John Joseph Roets is a successful Software and Systems Architect, having architected and designed numerous successful and long lasting systems. As Chief Architect of createTank, he is responsible for several advanced software research and development projects, including the premier open source SOA framework, elemenope. His forward thinking and advanced software architectural concepts have proven themselves for years in production environments the world over. He is responsible for the architecture and implementation of several critical commercial and federal government projects deployed to 24/7 production environments since the mid-90's. Mr. Roets is considered an expert in Service Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Software Design, and Software Team Leadership.