Re: Norm Tovey-Walsh is joining Saxonica

Congratulations to Norm and Saxonica!

On Fri, Aug 14, 2020, 11:33 Michael Kay <mike-JkSD5nQpfvpWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm delighted to announce that Norm Tovey-Walsh is joining Saxonica with
> effect from 1st September.
>
> Many of you will know Norm, who has had a high profile in the XML
> community for many years (and SGML before that). He's best known for his
> work on DocBook and XProc but he's had a finger in many other pies
> including long-term membership of the XSL working group (he was editor of
> the XDM specification), the XML Core Working Group, the W3C Technical
> Architecture Group, the initial specification work on JAXP, the
> Oasis/Apache catalog resolver, and specs such as XML Base. Norm is
> currently based in Swansea, Wales. I'm sure he will bring lots of
> innovative ideas to the Saxon product line, as well as continuing his work
> in the community.
>
> At the same time, John Lumley is ending his contract with Saxonica: he's
> said for a while that he wants to spend more time with his family and his
> model railway. But he's still full of ideas and enthusiasm. I suspect we
> haven't seen the last of him, and he's promised that he'll help us out with
> Saxon-JS issues if we need him.
>
> We're also currently looking for a replacement for Sue Schreiber, our
> marketing and commercial person, who has been doing a sterling job keeping
> the money coming in for more years than I can count. Most of her work
> probably isn't visible to the technical community, but without her patience
> negotiating the byzantine procurement processes of the mega-corporations
> that many of you work for, we wouldn't be here. If you know of anyone who
> is interested in stepping into her shoes, please let us know.
>
> As for me: I'm going to soldier on for a few years yet: I'm still enjoying
> it, I still have lots of ideas, and I'm still a lot younger than the next
> US President. Norm's arrival on the scene does mean, however, that the
> company is now going to be viable without me, and I hope that's a
> reassurance to the many businesses who have become critically dependant on
> our software and our support.
>
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
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