Shubir Kapoor  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (shubirkus.ibm.com). Mr. Kapoor is a senior engineer in the Analytic Models and Architecture department, Mathematical Sciences, which researches and develops techniques and systems for managing enterprise supply chains. He received his master's degree in computer science in 1997 from Pune University, India and joined IBM Research in 2000. Mr. Kapoor's nine years experience in the IT industry includes the architecture, design, and implementation of business systems, and using analytic techniques for the solution of business problems.

Blair Binney  IBM Integrated Supply Chain, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 (bbinneyus.ibm.com). Mr. Binney is responsible for business transformation in the demand/supply planning and execution processes across IBM hardware brands. He manages and leads broad-based initiatives for supply-chain process transformation within IBM HW core Demand/Supply Planning and Supplier Integration processes. He has advocated and led the adoption of model-driven development technology in the IBM Integrated Supply Chain organization.

Steve Buckley  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (sbuckleyus.ibm.com). Dr. Buckley, a research staff member since 1987 and a manager since 1995, is currently manager of the Analytic Models and Architecture department, Mathematical Sciences. His current activities are focused on sense-and-respond systems, an area in which his team has implemented prototypes for several IBM lines of business. Dr. Buckley received a Ph.D. degree in computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1987. He also received an M.S. degree in computer science from Pennsylvania State University in 1978, and a B.S. degree in applied mathematics and computer science from Florida State University in 1977.

Henry Chang  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (hychangus.ibm.com). Dr. Chang, a senior technical staff member and manager in the Business Informatics department, leads the research effort in business performance monitoring and management with product impact on the IBM Websphere^® business integration suites and internal supply chain applications. His recent research interests include business monitoring, continuous process improvement, and event-based business collaboration.

Tian Chao  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (tianus.ibm.com). Ms. Chao is a senior software engineer in the Business Informatics department. She has a B.A. degree from National Taiwan University and an M.S. degree in computer science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Her research interests include the use of service-oriented computing technologies in business performance monitoring and management, security of business processes, and Web services.

Markus Ettl  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (msettlus.ibm.com). Dr. Ettl is a research staff member at the Watson Research Center. He received his doctoral degree in computer science in 1995 from Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany. Since joining IBM in 1995, he has focused on advanced research in supply chain management, an area in which he holds several patents. Dr. Ettl's current research interests lie in decision support for production systems and logistics networks and sense-and-respond business management for adaptive organizations. He received the INFORMS Franz Edelman Award in 1999.

E. Noel Luddy  IBM Enterprise Business Information CoE, Kissimmee, FL 34746 (eluddyus.ibm.com). Mr. Luddy is an architect in Enterprise Business Information CoE. He leads the Sense and Respond Solution Initiative, which provides business performance management capability for all IBM divisions.

Rajesh Kumar Ravi  IBM India Software Labs, Koramangala Ring Road, Bangalore, 560071, India (rajeshkumarin.ibm.com). Mr. Ravi, a staff software engineer, is currently on assignment to the Analytic Models and Architecture department at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., where he develops optimum structures to manage enterprise supply chains. He received a bachelor's degree in computer science in 2000 from a leading university in India and joined IBM in 2001. Mr. Ravi has significant work experience in the architecture, design, and implementation of software systems using rapid development tools and advanced techniques.

Jeaha Yang  IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (jeahaus.ibm.com). Mr. Yang is an advisory software engineer in the Business Informatics department. He has a B.S. degree from Polytechnic University and an M.S. degree from Syracuse University. His recent work has involved business performance monitoring and management and integration of business processes.