Dr. Heinz Lycklama
President
Open Systems Technology Associates
email: heinz@osta.com
Professional Highlights
- Dr. Lycklama received a Ph. D. degree in Physics
from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, in 1969. Heinz
published ten peer-reviewed technical papers in the field of Nuclear
Physics in International Physics Journals while earning his doctorate.
- The
first nine years of his professional career were spent at
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey,
where he
did operating systems research and development on minicomputers. Many
of
his systems were based on the UNIX (UNIX is a registered trademark of
X/Open) operating system developed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
These are documented in the original Bell System Technical Journal on
the UNIX System, published in July 1978.
- From
1978 to 1986, Heinz was Vice President of Systems
Development for INTERACTIVE Systems
Corporation, the first commercial company to offer
supported UNIX systems. Here he developed the original
UNIX-emulation system on the VAX/VMS system and managed
various UNIX systems development projects (across distributed
development
centers). These include the PC/IX, VM/IX
and " AIX for the RT PC" projects. He was
responsible for
developing significant business opportunities in the Far
East and in the U.S. government
markets.
- Heinz was elected Senior
Vice President, Technology, of INTERACTIVE
Systems in 1986. As a member of the INTERACTIVE senior
management team, Heinz provided direction for the development of
technologies that were strategic to the company's lines of businesses,
and served as the liaison with various industry bodies involved in the
development of these technologies. He represented INTERACTIVE on the UNIX
International Steering Committee, in OSF,
and on the X/Open ISV Council. Heinz
also planned and managed the annual Technical Reviews
held for the technical staff.
- Heinz has been a frequent
speaker at UNIX/Open Systems conferences, e.g. UniForum,
UNIX Expo, and has given seminars on open
systems and industry/technology directions in Europe, in the Far East,
as well as in North America.
- In 1981, Heinz
founded the UniForum Standards Committee
to formulate an operating systems interface standard, based on the UNIX
system, for a commercial operating system. The UniForum Standard was
adopted by the membership in 1984, and published in December 1984. In
1985, Heinz served as Co-chair of the IEEE P1003
Committee, formed
to promote the adoption of the portable operating system interface
standard (POSIX) in the computer industry.
- In
1985, Heinz founded the UniForum Technical Committee
to address technical issues to promote the acceptance of UNIX-based
systems in the computer industry. He served as Chairman of that group
for five years.
- In 1987, Heinz received the UniForum
Annual Industry Award for his outstanding contributions
to the standardization of the UNIX system. He was also elected to a
position on the UniForum Board of Directors
in 1987, a position to which he was re-elected in 1989, 1991 and 1997.
- In 1988, Heinz worked with a publisher to put together
plans
for a new
UNIX technical newsletter, The UNIX Technology Advisor
,
for which he served as Chairman of the Editorial Board
.
This paid subscription newsletter was introduced in March of 1989, and
ran
for two years.
- In 1992, Heinz formed
Open Systems Technology
Associates , a technology and management consulting firm
specializing in Open Systems, Client/Server,
and Internet/Intranet computing. The firm
provides consulting services in technology, products, and standards
areas such as the UNIX system, Windows NT, networking, distributed
computing, network/systems management, and systems architecture. OSTA
also provides expert
witness services for its clients.
Contact Information:
Dr. Heinz Lycklama
Open Systems Technology Associates
17818 Oxford Dr.
Arlington, WA 98223
Ph./FAX: 360-403-7445/6
Cell: 425-501-5075
email: heinz@osta.com
URL: http://www.osta.com
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