SOA Research Library

Richard L. Ptak
Managing Partner, Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC
Richard Ptak has over 30 years experience in systems product management working closely with Fortune 50 companies in developing product direction and strategies at a global level. Previously Ptak held positions as senior vice president at Hurwitz Group and D.H. Brown Associates. Earlier in his career he held engineering and marketing management positions with Western Electric's Electronic Switch Manufacturing Division and Digital Equipment Corporation. He is frequently quoted in major business and trade press such as The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, InformationWeek, and ComputerWorld and is author of "Manager's Guide to Distributed Environments" (John Wiley & Sons, 1998). In addition, Ptak was technical editor of "Cisco Internet Architecture Essentials Study Guide: Cisco Internet Solutions Specialist" by Mathew Recore, Jeremy Laurenson, and Scott Herrmann (Cisco Press, 2002).

Keith Woodward
Director of Product Marketing, CA
Keith Woodward has spent over 10 years working in the enterprise software and IT Industry. Currently, Keith is Director of Product Marketing at CA responsible for the global marketing strategy, positioning, brand development and program execution for CA's Workload Automation solutions. Prior to joining CA, Keith held a variety of senior marketing positions at Quest Software primarily responsible for global positioning and market strategy for their APM solutions. Before that, Keith served as planning manager at Intel Corporation responsible for demand forecasting and overall supply chain management for the Pentium brand. Keith also received his MBA from Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University.