Biographical sketches of authors

Michael E. Baskey   IBM Server Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (mbaskey@us.ibm.com). Mr. Baskey is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the eServer Software Design group. He is the leader of the eServer Networking team and was one of the original designers of the OSA-Express and QDIO architecture. He is also a key member of the TCP/IP Leadership Team. Mr. Baskey joined IBM in the TPF organization in 1978 after receiving a bachelor's degree in computer science/mathematics at SUNY Buffalo. He joined the OS/390 group in 1992 and was most recently the Core Technology (operating system and hardware interfaces) leader for z/OS. He has received an IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for design/development of the coupling facility emulator and an IBM Outstanding Innovation Award for the design of the Gbit Ethernet/QDIO architecture. Mr. Baskey has reached the fifth plateau in patents/invention disclosures.

Marcus Eder   IBM Development Laboratory, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (meder@de.ibm.com). Mr. Eder received his Diploma (M.S.) in aerospace engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 1993. In 1994 he joined IBM, where he worked on the design and implementation of the Multiprise internal disk subsystem, with focus on the emulation of ECKD disk control units. For HiperSockets he introduced the channel and control unit emulation technology, worked on the HiperSockets design and architecture, and leads the HiperSockets microcode team.

David A. Elko   IBM Server Group, 11501 Burnet Road, Austin, Texas 78758 (elko@us.ibm.com). Dr. Elko is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the Advanced Systems Architecture Department. Prior to that assignment, he worked in the z/Architecture Department, with responsibility for the zSeries Parallel Sysplex architecture. Dr. Elko received a B.S. degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1976, an M.S. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1978, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1984. He joined IBM in 1980, working first in the MVS development group and later in the System/390 Architecture Department. He moved to IBM Austin in 1995. Dr. Elko received an IBM Corporate Award and an IBM Outstanding Innovation Award for work on the Parallel Sysplex architecture. He is an author or coauthor of 24 patents and has published two articles.

Bruce H. Ratcliff   IBM Server Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (brucer@us.ibm.com). Mr. Ratcliff is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the Connectivity Solutions Department, developing networking solutions. He received a B.S. degree in computer engineering from Ohio State University in 1981, joining IBM that same year in the Field Engineering Division in Kingston, New York. In 1989, he moved to interconnect products and helped develop the first networking products for the mainframe class machines. In his ten years in networking, Mr. Ratcliff has received two IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards and two IBM Outstanding Technical Innovation Awards. He has also authored or co-authored 42 patents, four technical disclosures, and two published articles.

Donald W. Schmidt   IBM Server Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (donws@us.ibm.com). Mr. Schmidt graduated from Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania, in 1982 with a B.S. degree in computer science. He has recently worked on varying I/O projects that require the optimum throughput and lowest communications delay possible. These efforts have included designing an optimized prototype TCP/IP stack for z/OS and being the lead architect for the HiperSockets project.