Biographical Sketch: Brandon began his journey into the mainframe world by getting his bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University, an institution with a CS program that actually teaches about System z! Since then Brandon has worked for IBM on the product Rational Developer for System z as a developer, tester, and team lead. Brandon currently works as a developer, team lead, requirements-gatherer, and general handy man on the CA Mainframe Chorus product.