Chief Architect of Compuware's Application Development and Integration
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Wim Bast is Chief Architect at Compuware's Application Development and Integration Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Bast is responsible for the core architecture of Compuware's Java development and integration solution, Compuware OptimalJ. He has worked for the Company for more than seven years, primarily focusing on integrating standard technologies, such as MDA and Java, into Compuware's tools. As Compuware's main technical representative at the Object Management Group, Bast is directly involved in the development of the Model Driven Architecture (MDA) and its related standards, such as Meta Object Facility (MOF). He initiated the submission of the MOF 2.0 Query, View and Transformation Request for Proposal to the OMG.
Bast is Compuware's MDA expert, specializing in programming and modeling languages, as well as meta-modeling. He is co-author of the book 'MDA Explained: The Model Driven Architecture: Practice and Promise'. He is a respected speaker on the topics of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Model Driven Architecture (MDA). Prior to joining Compuware, he worked as an information analyst and developed tools for meta-data exchange between development and design tools. |
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