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Activities of Wolfgang Singer: 

. Development Activities and Assignments:

  . Developed several internationally used TSO command processors and designed the Autobaud recognition code.
  . Developed  AVMON (Availability and Performance Monitor - with simulated terminals), which was later incorporated in the TPNS product.
  . Residency at the ITSO (International Technical Support Organization) in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1982, implementing and testing NSI.
  . Assignment at the ITSO Raleigh from 1984-1988. Responsibility for several networking products.
  . Received several awards (among them a $150.000 suggestion award from IBM US)

. Author and co-author of several Redbooks:
  . NCP Performance Tuning
  . Asynchronous ASCII Guide
  . 3708 Installation Guide
  . SNI (SNA Interconnect) Examples and Data Flows
  . APPN Tutorial
  . Network Products Examples
  . Network Products Reference booklet
  . NAS and iSCSI Products Reference booklet
  . Migrating Subarea Networks with Enterprise Extender
  . NAS and iSCSI Solutions
  . Communication Controller Migration Guide
  . NAS 200 and 300 Integration Guide
  . System Storage Nseries
  . etc...

. Author of several packages on MKTTOOLS disks:
  . Advanced SNA Architectures
  . APPN Design Criteria
  . Frame Relay Aspects (pro's and con's)
  . Decision Criteria for the Backbone Network - SNA and/or TCP/IP
  . Internet Overview for Beginners
  . Network Products Reference booklet (was in top 6% of the most requested MKTTOOLS packages, and 2nd most requested Redbook in 98/99)

. Author of presentations/papers:
  . VTAM and NCP enhancements
  . Computer Fraud (Hacker approaches, fraud in banking area, etc..)
  . The North Carolina Information Highway
  . How to win against Cisco in the SNA arena (part of Cisco battlekit 97)
  . What you should know about the Y2K problem
  . SNA and IP Integration Methods
  . Why Bluetooth is a 'red hot' Technology
  . Why IBM's NAS might fail badly in the marketplace and what we could do about it. (paper to IBM SND executives)
  . NAS and iSCSI Technology tutorial for SNIA (2002)
  . HPQ Storage Winning Guide (2003)
  . Contributions to SNIA Storage Virtualization presentations (2004)
  . Contribution to Redbook 'Storage System N Series' (2005)
  . Interview for FarSighted Magazine (2005)
  . Articles for Speicherguide, ComputerZeitung and Monitor Magazine (2005)
  . Articles on 'Storage Virtualization' for StorageWelt, Lex:ITEC, Benef IT, IT&T Business (2007)
  . Article on 'N Series Storage Evolution' for AVNET (2008)

. Workshop presentations in:
  . Zuerich, La Hulpe, London, Raleigh, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne, Hongkong, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, etc..
  . Speaker at international GUIDE/SHARE meetings:
    . Las Vegas, New Orleans, Boston, Den Haag, Bruxelles, Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Dresden, Tuebingen, Bad Honnef, Stuttgart, etc.
  . Guest speaker at the International Education Center La Hulpe, Belgium (1989-2000).

. Speaker at national and international symposiums:
  . Security symposium in Atlanta ('Network Security Exposures and how to avoid them')
  . SNA/Networking Aktuell in Bremen, Koeln, Ulm, Bremen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Nuernberg, Koeln 
  . Router/Hub symposium in Berlin
  . SystemView symposiums in La Hulpe (3x) and Atlanta
  . Interop Berlin '94
  . Networld and Interop Frankfurt '95
  . CeBit '97
  . Networking Systems Technical Conference 97 in Mandelieu
  . Networking days '97 in 10 European cities
  . NETwin '97, '98 and '99 in Mandelieu
  . NET '98 in Cannes (as part of Kevin Tolly's anti-Cisco presentation)
  . Networking Technical Update in Heidelberg in '98 and '99
  . Networking days '98 in Europe
  . Competitive Symposium '98 in Boeblingen
  . System /390 event '99 in Budapest ('Don't let HDS get in through the Networking Backdoor')
  . CeBit '99
  . Communications Controllers Roadshow '99 in Europe
  . Professionals' Leadership Technical Exchange Conference '99 in Madrid
  . Networking Solutions Technical Conference (NSTC '99) in Orlando ('SNA and IP Integration Methods')
  . Victory '99 in Cannes ('Networking Benefits for the Parallel Sysplex')
  . SNA strategy roadshow '2000 in Central Region
  . Professional Leadership Technical Exchange (PLTE) '2000 in New Orleans ('SNA and IP Integration Methods')
  . Networking Solutions Technical Conference (NSTC) '2000 in New Orleans ('SNA and IP Integration Methods')
  . Businesspartner event in Zuerich ('NAS and iSCSI Overview')
  . PLTE '2001 in San Francisco and Lyon ('Why Bluetooth is a Red Hot Technology')  <-- top rated speaker (in Lyon)
  . Storage Forum '2001 roadshow in Vienna ('NAS and iSCSI Solutions')
  . 3745/3746 T3 in La Gaude ('Controller Migration Options')
  . Storage Academy 2001 in Stockholm ('Network Attached Storage')

