical information to CEOs, business analysts, and techies alike.

Experience

President
xmlHelpline.com Consulting, (2001 to Present)

• Architect and develop data integration solutions
• Provide data modeling and consulting advice to clients
• Design and program in object oriented languages such as C#
• Create Xslt adapters and solutions for data integration between trading partners
• Leverage existing standards in creating canoncial data models
• Produce technical design specifications for Xml data models
• Published article Profiling Xml Schema: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/09/20/profiling-xml-schema.html

Chief Architect
HR-XML Consortium Inc, (2001-03 to 2006-08)

• Supervise, coordinate, and manage the design of the technical architecture underlying all international Consortium standards
• Train classes in Xml Schema design techniques, Consortium best practices, and other Xml technologies such as web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Lecture nationally and internationally on Xml Schema design best practices and related technologies
• Implement web services validation testbed
• Authored HR-XML Web Services Security Profile draft document.
• Lead technical analysis for HR-XML Certification programs
• Participate as representative to the Web Services - Interoperability Consortium (WS-I)
• Author and edit documentation for technical specifications
• Provide technical support for Consortium's hosted servers
• Program necessary tools and software for distributed work group needs, including metadata management, document repository and automated documentation tools

XML Director
Sertus Software, (1999-08 to 2001-03)

• Designed Xml DTDs and Schemas incorporated into software products
• Published documentation and user tools to facilitate adoption of the standards
• Prepared for and organized a proposed mediaXML Consortium to coordinate standardization of data structures within the media industry
• Recommended implementation of Xml related standards such as SOAP and Xml signatures
• Trained and educated people on xml and related standards in both Sertus Software and its parent company Clear Channel Communications
• Co-founded TriXML, the Xml interest group in the Research Triangle (NC) area

Interim Department Head

Special Collections Department
North Carolina State University Libraries, (1998-08 to 1999-07)

• Partnered with Duke University on a state-wide Xml grant proposal
• Expanded Xml initiatives, resulting in the publishing of on-line documentation
• Created formal digital collections in association with the Digital Library Initiatives Department
• Member of Electronic Archives Team - examining long term deep storage methodologies
• Supervised permanent staff of 6 FTE plus temporary workers
• Managed budget lines for rare books (100K), preservation (15K), and hourly wages (50K)

Technical Services, Special Collections Department
North Carolina State University Libraries, (1996-06 to 1999-07)

• Webmaster for Special Collections Department
• Member of the Web Innovation Team - charged with creating an effective web presence, 1998-99
• Examined, recommended, and implemented SGML documentation project
• Designed and implemented an integrated electronic bibliographic data workflow project utilizing USMARC data format, SG/XML DTDs, and text-based formats
• Worked on national Xml conversion resource clearinghouse
• Webmaster for Society of North Carolina Archivists

Skills

Proficiencies: Altova's XMLSpy ASP.NET C# HTML SOAP WSDL Tibco's TurboXML Xml Xml Schema XSLT XPath

Skills: CCTS Cold Fusion Javascript MS SQL Server SQL UML VB.Net VS.Net Xerces Xml Encryption Xml Signatures

Experience: Java MySQL PHP SVG WML and HDML

Training

Xml related technology training sessions conducted:

• OAGIS "Quick Start" two-day training course
• Xml Schema Design and Best Practices
• Xml Schema Profile
• WSDL Design and Best Practices
• Xml Schema Extension Methodologies
• HR-XML's Localization Architecture

Education and Certification

Altova Certified XMLSpy Engineer (ACXE), (September, 2004)

University of Virginia, Course Title "Implementing the Encoded Archival Description [SGML] DTD" 1997

North Carolina State University, M.A. 1994

James Madison University, B.A. 1992