Staff Biographies Rob Bugh has worked for IBM much of his adult life. He is currently working as an OO software programmer porting Taligent's CommonPoint Frameworks to OS/2. When he's not slinging code, you might find him hammering one of the many mountain biking trails around Austin. "I like to brag about my spectactular face-planting endos to my friends but noone believes me 'cause I still have all my teeth." Vicci Conway is a Senior Marketing Communications Specialist with the Personal Software Products Division of IBM. In that capacity she is the Program Manager responsible for Worldwide OS/2 Electronic Information Strategy and Planning. Vicci has been with IBM for 14 years, has been on CompuServe for 8 years, enjoys reading, motorcycling and computers. She can be reached at Internet: vicci@vnet.ibm.com or at CompuServe: 76711,1123. Jeri Dube has been working for IBM for 12 years now. She is currently working as a Senior Marketing Support Rep, putting together communication vehicles for OS/2 Warp and LAN Server. She swears this is the best job she has had in a long time. Outside of IBM, Jeri spends time with her family, scuba diving, and practicing Yoga. Her favorite quote is: " Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced not by being sober, cautious and responsible but by being playful, rebellious and immature."Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker. Contact Jeri at Internet:jdube@vnet.ibm.com. James Gillig is a Technical Planner and System Programmer at IBM. Software he has written includes sonar signal processing, radar signal processing, and point-of-sale systems. Places he has been include the Matterhorn, Moscow, and Magic Kingdom. Since June 1993, Katy Hart has been at IBM with the LAN Systems Marketing Department. Currently, she is working with the Marketing Support Group. In her spare time, Katy enjoys mountain climbing, rebuilding antique cars, designing and sewing her own clothes, freelance wildlife photography and working on her autobiography entitled: Dealing with Dishonesty: Diary of a Pathological Liar. Contact Katy at lansys@vnet.ibm.com. Richard Hawes has worked in the PC industry for too long with a slight detour into IBM mid-range systems when he joined IBM nearly seven years ago. Richard is now working in Basingstoke, England as a LAN Technical Consultant in a European Project Office where he provides assistance to IBM support organisations. Richard's spare time mainly revolves around keeping his young daughter from wrecking the house. His other hobbies include swimming, cinema and juggling. Low ceilings in his house prevent him from juggling five balls; otherwise, he would have surely mastered it by now. He can be reached at Internet:juggler.vnet.ibm.com. Steve McNally develops promotions with Marketing Reps as the Editor for the IBM US Promotions and Price Actions Board. He spends his free time with his wife Kim and seven-month-old daughter, Olivia Hope, and tries to put in as much time as possible writing fiction of all shapes and sizes. A quote that came to mind while composing his bio was "It's like a sauna in here." Cosmo Kramer, in the sauna at a health club. He can be reached at Internet: smcnally@vnet.ibm.com. Stacey Miller, an avid Phoenix Suns fan, spends her working hours as the Developer Connection and Device Driver Kit strategist for IBM. Prior to her current position, she was the first editor of the OS/2 Developer Connection Newsletter. (That's why we let her write for this newsletter.) Besides basketball, Stacey loves her dogs, her husband and trying not to fall off rollerblades. She can be reached at stacey-miller@bocaraton.ibm.com. Chris Novak is a Senior Systems Engineer with IBM in Chicago. A Certified OS/2 Engineer, he works with IBM's Software Channel customers in IBM's BESTeam program. He's been with IBM for 17 years and has worked with PCs since DOS 1.0 days. Chris is married with three children. Between Little League, Soccer, Cub Scouts, and Chess Club, he has no life of his own. To create a life of his own, he travels extensively in the US presenting OS/2 Warp to software resellers. Chris can be reached at cjnovak@vnet.ibm.com. Nilay Patel has been an avid OS/2 user and advocate since OS/2 v2.0 came out in March 1992. He was been working for IBM for almost 2 years marketing and supporting IBM RISC System/6000 and OS/2 Warp at the University of California. He is currently an undergraduate studying computer science at UC Berkeley. When not working, Nilay likes to go hiking in the Berkeley hills and enjoy a beautiful view of San Francisco. Just don't bother him on Thursday nights during Seinfeld and Friends. Drop him a note ... nilayp@ibm.net. Patrick Senti joined IBM in 1989 as a commercial trainee. In 1991, he joined the OS/2 support group, where he made his first contact with OS/2. It quickly became his favourite opperating system. Right now Patrick is working as a Programmer for IBM internal application development on MVS systems. Patrick uses OS/2 at home and on small projects at work. Patrick can be reached at Internet: psen@vnet.ibm.com. Duncan Strong started with IBM as a co-op student in 1993. He is currently starting a new assignment as Western Region Software Channel Manager for IBM Canada. Besides crafting witty bios, Duncan enjoys aimlessly wandering the 'Net in search of the Ultimate Home Page, swimming, and watching Simpson's re-runs (Not neccessarily in that order). Duncan thinks Star Trek is a documentary. Duncan can be reached at Internet: dstrong@vnet.ibm.com. Collin Summers' company has been contracted by IBM to help in central Illinois with OS/2 LAN Server and all those other PC Software type stuff. Before IBM took up all his time, he did independent computer consulting in many areas, but focused on OS/2 work (Guess that's how he ended up working with IBM). Collin spends his free time, when there is some, tinkering around and looking for new and better ways to use computers. Of course, he only runs OS/2 and OS/2 LAN Server on his business' LAN. Collin is available at Internet: summers.vnet.ibm.com or 73422,3364@compuserve.com. Jerome Yuzyk graduated from the U of Alberta in 1984 with a B.Sc. Psychology, specializing in Human and Machine Vision. In 1993 he set out on his own, forming BRIDGE Scientific Services. He consulted to various large and small business in the Edmonton area. Being an OS/2 user since 1992 in the midst of a sea of ignorance and misinformation Jerome started CAOS/2: Central Alberta OS/2 Users Group in August 1993. The group has grown to 100+ members since then. In October of 1994 he joined IBM Canada as a Retail Marketing Specialist, travelling the prairies talking to retailers, consultants and user groups about OS/2 Warp and OS/2 products in general. He also just started teaching OS/2 courses for IBM Education Services. When he's not doing any of that he's a hobby gardener and amateur landscape designer. And when not doing *that*, he takes apart various rooms in his house and (sometimes) puts them back together again. Jerome can be reached at Internet: jerome.supernet.ab.ca.