  . Technical Leadership Exchange (TLE) '2001 in Vienna ('Mentoring')   <-- top rated speaker
  . Networking Solutions Technical Conference (NSTC '2001) in Las Vegas ('NAS and iSCSI Overview', and 'Bluetooth') --- during 9/11
  . SNIA Germany press event in October 2001 ('iSCSI technology')
  . CSE Technical Conference EMEA '2002 in Budapest ('NAS and iSCSI Products')
  . BP event at Forum in Stuttgart ('Bluetooth Technology')
  . GSE Yearly Confererence in Dresden '2002 ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview')
  . Professional Leadership Technical Exchange (PLTE) '2002 in La Hulpe ('NAS and iSCSI Technology', and  'Bluetooth')
  . Technical Leadership Symposium '2002 in Mainz ('NAS and iSCSI Update')
  . Partner Summit 2002 in Goeteborg, Sweden ('NAS and iSCSI Technology', 'NAS 100 announcement')
  . Networking Solutions Technical Conference (NSTC '2002) in Orlando ('NAS and iSCSI Technology', and 'Bluetooth')
  . IBM Academy of Technology Conference '2002 in Yorktown Heights ('Bluetooth Technology Overview + patent')
  . eServer and TotalStorage University '2003 in Glasgow ('NAS Trends and Directions')
  . CeBIT 2003 showcase for NAS
  . Technology Day '2003 in Vienna ('Storage Virtualization')
  . EMEA Storage Customer Symposium '2003 in Munich ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview')
  . Technical Leadership Symposium '2003 in Mainz ('Storage Networking Roadmap')
  . Networking Solutions Technical Conf. (NSTC '2003) in Miami Beach ('Storage Networking Technologies', and 'Bluetooth')
  . Technology Forum '2003 in Stuttgart ('IBM Storage Virtualization')
  . Total Storage University '2004 in Teneriffe ('NAS 500 technical Overview')
  .  IT Architect & Professional Leadership '2004 in Cannes ('Storage Virtualization Architecture' and 'NAS 500 Technical Overview')
  . Technical Leadership Symposium '2004 in Mainz ('NAS 500 and futures')
  . Worldwide Bluetooth WEB Conference ('Bluetooth Technology Overview and Futures')
  . Storage Strategy '2004 events in Munich and Cologne ('Storage Virtualization Architecture and Future Outlook') 
  . Event at IBM Laboratory in Schoenaich  ('Storage Virtualization Architecture and Products')
  . Tech Parade '2004 in Vienna ("Storage Virtualization Products")
  . TechConnect Conference '2004 in Herrenberg ('Storage Virtualization Architecture and Products')
  . BP Camp '2004 in Bremen ('Storage Virtualization Architecture and Products')
  . VIP customer event at Lab Rueschlikon ('Storage Virtualization Architecture' and 'New DS6000/8000 Announcements')
  . Forum '2004 in Vienna ('Storage Virtualization Architecture and Products')
  . 'Big Bang 2004' events in Mainz, Hamburg, Vienna and Zuerich ('Storage Virtualization Updates').
  . Networking Solutions Technical Conf. (NSTC '2004) in Anaheim ('Storage Virtualization Technology', and 'Bluetooth')
  . Reziprok 2005 events in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Mainz and Leipzig
  . Infodays 2005 in Austria ('New Storage Announcements')
  . Tivoli Storage Symposium '2005 in Berlin
  . Tivoli Reziprok Event in Mainz ('Storage Virtualization')
  . 'Big Bang 2005' event in Hamburg, Stuttgart and Munich ('Storage Virtualization Updates', 'NAS and iSCSI Updates'). 
  . PLTE '2005 ('Storage Virtualization' and 'Mentoring Technical People')
  . Event at IBM Laboratory in Böblingen  ('Storage Virtualization Architecture and Products')
  . Storage Info Day '2005 in Leipzig ('Storage Virtualization')
  . IBM Symposium 2005 ('Storage Virtualization Updates')
  . Presentations at Executive Briefing Center in Mainz
  . TEC '2005 event in Mainz ('Storage Virtualization Architecture and Products')
  . Software University 2006 in Las Vegas ('Mentoring, the next level')
  . Infodays 2006 in Austria ('Technology News')
  . TLE '2006 in Madrid ('Storage Virtualization' and 'Mentoring Technical People')
  . TTU '2006 in Barcelona ('Storage Virtualization' and 'Mentoring Technical People')
  . TTU '2007 in Paris ('Mentoring Technical People')
  . IBM Forum 2007 in Cairo, Budapest, Warsaw, Moscow, Umag, Bratislava, Kiev and Vienna
  . TLE '2007 in Paris ('IBM Technology Leadership')
  . Executive Briefings at Boeblingen Lab ('IBM Storage Virtualization', 'IBM Disk Storage')
  . Present at 'Technical Leadership' event in Prague as 'IT Specialist Role Model'
  . SCOPE 2007 events in Switzerland ('IBM Technology Leadership' and 'Storage Virtualization Architecture and Products')
  . 'Defense Innovation Days' 2007 in Bonn ('IBM Technology Leadership')
  . TLE '2008 in Orlando ('IBM Technology Leadership')
  . IBM Forum '2008 in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Maribor, Hvar, Bucharest
  . Present to IBM Innovators Club 'IBM Technology Leadership'
  . IBM Symposium '2008 Vienna ('Storage Virtualization - Live Demo', 'Storage Technology Evolution - News from the Labs')
  . TSM Roadshow ('Storage Technology Evolution - News from the Labs')
  . Power Technology Day '2008 Warsaw ('IBM Technology Leadership - The Future of IBM Power Architecture')
  . IBM Panoptimum Roadshow '2009 ('Information Lifecycle Management - Instead of unlimited Data Growth')
  . DS8000 Event in Budapest 2009 ('Trends in IT Technology', 'Storage Virtualization')
  . IBM Symposium '2009 in Lucerne ('Storage Virtualization in SAN')
  . Rueschlikon Lab Event 2009 ('Storage Technology: Evolution and Future')
  . IBM Forum Hvar '2009 ('Cloud Computing - Hype or Reality', 'IBM Storage Technology Revolution')
  . IBM Symposium '2009 Vienna ('Cloud Computing - Hype or Reality')
  . IBM & Microsoft Dynamic Everywhere Roadshow '2009 ('Cloud Computing - Hype or Reality')

