Scott Hayes is President & CEO of DBI, an Austin Texas based company providing automated database auditing and performance management solutions to over 2,000 IBM DB2 LUW and Oracle customers worldwide. Scott is a frequent speaker at global IDUG events, ISACA and ISSA chapter meetings, author of several published articles on database performance, security, and auditing, and a featured blogger on IBMDatabaseMag.COM on DB2 LUW Performance. A Google search on Scott returns over 3,000 hits.

Deb Jenson, IBM, is a Product Manager for the newly introduced IBM Data Studio portfolio, spearheading the portfolio and growth strategy. She joined IBM in 2004 to drive strategic marketing for the DB2 data server. As Product Manager for DB2, she was responsible for market strategies that drive incremental growth and increase market awareness for the DB2 data server. Deb has over 12 years experience in the commercial software industry, with extensive experience developing database products and driving market execution strategies that drive growth. Deb joined IBM from Quest Software, and prior to Quest, she held various positions at Platinum Technology focused on the database management product family. Deb can be reached at: dejenson@us.ibm.com.

Mladen Kovacevic, IBM, is the team lead of the catalog services and database configuration continuing engineering team. He has provided development support in this area for over 3 years, developing fixes for the DB2 UDB v8, DB2 v9.1 and DB2 v9.5 releases, specifically involving database migration, DB2 catalog table maintenance, and the database/database manager configuration parameters.

Gopal Krishnan is a Senior Software Engineer at the IBM Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, USA. He is the team leader for the DB2 for z/OS Distributed Solutions performance team. He also has expertise in the area of DB2 Data Sharing and transaction performance monitoring and tuning. He has IMS and DB2 background, and has presented in IMS, SHARE, GUIDE, IDUG, DB2 and IOD technical conferences. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from India.

BL "Tink" Tysor is an experienced Consultant and Educator for DB2 Database Administration, SQL development, Relational Data Modeling, Stored Procedures, SQL Performance Tuning, User Defined Functions and Triggers with over 38 years of computer experience. Tink is on the Editorial Review board for the IDUG Systems Journal, was on the IDUG NA Conference Planning Committee and is past president of the Southeastern Inter-Relational Database User Group (SIRDUG). He has spoken often at the North American and European IDUG Conferences, as well as the India Forum, the Asian Pacific conference and various Regional User Groups. He has authored articles in the IDUG Solutions Journal and coauthored the first edition of the IBM Red Book "DB2 for z/OS DM Tools for Database Administration and Change Management."

Paul C. Zikopoulos, BA, MBA is the Program Director for the DB2 Evangelist team at IBM. He is an award-winning writer and speaker with more than 13 years of experience with DB2. Paul has written more than 150 magazine articles and 11 books on DB2 including, Information on Demand: Introduction to DB2 9.5 New Features, DB2 9 Database Administration Certification Guide and Reference (6th Edition), DB2 9: New Features, Information on Demand: Introduction to DB2 9 New Features, Off to the Races with Apache Derby, DB2 Version 8: The Official Guide, DB2: The Complete Reference, DB2 Fundamentals Certification for Dummies, DB2 for Dummies, and A DBA's Guide to Databases on Linux. Paul is a DB2 Certified Advanced Technical Expert (DRDA and Clusters) and a DB2 Certified Solutions Expert (BI and DBA). In his spare time, he enjoys all sorts of sporting activities, including running with his dog Chachi, avoiding punches in his MMA training, and trying to figure out the world according to Chloë – his daughter. You can reach him at: paulz_ibm@msn.com.