Mark Simmonds is a Program Director in IBM Data and AI communications. He writes extensively on machine learning and data science, holding a number of author recognition awards. He previously worked as an IT architect, leading complex infrastructure design projects. He is a member of the British Computer Society and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science. Roger E. Sanders is a Principal Sales Enablement & Skills Content Specialist at IBM. He has worked with Db2 (formerly DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows) since it was first introduced on the IBM PC (1991) and is the author of 26 books on relational database technology (25 on Db2; one on ODBC). For 10 years he authored the " Distributed DBA" column in IBM Data Magazine, and he has written articles for publications like Certification Magazine, Database Trends and Applications, and IDUG Solutions Journal (the official magazine of the International Db2 User's Group).

Steven Astorino is the Vice President of Development, Data and AI and Canada Lab Director at IBM. He is a development executive with proven transformational leadership and expertise in leading large enterprise development. He has been leading and driving the machine learning and data science strategy for IBM's analytics group. Steve has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science.