Biographical sketches of authors

Maryann Hondo   IBM Software Group, One Charles Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 (electronic mail: mhondo@us.ibm.com). Ms. Hondo joined Lotus Development Corporation in 1996 and is currently the Web services security standards lead in software strategy for the IBM Software Group. In this role she has chaired the ebXML security team, participated in the development of the UDDI specifications, and is a member of the Oasis SAML working group. Previous IBM roles include security architect for emerging technology, manager of the IBM/Iris Jonah team (IETF PKIX reference implementation), and security architect for Lotus e-Suite. Her background outside IBM includes working for Hewlett-Packard Co., Digital Corporation, and Bell Labs.

Nataraj Nagaratnam   IBM Application & Integration Middleware Division, 3039 Cornwallis Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27709-2195 (electronic mail: natarajn@us.ibm.com). Dr. Nagaratnam is the lead security architect for the IBM WebSphere^® product. He received his Ph.D. degree from Syracuse University; his thesis addresses secure delegation in distributed object environments. He has authored and edited books on Java networking and JavaBeans™ and has published his research work in numerous journals and conference proceedings.

Anthony Nadalin   IBM Software Group, 9442 Capitol of Texas Highway North, Austin, Texas 78759 (electronic mail: drsecure@us.ibm.com). Mr. Nadalin is the lead architect for the IBM Java security project. As senior architect, he is responsible for infrastructure design and development across IBM. He serves as IBM's primary security liaison to Sun Microsystems' JavaSoft division for Java security design and development collaboration.