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Publish Date
09 June 2009
Last Update
18 June 2009
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Author(s)
- Alex Louwe Kooijmans
- Takehiko Akimoto
- Naveed Jeddy
- Wilbert Kho
- Subhajit Maitra
- Roy Panting
- Ulrich Seelbach
Alex Louwe Kooijmans is a project leader with the International Technical Support Organization (ITSO) in Poughkeepsie, NY, and specializes in SOA technology and solutions on System z. He also specializes in application modernization and transformation on z/OS. Previously, he worked as a Client IT Architect in the Financial Services sector with IBM in The Netherlands, advising financial services companies about IT issues, such as software and hardware strategy and on demand. Alex has also worked at the Technical Marketing Competence Center for zSeries and Linux in Boeblingen, Germany, providing support to clients starting up with Java and WebSphere on System z. From 1997 to 2000, Alex completed a previous assignment with the ITSO, managing various IBM Redbooks publications projects and delivering workshops around the world in the areas of WebSphere, Java, and e-business technology on System z. Before 1997 Alex held a variety of positions in application design and development, product support, and project management, mostly in relation to the IBM mainframe.
Takehiko Akimoto is an IT Architect based in Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan. He has more than 20 years of experience in banking systems on mainframes. He has been in charge of a regional bank in Sapporo, Japan, as an IT Architect, IT Specialist, project leader, and application programmer. His areas of expertise include a banking system, especially application, infrastructure, integration, and information architecture on z/OS and IMS. He leads teams in making the transition from existing applications on IMS to SOA, connecting the applications, and reusing them in an SOA-style architecture for clients. He holds a Bachelors of Engineering degree from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan.
Naveed Jeddy is a Solution Architect working with Satyam Computer Services Limited, in Bangalore, India. He leads the SOA on Mainframe and Application Transformation Service offerings team at Satyam. He has over 12 years of experience in a variety of computer disciplines, ranging from MVS on S/390 mainframes, to the latest System z, focusing on the IBM SOA-based products. His experience includes architecting, designing, and developing solutions in mainframe technology areas that include major z/OS subsystems, such as CICS, DB2, and MQ. The majority of his experience has been in the banking domain. His current responsibilities are z/OS Systems programming and increasing his mainframe competency, in particular SOA on the mainframe, and he offers technology consultancy and solutions at Satyam. He holds a Engineering degree in Electronics and Communications from the University of Madras, Chennai, India.
Wilbert Kho is an IBM Consulting Certified Software IT Specialist based in the United States. He works on the Americas Rational Software for System z team. His expertise includes Enterprise Modernization tools, such as Rational Asset Analyzer, Rational Developer for System z, and Rational Business Developer. He has over 25 years experience in the IT industry and has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Philippines, a Masters of Science Computer Science degree from Northern Illinois University, and an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix.
Subhajit Maitra is an Senior IT Specialist working for IBM Advanced Technical Support based in Hartford, CT. His areas of expertise are WebSphere Message Broker and WebSphere MQ on System Z. He has over 16 years experience in information technology, as a developer, designer, and architect on various projects. He has previously worked with the ITSO in building workshops and delivering them worldwide. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Jadavpur University, in Kolkata, India.
Roy Panting is a System z IT Architect based in the United States. He has more than 25 years of experience in mainframe and distributed computing. He has worked for multiple companies in the role of software engineer, systems programmer, project manager, and system support. He has provided presales and postsales support for multiple program products. He has written customization and installation guides for a variety of application products. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from SUNY at Potsdam and a Masters of Science degree from the University of New Haven. His areas of expertise include z/OS, Linux on System z, and SOA.
Ulrich Seelbach is an IT Architect based in Frankfurt, Germany. He has been with IBM for twelve years. He started working on IBM mainframes in 1999 and never looked back. His main areas of expertise include everything related to Java on z/OS and its major subsystems, including WebSphere for z/OS, DB2, WebSphere MQ, and CICS Transaction Server. In the last eight years, he has supported various clients, mainly in the banking and insurance sectors, by designing and implementing solutions based on these technologies.By his birth name, Ulrich Gehlert, he has coauthored DB2 for z/OS and OS/390: Ready for Java, SG24-6435, and Java Application Development for CICS, SG24-5275. He holds a degree in Computer Science from University of Erlangen, Germany.
ISBN
0738432822
IBM Form Number
SG24-7669-00