Biographical Sketch: Joined IBM in Canada in 1974. Developed an application generator for CICS and supported it for 9 years. Supported CICS and SQL/DS for 2 years in Ontario, Canada Performed w/w market support role for SQL/DS out of IBM Canada Laboratory Moved to US in 1989 and worked in data systems strategy Moved to DB2 for z/OS in 1992 and focused on studying distributed processing performance Provided skill transfer on distributed environment configurations and performance Joined DDF development in 2004 and have focused on DB2's WLM support and eliminating private protocol from DDF