Erik Boasson is a member of the Technology Office of ADLINK Technology. His focus is on DDS, its applications and future developments, and currently his efforts are mostly towards developing Eclipse Cyclone DDS. He has more than two decades of experience in the field, starting at the source of data-centric programming model at Hollandse Signaalapparaten BV in the '90s. His implementation of the SPLICE architecture there has proven itself in several contexts, including as a tool to convince the US DoD to mandate data-centric systems.