Author bios
Frank Leymann
IBM Software Solutions Division, German Software Development
Laboratory, Hanns Klemm Strasse 45, D-71034 Boeblingen, Germany
(electronic mail: frank_ley@vnet.ibm.com). Dr. Leymann is
an IBM Senior Technical Staff Member and a member of the IBM Academy of
Technology. He is the chief architect of IBM's workflow management
system, FlowMark. His responsibilities include FlowMark's overall
architecture and technological directions. Currently, his special
interest is on database and recovery aspects of workflow management
systems, and on the relation of workflow technology and object
technology. He has published papers in various journals and conference
proceedings on subjects that include database management, transaction
management, (meta)modeling, workflow management, and object technology.
Dr. Leymann has given numerous talks, presentations, and tutorials at
conferences and professional society meetings. Since 1990 he has been a
university lecturer for "databases." He holds a master's degree
(Dipl.math.) and a Ph.D. degree (Dr.rer.nat) in mathematics.
Dieter Roller
IBM Software Solutions Division, German Software Development
Laboratory, Hanns Klemm Strasse 45, D-71034 Boeblingen, Germany
(electronic mail: droller@vnet.ibm.com). Mr. Roller is a Senior
Technical Staff Member in the German Software Development Laboratory.
He joined IBM in 1974 as a junior programmer. During his IBM career he
held several technical and management positions. He is currently a
member of the FlowMark architecture team focusing on application
development. He is also a member of the application development
architecture council within IBM's Software Solutions Division. Mr.
Roller has published papers in various conference proceedings and given
talks at conferences and professional society meetings. He holds an
M.S. in physics from the University of Stuttgart.
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