Biographical Sketch: Chris Taylor is a Consulting IT Specialist working for IBM and based in Southern California. He has over 30 years in the IT profession, predominately in storage mainframe software support and technical services. He previously worked for Computer Associates, Sterling Software and Software AG, in both the United States and Europe. He currently works in the IBM z Systems Software Migration Project Office, specializing in implementation and migration services for DFSMS products and Tivoli mainframe storage products.