Conference Hosts

The concept and the program for the 2001 XML on Wall Street conference was created by Peter Harris, president of Lighthouse Partners, Inc. Mr. Harris was the conference chair.

About Peter Harris

Peter HarrisPeter Harris is founder and president of Lighthouse Partners, a consulting company and accelerator focused on the intersection of advanced technologies and the financial trading and investment markets. Prior to forming Lighthouse, Mr. Harris was president and editor-in-chief at Waters Information Services, a business intelligence service for the financial IT markets.

Before entering the publishing world, Mr. Harris specialized in software development. In the mid 1980s, he was a project manager and software architect, working in the Advanced Systems Group of the London Stock Exchange. At the LSE, Mr. Harris built one of the world’s first digital market data distribution systems, dubbed Radix. He has also held a variety of software management and development roles at Intercom Data Systems (now Royalblue Technologies), Knight-Ridder Unicom (since merged into Bridge Information Systems) and the Financial Times.

The conference program was formed in partnership with Microsoft, the Elite sponsor of 2001 XML on Wall Street. Jeremy Lehman, Chief Technologist, Financial Markets at Microsoft outlined Microsoft's standards-based approach to Web Services, and introduced the opening keynote speaker.

About Jeremy Lehman

Jeremy Lehman is Chief Technologist for Financial Markets with Microsoft Corporation. Jeremy develops architectural guidance, drives securities industry requirements into Microsoft products and services, and collaborates with customers and partners to implement .NET technologies in areas including straight through processing, risk management, and institutional portals. Prior to joining Microsoft, Jeremy advised global firms on technology strategy as a management consultant. A former US Army officer, Jeremy holds an MBA and BBA from University of Miami.