Marc-Thomas Schmidt  IBM Software Group, Hursley Park, Hursley SO212JN (mtschmidt@uk.ibm.com). Mr. Schmidt is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and has been working on IBM Business Integration technologies for more than a decade, from workflow management systems to advanced message-oriented middleware and business-process-management technology. In his current role as ESB chief architect, he leads the work on technical architecture for IBM's ESB technologies.

Beth Hutchison  IBM Software Group, A2123, MP 189, Hurlsey Park, Winchester SO21 2JN (beth_hutchison@uk.ibm.com). Ms. Hutchison is a Senior Technical Staff member and a Web Services architect working on IBM ESB technologies. Since joining IBM, she has consistently worked on leading-edge technologies, initially as the lead developer for the first release of WebSphere MQ on distributed platforms. Subsequently, she became a performance architect for IBM Java virtual machines. She has now rejoined the MQ family and is working on systems management throughout the ESB.

Peter Lambros  IBM Software Group, Hursley Park, Hursley SO212JN (lambros@uk.ibm.com). Mr. Lambros is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the IBM ESB and MQ Development team, working on the strategy and architecture of IBM's integration technologies. He has been the chief architect of WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker since its inception as MQSeries Integrator and is also currently working on the architecture of mediation technologies for IBM's ESB products.

Rob Phippen  IBM Software Group, Hursley Park, Hursley SO212JN (phippen@uk.ibm.com). Mr. Phippen is a senior architect in the IBM ESB and MQ Development team, responsible for the specification and development of mediation components for WebSphere products. He has experience working on IBM's messaging technologies for more than five years, including time in the IBM MQ Strategy and Planning Team.