Oren Beit-Arie is the Chief Strategy Officer of the Ex Libris Group and is responsible for strategy and overall research activities of the company. He is one of the primary developers of the NISO OpenURL standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.88 - 2004, The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services) and instrumental in bringing SFX, the first link resolver, to market. Mr. Beit-Arie retains his interest in the development and deployment of standards in the library and information industry and is a current member of the NISO Architecture Committee. In his current role at Ex Libris, Mr. Beit-Arie has most recently led the vision and creation of Primo (a user-centered discovery and delivery solution for all library and institutional content) and of URM (Unified Resource Management framework) – a next generation framework for unified management of library resources.
Mr. Beit-Arie holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.A. in Theoretical Linguistics. He works out of the Ex Libris Boston office
