Biographical Sketch: I've worked in the IT industry for 20 years now. The first 9 of which were working in the airline industry on the TPF mainframe platform. I then moved to IBM, and spent 2 years working on CICSPlex Systems Manager in a support role. After this I moved to the Message Broker development team where I have now been for 10 years. I've worked on a variety of the components of Message broker, majoring on the z/OS aspects. More recently I have taken on the role of Team Leader of the Message Broker Reliabilty and Performance group. Outside of work I spend most of my time with my wife and two daughters. We enjoy riding our bikes and walking our dog.