Biographical Sketch: As the System z IT Architect Community Leader, Mike is responsible for leading the worldwide community of IBM Software Group IT Architects focused on System z. He also manages other SWG System z projects including IBM product offerings on Linux on System z and support for Application ISV product launches on System z. Previously, he was the manager of the IBM Tivoli Availability & Performance Market Management group, responsible for a team of market and product managers that define strategy, directions and requirements for Tivoli management solutions including the OMEGAMON family, IBM Tivoli Monitoring Family, System Automation Family, Workload Scheduling Family and Network System z products. He joined IBM Tivoli in June 2004 with the acquisition of Candle Corporation.