hiː wʌz ˈæktɪv ɪn ˈoʊpən stˈændɚdz dɪvˈɛləpmənt, bˌiːɪŋ ðɪ ˈɔːθɚɹ ʌvðɪ ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl ɐdvˈænst mˈɛsɪdʒ kjˈuːɪŋ pɹˈoʊɾəkˌɑːl ˈæmkp, ɐ fˈaʊndɚɹ ʌvðə dˈɪdʒɪɾəl stˈændɚdz ˌɔːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃən, ænd ðɪ ˈɛdɪɾɚɹ ʌvðə ɹˈɛst ˌɛmˈɛs wˈɛb mˈɛsɪdʒɪŋ pɹˈoʊɾəkˌɑːl.
He was active in open standards development, being the author of the original Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP), a founder of the Digital Standards Organization, and the editor of the RestMS web messaging protocol.