Hermod Opstvedt, Den norske Bank

Hermod Opstvedt is the Chief Architect for the e-Program of Den norske Bank, the largest bank in Norway. He has been working with components and OO architectures for 19 years, the last six years specifically with Java and CORBA. The last three years he has been responsible for the architecture behind the bank's e-business initiative, with particular responsibility for architecting the integration of the various systems throughout the bank and developing an EJB-based framework for the new banking systems.He also has a role as a mentor for the developers in the bank with regards to issues surrounding J2EE.