  . IBM CIO Symposium '2010 in Savudria ('IBM Technology Leadership')
  . Information Infrastructure Forum 2011, Budapest  ('IBM Technology Leadership and IT Futures')
  . ITS Event 2011 ('How to avoid Burnout')
  . IBM Event Fuschl 2011 ('IBM Technology Leadership')

  . ITS Event 2012 ('Presentation Hints and Tips')

  . Blue&Mint Meeting ('Mentoring Technical People')

  . IBM Community Day '2012 ('IBM R&D Focus for the Next 10 Years')
  . IBM/HTL cooperative event 2012 ('Mentoring')

  . IBM Women in Technology event '2013 ('Soft Skills' - self-confidence, communication skills, handling of problems/stress)

  . ITS event 2013 ('Sharing Knowledge / Cooperation')

 

. Speaker at events outside of IBM:

  . Institute of International Research seminars, Vienna

  . International Data Corporation seminars, Vienna 

  . Information Technology Workshop, Bruges

  . International AHC Conference, University Graz

  . Technical University Salzburg

  . Created in 2002 at the request of the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) 'NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview'

  . Computerworld Storage Networking World '2002 in Cannes ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview')

  . Storage Networking World '2002 in Orlando ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview')  <-- top rated speaker

  . Storage Networking World '2003 in Phoenix and Cannes ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview')   <-- top rated speaker (in Phoenix)

  . ACP Symposium '2003 in Graz ('IBM Storage Virtualization')

  . IDC conference on Storage Solutions '2003 in Vienna ('IBM Storage Virtualization')

