Author Biography

Rogers, Rick

 

 

Biographical Notes

As founder and CEO, Mr. Rogers is the visionary and project leader for Fenestra's work with the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Rick is spearheading a major undertaking with the U.S. Census Bureau to convert 650 surveys into electronic forms (10-12 pages/each), which will be distributed to millions of businesses in 2002. Recent articles in Government Computer News and Washington Technology highlight a key Fenestra innovation - the Generalized Instrument Design System (GIDS). The technology facilitates metadata reuse and should reduce respondent burden for the 2002 Economic Census (a key initiative which takes place every 5 years, to millions of businesses across the country). GIDS is also being used for the publishing phase of American FactFinder, for the 2000 Decennial Census. Rick began his career with the Data Interchange Standards Association as a database manager, and represented a United States technical position at an EDIFACT (United Nations) meeting in Geneva.