Organization

Leadership & Founders

The EXPRESS Language Foundation is led by a team that includes the original inventors of EXPRESS, experts who guided its standardization at ISO, and stakeholders dedicated to the language family's future.

Officers

Thomas Thurman

President

Provides strategic leadership for the foundation's mission in education, standardization, and promotion of the EXPRESS language family.

Hiroshi Murayama

Vice-President

Contributes to international outreach and technical coordination across the EXPRESS community.

Ronald Tse

Secretary

Manages organizational operations and administrative functions of the foundation.

Founders

The founders include the original inventors of EXPRESS, experts who enhanced it, and stakeholders deeply committed to the foundation's mission.

Douglas Schenck

Inventor of EXPRESS

Project Leader, ISO 10303-11:1994 (with Bernd Wenzel)

Original inventor of the EXPRESS language at McDonnell Aircraft (1982). Co-author of the authoritative reference "Information Modelling: The EXPRESS Way".

Peter Wilson

Designer of EXPRESS-G & EXPRESS-X

Project Leader, ISO 10303-11:2004 (with David Loffredo)

Designer of EXPRESS-G (graphical notation) and EXPRESS-X (schema mapping). Co-author of "Information Modelling: The EXPRESS Way". Author of the EXPRESS Tutorial.

Allison Barnard Feeney

Standards Pioneer

Key contributor to EXPRESS standardization at NIST, instrumental in transitioning EXPRESS from research to international standard.

David Loffredo

Project Leader

Project Leader, ISO 10303-11:2004 (with Peter Wilson)

Long-time contributor to EXPRESS standardization and STEP implementations. Co-led the second edition of the EXPRESS language standard.

Prof. Bernd Wenzel

Project Leader

Project Leader, ISO 10303-11:1994 (with Douglas Schenck)

Co-project leader of the first edition of the EXPRESS language standard, guiding it through international standardization at ISO.

Jean Brange

Standards Contributor

Contributor to the development and application of EXPRESS language standards for industrial data exchange.

Phil Spiby

Standards Contributor

Contributor to the practical application of EXPRESS in industrial settings and real-world implementations.