Philip Engel is an expert in XBRL technology and open XML standards development with experience in architecting taxonomies, software design and designing methodologies for developing and maintaining taxonomies.  Mr. Engel has been working in the XBRL community since the inception of the standard.  Before joining XBRL US, he managed his own technology consulting practice, Philip Engel Consulting, where he did XBRL-related work for major NY investment banks/brokerages, and for XBRL US.  For the past three years, he has served as XBRL US Technology Lead responsible for supporting the infrastructure to maintain and produce the US GAAP taxonomies and other US jurisdictional taxonomies.  Mr. Engel began his work on XBRL-related activities while at KPMG Consulting where he participated in several XBRL working groups including serving as editor of the current XBRL 2.1 specification.  Before joining KPMG, Mr. Engel was a business analyst at Morgan Stanley, a project manager at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and a senior programmer and technology lead at Goldman Sachs.