Richard Mark Soley is the Executive Director of the Industrial Internet Consortium and is responsible for the vision and direction of the organization. In addition to this role, Dr. Soley is Chairman and CEO of the Object Management Group (OMG), an international, not-for-profit technology standards consortium. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Soley holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in computer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He can be reached at soley at iiconsortium dot org.