Dan Weis is a member of the DB2 for z/OS performance department in IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory. For most of his 39 years with IBM, Dan has worked on DB2 for z/OS, first in service support, then on performance.
Paolo Bruni is an ITSO Project Leader responsible for IBM Redbooks publications on DB2 for z/OS and DB2 tools, and is located in the IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory. For most of his 39 years with IBM, in Italy, the UK, and the USA, Paolo has worked on database systems and specialized in performance.