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Bob GraczykBob Graczyk is an Information Developer and team lead for OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS, in the Tivoli division of IBM's Software Group. In addition to his blog entries for the System z Management group on the Service Management Connect site, he is a contributor to the common OMEGAMON XE publications. Also, he is a frequent blogger on various IBM community sites with respect to social media. During his 11 year career he has worked on many Tivoli software products including Tivoli Business System Manager, NetView for z/OS and ITCAM for SOA.
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Giuseppe Longobardi is a senior member of the TWS of z/OS L3 Customer Support Team since 2009. He joined IBM in 1990 working in L3 Support, Development and Design teams, for different z/OS products: NPM (participating in the mission transfer from Raleigh Lab to Rome, becoming the Technical lead), NVAS, SLR and TDS for z/OS (being the Technical lead and Chief Designer). Interacion designer and Software Quality assurer for TDS and TWS for z/OS. In 2007, he joined the TWS for z/OS Development team (participating in design changes and development activities) and is now part of the L3 Customer Support team. He is a senior member of the Rome Lab Patent board (on board since 1999) and IBM Master Inventor, appointed for the 2nd consecutive time in October 2010.
Giuseppe's developerWorks profile
Lorin Ullmann, the lead development architect for Tivoli's Integrated Service Management for System z and an IBM Master Inventor, focuses primary on System z technical strategies, solution architectures, and software designs across the Tivoli portfolio that help clients address today's IT challenges. During his 23-year IBM career, Lorin's architectural contribution has spanned a broad range of technologies, including systems management; Java, OS/2, thin client and pervasive device operating systems; printer device drivers, graphic and video engines; power management firmware; PS/2 personal computer video circuit board hardware; and IO optical storage peripherals.
Lorin's developerWorks profile
Paul Smith ("Smitty") is a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM responsible for architecture and design of Integrated Service Management solutions for System z and zEnterprise. He is a member of several IBM architecture teams and customer councils and he works closely with customers and technical sales teams to provide service management solutions to IBM clients.
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