Biographical Sketch: David McCorkle has worked for IBM over 20 years. Before joining IBM David was a System Programmer for a large government customer. David first joined IBM in what was to become IBM Global Services. David transferred to IBM Server Group and still works there as a Consulting IT Specialist and Solution Architect focusing on new workload applications for large IBM customers. David has led projects in large retail, finance and US Government accouts. David has worked with numerous Public and Private Sector accounts during his tenure at IBM. For the last 10 years David has focused his efforts on internet related technologies,Web Services, JAVA, Business Process Management and Service Oriented Architecture.