Alan Ganek  IBM Software Group, Tivoli, 294 Route 100, Somers, NY 10589 (ganekus.ibm.com). Mr. Ganek joined IBM as a software engineer in 1978 in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was involved in operating-system design and development, computer-addressing architecture, and parallel-systems architecture and design. He received an M.S. degree in computer science from Rutgers University in 1981. He was the recipient of Outstanding Innovation awards for his work on Enterprise Systems Architecture/370™ and System/390^® Parallel Sysplex^® design. He subsequently held numerous management and executive positions in operating systems, software quality and manufacturing, and the development of solutions for the telecommunications and media industries. In 2005, Mr. Ganek received the Albert Einstein Innovation Award from Global Capital Associates for his leadership in establishing the field of autonomic computing. He was recognized as development leader of an IBM project that received a Technical Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Prior to joining the IBM Software Group, Mr. Ganek was responsible for the technical strategy and operations of the IBM Research Division. This role entailed developing the technology outlook of the IBM Research Division and its strategy, as well as leading key operational processes, such as finance, site management, and information services.

Kristof Kloeckner  IBM Software Group, Tivoli, 294 Route 100, Somers, NY 10589 (kristofus.ibm.com). Dr. Kloeckner was appointed to his present position in July 2006 and was previously Vice President of Development for Tivoli. Before that, he held executive leadership positions in strategy, architecture, and development in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, including Director of the Hursley Laboratory in the United Kingdom. He joined IBM in 1984 as a development engineer in the Boeblingen Development Laboratory in Germany. Dr. Kloeckner oversees the strategic direction for the IBM Software Group, including open standards and open-source software, advanced development methodologies, and incubation of innovative technology. He leads the transformation and integration of IBM middleware across all software brands. He has Master's and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and an honorary professor at the University of Stuttgart.