Greggory R. Garrett is the leader of the enterprise architecture practice at gedas USA, Inc., and is responsible for the group's EA methodology development and enterprise architecture based solution delivery. gedas USA (a subsidary of the Volkswagen Group) has applied an EA approach to help shape business $ IT strategies at VW Group companies. Mr. Garrett os also the founding chairman of the Enterprise Architecture Interest Group (EAIG), a consortium of enterprises working together to advance the practice of Enterprise Architecture. See http://www.eaig.org    (1XL)