Ulrich Helmich IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (helmichde.ibm.com). Mr. Helmich received an M.S. degree in physics from the University of Sussex and a Dipl. Phys. degree from the University of Tuebingen, Germany. His current responsibilities are zSeries I/O microcode development, including first error data collection (FEDC) and error-recovery code.

Michael Becht IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (bechtmde.ibm.com). Mr. Becht received a Dipl.-Inform. degree from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He is currently working on the hardware object model in zSeries firmware development.

Michael J. Becht IBM Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (bechtus.ibm.com). Mr. Becht is a Staff Engineer in IBM eServer I/O hardware development. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Delaware. Mr. Becht is currently engaged in the development of next-generation I/O for zSeries supercomputers.

Janet R. Easton IBM Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (jeastonus.ibm.com). Ms. Easton is a Senior Software Engineer in processor firmware design and development. She received a B.S. degree in computer science from the City University of New York. Ms. Easton is working on current and future design of the zSeries I/O subsystem.

Richard K. Errickson IBMS Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (rerricksus.ibm.com). Mr. Errickson received a B.S. degree in computer engineering from Lehigh University. He is a Senior Engineer, working on the development of microcode for the I/O subsystem for IBM eServer processors.

Tobias Gehrmann IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (gehrmannde.ibm.com). Mr. Gehrmann received a Dipl.-Ing. degree in technical computer science from the University of Ravensburg-Weingarten, Germany. Mr. Gehrmann is the team leader of the reset and recovery team.

Steven G. Glassen IBM Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (glassenus.ibm.com).

Seth R. Greenspan IBM Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (sgreenspus.ibm.com). Mr. Greenspan received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut. He is a Senior Engineer who is currently involved in I/O hardware development for the IBM Systems and Technology Group. Mr. Greenspan has received four IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards.

Frank Koeble IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (koeblede.ibm.com). Mr. Koeble received a Dipl. Ing. degree in computer science from the University of Applied Sciences, Aalen, Germany. He is responsible for the project management of the Boeblingen I/O Firmware Department.

Helge Lehmann IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (hhlehmannde.ibm.com). Dr. Lehmann is an Advisory Engineer in hardware development. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Cologne, where he received a Ph.D. degree for numerical solutions of partial differential equations. Dr. Lehman is working on future strategies in the I/O area for zSeries systems.

Carl Mayer IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (carlde.ibm.com). Mr. Mayer received a Graduate Engineer degree in software engineering from the University of Applied Sciences, Esslingen, Germany. He is currently the team leader for the HOM and was the focal person for the System z9 hot-plug function.

Jonathan S. Nikfarjam IBM Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (nikfarjade.ibm.com). Mr. Nikfarjam received a B.S. degree from the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, graduating summa cum laude with majors in mathematics, electrical engineering, and computer science. He is engaged in developing I/O firmware for IBM zSeries mainframes.

Forrest A. Schumacher IBM Systems and Technology Group, 1701 North Street, Endicott, New York 13760. Mr. Schumacher received a B.S. degree in mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He is an Advisory Engineer, working on the development of microcode for the hardware management console SE for IBM eServer processors.

Willi Storz IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (storzde.ibm.com). Mr. Storz studied electrical engineering at the Fachhochschule Aalen, graduating in 1977. He is currently responsible for the firmware layer of error recovery for I/O adapters and I/O STI networks in zSeries systems.