Brett McDowall is an expert in the fields of enterprise architecture, distributed Internet-based systems, and object-oriented systems architecture. He is currently Chief Architect at Object Consulting. Mr. McDowall has been with Object Consulting for 15 years and has over 20 years' experience in the visioning, architecture, analysis, design, management, and implementation of major projects. He is a specialist in telecoms and distributed systems, with experience spanning the insurance, banking, finance, and government sectors. He has also played a major role in the creation and ongoing development of Process MeNtOR, Object's world-class software engineering methodology.

In his current role, Mr. McDowall plays a major part in the architecture and development of enterprise systems. He liaises between business managers, software developers, and project managers at large organizations to help them understand the applicability of new technology to their business. He assists in making recommendations on if, and when, to adopt new technologies and creates appropriate new technology architectures where required. Mr. McDowall can be reached at Brett.McDowall at objectconsulting.com.au.