Biographical Sketch: Dr. Robert Raymond Director of Hardware Development, Oracle StorageTek Tape Storage. Bob is responsible for advanced tape systems development. In addition, he is responsible for analyzing new and competitive storage technologies. Bob has 37 years of experience in the storage industry working at IBM, Digital, StorageTek, Sun and now Oracle. Over this time Bob has managed many advanced data storage technology development activities, including disk and tape recording heads, disk media, tape drives and storage management and archive software. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado.