Luba Cherbakov  IBM Corporation, IBM CIO Office, 7850 Langley Ridge Road, McLean, VA 22102 (lubacherus.ibm.com). Ms. Cherbakov is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. She leads the SAE initiative to bring together Web 2.0 technologies, available services, and enterprise data. In her previous assignments with IBM Global Services, Ms. Cherbakov designed architectures and delivered complex and first-of-a-kind solutions to a wide variety of customer industries. She is an author or contributor to the IBM Service-Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA) method, reference architectures, the Architectural Description Standard, and grid computing assets. Ms. Cherbakov is a two-time recipient of the IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement award and a recipient of the IBM Corporate Award, the highest technical award for unique technical contributions of superior business value. A member of the IEEE Computer Society, the Society of Women Engineers, and the Association for Computing Machinery, she has an M.S. degree in computer science from George Washington University, with a major in software and systems and a minor in artificial intelligence and simulation.

Andrew Bravery  IBM Hursley Laboratories, Hursley Park, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 2JN, United Kingdom (andrewjf_braveryuk.ibm.com). Mr. Bravery is a senior IT architect on the IBM Software Group Architecture Board Incubator Projects team. He is on a rotational assignment with the IBM CIO Office as the chief architect of the Situational Applications Environment, for which he recently received an IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement award. Mr. Bravery has worked in emerging technology fields such as object-oriented programming, content management and portals, and multichannel architectures. His recent focus is on simplified programming models and Web 2.0 technologies and how they can be applied to development in the enterprise. Mr. Bravery is a member of the British Computer Society and has a B.S. degree with honors in physics from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Brian D. Goodman  IBM Corporation, IBM CIO Office, 150 Kettletown Road, Southbury, CT 06488 (bgoodmanus.ibm.com). Mr. Goodman is a senior software engineer and Certified IT Architect leading an innovation team responsible for developing emerging technology that enriches collaboration and productivity. Recent work involves creating social software and grassroots collaboration environments for the enterprise. He cofounded and was the principal architect directing technical enablement for the IBM Technology Adoption Program (TAP), which accelerates the process of identifying, developing, and moving innovation from the laboratory to internal applications and then, to customer implementation. Mr. Goodman's expertise is in the area of collaboration, innovation management, and high-performance Web applications. He has authored over 33 publications and holds 37 patent filings worldwide. He is a two-time recipient of the IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement award. He is a member of the IEEE Computer Society, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Association of Open Group Enterprise Architects. Mr. Goodman earned a multidisciplinary B.A. degree in computer science, psychology, and graphic design from Hampshire College.

Aroop Pandya  IBM Corporation, IBM CIO Office, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (apandyaus.ibm.com). Mr. Pandya is a Certified IT Architect with chief architect responsibilities in the IBM CIO Office innovation team. Currently, he is spearheading the adoption of situational applications development by business teams. In the past, Mr. Pandya has led or created architectures for such projects as WorldJam, ThinkPlace^®, and Lasso/Effective Meetings, which have become offerings through various business units. Mr. Pandya has received the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and the Execute Now and Innovator Award. He has a Masters degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.S. degree in computer science from Marist College.

John Baggett  IBM Corporation, Research Division, 11501 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758 (jbaggettus.ibm.com). Mr. Baggett is an advanced strategy and planning marketing manager in the Market Insights organization. His broad experience in many technical roles supports his current coverage of the IBM Research portfolio across eight worldwide laboratories and all strategy areas. His focus for the past two years has been on programming models and tools as well as on distributed computing. Mr. Baggett holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical and systems engineering from Oklahoma State University, completed executive business programs at the Graduate School of Government and Business Administration at George Washington University and at the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, and holds an advanced certificate in marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.