Wednesday, 5/23/2007
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Level: Case Study

This presentation will demonstrate a semantic enterprise platform that provides a natural language query solution for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ). With Semantic Search, a Natural Language Process (NLP) consults a layered set of ontologies to map a user’s common-language request into a database query language (eg, SQL). Results are formatted and returned to the user’s browser or mobile device.

It will also demonstrate a new method of mapping Ontology constructs “on-the-fly:” Dynamic Concept Mapping (DCM). This exciting new technology is employed by simultaneously multicasting a single information request to multiple disparate data sources. DCM employs a novel "conceptual join" approach to merge database query result sets from disparate data sources, based on common base concepts. The audience will see an end user exploring and merging facts returned from the disparate data sources into actionable information.

With more than 26 years of experience in the technology sector, Rusty Coleman is responsible for the development and management of the company's sales, professional services, and customer support organizations. Coleman serves on the executive management team at Semantra and is responsible for providing leadership and guidance supporting existing business and identifying new opportunities for Semantra's technology. Coleman's experience includes a variety of executive management roles in private and public software companies managing product development, sales and marketing, and customer services functions worldwide. Prior to joining Semantra, Coleman was Vice President of Sales and Services for etalk Corporation, a provider of call center technology based in Irving, TX. Coleman was a member of the executive team that managed etalk up to and through the acquisition of etalk by Autonomy Corporation plc, a UK public company. Prior to etalk, Coleman was the President and CEO of Braxtel Communications, a private call center software company founded in Dublin, Ireland, where he managed the US and European operations. Previous to Braxtel he was senior vice-president of North American Sales Operations at Aspect Software (formerly Concerto Software), a call center technology provider. Coleman led a team of 150 associates, tripling annual revenues for the US operation from $15 million to $65 million in a five year period. He was instrumental in achieving Concerto’s market leadership position in the contact center industry. Mr. Coleman holds a bachelor's degree in Management Science and Computer Systems and an MBA in Operations Research from Oklahoma State University.

Dan James has over 30 years of software industry expertise, specializing in business systems analysis and design, and project management. As co-founder and CEO of Larkin Industries, a national consulting and software development firm, his long client list includes 3M Corp, Fireman's Fund, and PROptions. He has served on Semantra's advisory board since 2000. Responsible for the assessment and deployment of customer solutions, including the company's Semantic Enterprise Platform™, James also brings linguistic and semantic expertise to the company's growing OntoloNet™ knowledgebase. James is a Certified IT Project Manager and holds an MBA from Rushmore University, with undergraduate work in Computer Science and Engineering.