RICHARD YEVICH is an internationally recognized consultant and teacher and principal of YL&A, Inc., a firm specializing in consulting, performance audits, performance publications, and Web database software development which assists businesses in exploiting e-commerce technologies. An IBM Gold Consultant for DB2 and S/390, he co-authored Data Warehouse Practical Advice from the Experts (Prentice Hall PTR) and DB2 Answers, and is widely published in trade journals and magazines.
SUSAN LAWSON, Principal Consultant with YL&A, has worked with DB2 for over a dozen years. She has served as an IBM Data Sharing advocate, supporting many large DB2 customers and providing technical expertise for migration to DB2 Data Sharing in Parallel Sysplex environments. Now a Director of the Midwest DB2 Users Group and IBM Gold Consultant for DB2 and S/390, she is Technical Editor of the IDUG Solutions Journal.