Patty Stump is a staff programmer at IBM's Endicott Programming Laboratory, Endicott, New York. After numerous software development projects as a developer, her current primary responsibility is to coordinate the Endicott Reuse Advisory Board's efforts to introduce formal software reuse into the software product development process for EPL-produced products. Her interests include software development process models, quality improvement, and systems science. She is a member of the IBM Corporate Reuse Council, the 100X Quality Improvement team in Endicott, and IEEE Computer Society. She received her Bachelor's degree from East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania, and her Master's degree from State University of New York and Binghamton, New York.
James Gesacion is a first line development manager at IBM's Endicott Programming Laboratory, Endicott, New York. He is currently responsible for development of Client/Server products. His software reuse responsibilities include serving on the Endicott Reuse Advisory Board, and providing management support and focus. His interests include achieving Six Sigma Quality in products and processes. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Youngstown State University, Ohio.