Biographical Sketch: John Iczkovits is a Consulting IT Specialist with IBM Advanced Technical Skills. He provides DB2 for z/OS technical support and consulting services. His areas of expertise include DB2 data sharing, performance, and availability. His work in IBM includes experience supporting DB2 as a Systems Engineer, Database Administrator, IT Specialist, Consultant, and project lead. He has an operations background and more than 29 years of IT experience, ranging from database products such as DB2 and IMS to MVS systems support, including storage management. He has also co-authored IBM redbooks, red papers, white papers, and presented at SHARE, the DB2 Tech Conference, the Information On Demand Conference, zEXPO Conference, mini IDUG, and at local DB2 users groups.