Biographical Sketch: Montgomery (Monte) Bauman IBM Columbus mbauman@us.ibm.com 614-937-7076 Title: IBM Certified Senior Consulting IT Specialist Role: System z Technical Support Specialist Monte Bauman began his work in the IT industry in 1983 with the IBM Company in Endicott NY Glendale Processor Development Laboratory. Monte graduated from The Ohio State University with a BSEE that same year. From 1983 through 1991 Monte supported development of the 4300 and 9370 and 9221 product lines writing System Test code (assembler and PLX) and Hardware Management Console code (C). In 1991 Monte moved to Columbus, Ohio, becoming an IBM Large Systems Systems Engineer (SE). Since 1991, Monte's title has changed numerous times, but his role as a mainframe technical support advocate for mainframe customers in Ohio (and now across the Midwest and east coast) remains the same. Monte now concentrates the bulk of his efforts in supporting "new workloads" on the mainframe, including eBusiness (web 2.0), business intelligence (analytics), server consolidation (IT optimization), and application modernization (SOA and AD). Monte has also developed tools and methods supporting efficient and thorough total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis. Monte resides in Columbus, Ohio, with wife and four children. Monte's hobbies include woodworking, skiing, ATVing, and traveling.