Ben Schumacher Application 2011

My name is Ben Schumacher ([xmpp:bschumac@cisco.com bschumac@cisco.com], [mailto:bschumac@cisco.com bschumac@cisco.com]). I am employed by Cisco Systems, Inc. as a software engineer.

I've been working with and on Jabber/XMPP since 2001, when I joined Jabber Inc. as a systems administrator. I've fulfilled a wide variety of administrative and development roles related to XMPP, generally related to my work with Jabber Inc. and Cisco.

While I haven't been an active member of the XSF for many years, I've been an active participant in protocol discussions both during XMPP's various runs through the IETF process, as well as numerous XEPs as they've moved through the XSF's standards process.

Protocols
The only protocol that carries my name is depreciated, but still broadly implemented:
 * XEP-0018: Invisible Presence