  . Storage 2004 Solution Days for Vogel IT-Media in Munich, Duesseldorf and Bad Homburg ('IBM Storage Virtualization')  <-- top rated speaker

  . Storage Networking World '2004 in Phoenix ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA  <-- top rated speaker

  . Event at Fachhochschule St. Poelten ('Future Storage Technologies')

  . Interview for 'Speicherguide Magazine' on 'Storage Virtualization'

  . IDC Storage Connections '2004 in Vienna ('IBM Storage Virtualization')

  . Eurostorage '2004 in Frankfurt ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA

  . Emprise events '2004 in Boeblingen and Stuttgart ('IBM Storage Virtualization Technology')

  . Storage Networking World '2004 in Orlando ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA

    (received there the SNIA 'highest rated speaker' award for the Phoenix event)

  . Storage Networking World '2005 in Phoenix ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA  <-- top rated speaker

  . Event at Fachhochschule Hagenberg ('NAS and iSCSI')

  . MCE event '2005 at Boeblingen lab ('IBM Storage Virtualization Technology')

  . Competitive shootout (with Virtualization, DS6000 and DS8000) at DaimlerChrysler in Stuttgart

  . GSE events in Eschborn, Tuebingen and Nürnberg

  . GSE Yearly Confererence '2005 in Bad Honnef ('Storage Virtualization')

  . Storage Networking World Europe '2005 ('Data Classification' and 'NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA

  . Storage Networking World '2005 in Orlando ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA

  . Brocade European event '2005 ('IBM Storage Virtualization Technology') and press panel

  . Magirus Academy '2005 in Salzburg ('IBM Disk Storage Portfolio' and 'IBM Storage Virtualization Architecture and Products')

  . SNIA Europe Academies '2006 in Stockholm and Copenhagen ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview')

  . GSE Confererence in Bad Teinach ('IBM Technology Leadership')

  . Storage Networking World '2006 in San Diego ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA

  . S&T Storage and Virtualization Summit '2006 in Vienna ('SAN Volume Controller')

  . GSE Yearly Confererence '2006 in Berlin ('IBM Technology Leadership')

  . Storage Networking World '2006 in Orlando ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA  <-- top rated speaker

  . GSE Executive Club '2006 in Nice ('IBM Technology Leadership')

  . SNIA Europe Academies '2007 in Praha, Warsaw and Dubai ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview')

  . Storage Networking World '2007 in San Diego ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA  <-- top rated speaker award

  . GSE Yearly Confererence '2007 in Cologne ('N series Storage Evolution') 

  . Storage Networking World '2007 in Dallas ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA  <-- top rated speaker award

  . Rotary Club in 2008 ('IBM Technology Leadership and Future Outlook')

  . SNIA Europe Academy '2008 in Zuerich ('IP Storage Consolidation') for SNIA

  . Storage Networking World '2008 in Orlando ('Unified NAS and iSCSI Storage') for SNIA

  . GSE Yearly Confererence '2008 in Dresden ('Simplification of Storage Infrastructure with Storage Virtualization')

  . IDC Storage event '2008 in Bratislava ('Storage Virtualization') for SNIA

  . ADLUG Annual Event '2008 in Venice ('Trends in IT Technologies')

  . EuroCMG '2008 in Vienna ('IBM Storage Virtualization')

  . Storage Networking World '2008 in Dallas ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA

  . IDC Virtualization Symposium '2008 Bratislava ('Storage Virtualization')

  . SNW Europe '2008 Frankfurt  ('Unified NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview')

  . TEC CIO Conference '2008 in Mainz ('IBM Technology Leadership')

  . SNIA Europe Academy '2009 in Zuerich ('Storage Virtualization') for SNIA

  . EDV Schule Vienna ('IBM Technology Leadership', 'Mentoring Technical People)

  . ETH Zuerich ('IBM Storage Futures')

  . ADLUG Annual Event '2009 in Bilbao ('Cloud Computing - Hype or Reality')

  . Storage Networking World '2009 in Phoenix ('NAS and iSCSI Technology Overview') for SNIA

  . CMG-AE Event 2009 in Vienna ('Cloud Computing - Hype or Reality')  <-- top rated speaker

  . IT Live on Stage '2009 in Klosterneuburg ('IBM Technology Leadership')

  . Vienna Science Lectures '2009 ('The Car of the Future')

