Dr. Frank Soltis has agreed to join the iManifest board of directors, according to Jeff Olen, Olen Business Consulting, who is heading up the iManifest U.S. initiative.

"As iManifest builds its membership of IBM ISVs, vendors, and users worldwide, one of the things we have looked for is someone who can serve as a rallying point for the entire community," says Olen. "From the beginning, Dr. Soltis was our ideal candidate; there is no one who could fulfill that role better," says Olen.

Soltis says that he has been a supporter of iManifest since its inception in Japan adding, "I believe in the objectives that they are working toward. So when the iManifest team in the U.S. invited me to join the board, it was a good fit. I look forward to continuing to work with the iManifest groups worldwide."