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Figure 1 (From l to r ) Abby Fidel, Venkat Ram, Rutger Mons, Melissa Christensen, Nihar
Jain, Vikas Sharma, Bart Jacob
Bart Jacob is a Senior Consulting IT Specialist at IBM® Corp - International
Technical Support Organization, Austin Center. He has over 25 years of
experience providing technical support across a variety of IBM products and
technologies, including communications, object-oriented software development,
and systems management. He joined the ITSO in 1989, where he has been
writing IBM Redbooks® publications and creating and teaching workshops
around the world on a variety of topics. He holds a Masters degree in Numerical
Analysis from Syracuse University.
Melissa Christensen is a Senior Project Manager for EMA, based in California.
Melissa has over 11 years of experience in Project Management, specifically
implementing Tivoli® Maximo®. Melissa holds degrees in both
Anthropology/History and Liberal Studies. Her areas of expertise include Utilities
and Facilities Maintenance Management in both the private and public sectors.
Abesolom ’Abby’ Fidel is a SAP® Production Process certified with over 11
years work in implementing enterprise solution on Unix/Linux® platforms. Abby is
currently employed as Enterprise Solution Consultant for Avenue Business IT
Solutions based out of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He holds a degree in Physics
and Mathematics. In his spare time, Abby volunteers for Habitat for Humanity
International - Vietnam office.