  . Vienna University of Economy and Business ('Mentoring')

  . Children's University 2010 ('The Car of the Future')

  . HTL Donaustadt 2010 ('IBM Technology Leadership', 'Mentoring for First Time Workers')

  . ADLUG Annual Event '2010 in Trento ('IBM Smarter Planet Strategy and additional IT developments')

  . Business University Vienna '2011 ('Mentoring')

  . Children's University 2011 ('The Car of the Future')

  . HTL Donaustadt 2011 ('Mentoring for First Time Workers')

  . ADLUG Annual Event '2011 in Valencia ('Newest technologies and controversial views on the 'fate' of libraries as viewed by an outsider')

  . CMG-FITCE Symposium '2011 (Moderator for 'Cloud Computing' Track)

  . Gymnasium Klosterneuburg 2011 ('Future Technologies')

  . FITCE Event 2012 ('IT Futures - What is Cooking in the Labs')

  . Children's University 2012 ('The Car of the Future')

  . Kiret Event '2012 ('IBM Technology Leadership')

  . La Hulpe Reunion Meeting '2012 ('IBM technology focus over the next 10 years')

  . ADLUG Annual Event '2012 in Florence ('IBM technology focus over the next 10 years')

  . EuroCMG Symposium '2012 ('IT Futures - What is Cooking in the Labs')

  . HTL Donaustadt (Higher Technical School)  ('IBM Technology Leadership and IT Futures')

  . Kickoff '2013 events for Soffico and IKB in Stuttgart and Duesseldorf ('IT Futures - what's Cooking in the Labs')

  . Kiret Event '2013 ('Facebook and Twitter Basics' and 'Status of Mobile')

  . eLSA Teachers event '2103 ('The Future of IT')

  . Children's University 2013 ('The Car of the Future')

  . ADLUG Annual Event '2013 in Vitoria ('The Google Books Project and IBM announcements')

  . 'Live on Stage' Event 2013, Gymnasium Klosterneuburg ('IT Futures - what's Cooking in the Labs')

  . Computer Measurement Group event ('The Google Books Project and it's Copyright issues')

  . Kiret Event '2014 ('Facebook and Twitter Basics' and 'Status of Mobile')

  . Children's University 2014 ('The Car of the Future')

  . HTL-Donaustadt, May  2015 ('What’s Cooking in the Labs)'

  . Austro British Chamber Vienna, May 2015 ('How Future Technologies Might Affect Our Lives')

  . Common Technology Day, Vienna, May 2015 ('What’s Cooking in the Labs')

  . Children's University 2015 ('The Car of the Future')

  . University of Warsaw Conference 2015 ('How Future Technologies Might Affect Our Lives')

  . Common Europe Congress 2015 in Sopot, Poland ('The World Brain - Google Books Project' and 'Presentation Hints and Tips')

 

. Miscellaneous:

  . Interviews with consultants, press and for a TV special on Information Highways and Storage Technologies.

  . IBM interface to the Austrian networking GUIDE users group and regular speaker at the German/Swiss/Austrian Guide events.

  . IBM interface to the Austrian networking consultants

  . Reviewer of RFAs (Request for Announcement) and development plans

  . Involvement in LEAP (Leading Edge Account Partnership) programs

  . Member of IBM's FTTC (Field Telecom Technical Council) (almost no activity)

  . Member of the NETleader experts team, La Gaude (almost no activity)

  . EMEA NAS evangelist (11/2001)

  . EMEA mid-range storage evangelist (10/2002)

  . Central Region technical presales for Storage Virtualization (2003 - 2005)

  . Member of the Cisco SWAT team (no activity anymore since we are supposed to be friends now)

  . IBM University Ambassador

  . Mentor of several promising young IBMers

  . Patent submissions (in the Bluetooth area). US patent received in 2006

  . Voted member of the TEC (Technical Experts Council) for 3 years (starting in 1999). Reelected in 2004 and 2007 for additional 3 year terms

  . Certification as IT Specialist (8/2000). Recertified (3/2004), Senior level certification (3/2007)

  . Member of the Central Region A-Team (Gerecke)

  . CEMAAS technical presales and 'evangelist' for Storage Virtualization, N series and evolving technologies (2006 onwards)

  . Member of the IBM Innovator's Club (3/2008)

  . Recipient of the CMG 'Speaker of the Year 2009' award

 

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