Jaya Srikrishnan IBM Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (jayaus.ibm.com). Ms. Srikrishnan received a B.A. degree in economics from the University of Mumbai, India, and an M.S. degree in computer science from Union College. She is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the I/O-firmware development organization, working on a number of I/O-related projects on IBM System z* and System p* servers.

Stefan Amann IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (stefan.amannde.ibm.com). Mr. Amann received a Dipl.-Ing. degree in computer science from the Berufsakademie, Stuttgart, Germany. He leads a development team working on the System z9 FCP channel. Mr. Amann is a coinventor on several patents.

Gerhard Banzhaf IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (banzhafde.ibm.com). Dr. Banzhaf received an M.S. degree in computer science from the Technical University of Karlsruhe and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Siegen. He is working on the development of I/O subsystems and firmware for System z9, with a special focus on server and I/O virtualization. Dr. Banzhaf is a coinventor on several patents.

Frank W. Brice IBM Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (fbriceus.ibm.com). Mr. Brice received a B.S. degree with honor from Stevens Institute of Technology and an M.S. degree in computer science from Rutgers University. He is a Senior Technical Staff Member in z/VM development, performing I/O-architecture and system-design work for z/VM and the System z platform. Mr. Brice has received several IBM awards and is a coinventor on several patents.

Robert Dugan IBM Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601. Mr. Dugan received B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from Auburn University. He is a retired Senior Technical Staff Member, having worked most recently as the project leader for the development of a future I/O architecture for System z9. Mr. Dugan is a coinventor on the original NPIV patent as well as several other patents.

Giles R. Frazier IBM Systems and Technology Group, 11400 Burnet Road, Austin, Texas 78758 (grfus.ibm.com). Mr. Frazier received B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from Stanford University. He is a Senior Technical Staff Member working on the development of the new IBM PowerPC Architecture*. Mr. Frazier is a coinventor on the original NPIV patent as well as several other patents.

George P. Kuch IBM Systems and Technology Group, 2455 South Road, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 (gkuchus.ibm.com). Mr. Kuch received a B.S.E.E. degree from Rutgers University and an M.S.E.E. degree from Syracuse University. He is the IBM Poughkeepsie team leader for System z9 FCP channel firmware development.

Juergen Leopold IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH, Schoenaicherstrasse 220, 71032 Boeblingen, Germany (leopoldjde.ibm.com). Mr. Leopold received a Dipl.-Inf. degree in computer science from the University of Applied Sciences, Konstanz, Germany. He is a member of the System z9 FCP channel firmware development team.

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