Getting Startedwith pureQuery

About the Authors 21
About the Authors
Vitor Rodrigues works at Google as a Software Engineer designing and developing tools
for the web. Prior to that, he spent several years as a Software Engineer at the IBM Silicon
Valley Lab working on Optim Development Studio and Data Studio products. Previously
held positions at IBM include Technical Enablement and Quality Assurance roles in the
Data Studio and DB2 pureXML organizations. Vitor graduated in Computer and Software
Engineering from University of Minho, Portugal. He is an IBM Certified Solution Developer
for XML and Related Technologies and an IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 9
DBA for Linux®, UNIX® and Windows. Vitor has co-authored several articles and tutorials
for developerWorks®.
Zeus Courtois is a Software Engineer at the IBM Silicon Valley Lab working on Optim
Development Studio for the the pureQuery tooling team. Previously, as an intern within
IBM, held positions in the Technical Enablement Team for DB2 pureXML and Data Studio.
Zeus has a bachelors degree in Computer Science and a Masters of Science in
Information Systems from Texas A&M Int'l University. Zeus has co-authored several
articles for the pureQuery tooling in IBM developerWorks.
Heather Lamb is a software engineer at IBM in Herndon, Virginia. She worked for three
years as a developer for the IBM Optim pureQuery Runtime and Optim Performance
Manager Extended Insight products. Currently she is a technical consultant with IBM’s
Global Business Services. Her subject of expertise is software development. She
previously worked as a software developer on IBM’s JDBC and SQLJ Driver, and spent
three years as a communications officer in the United States Air Force. She holds a
master’s degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Christina Sheets works as a software engineer for IBM. She is one of the developers of
the Optim pureQuery Runtime software. She attended the University of Florida, where she
received a master's degree in Computer Engineering, as well as a bachelor's degree in
Computer Science and Mathematics. Christina lives with her husband in California. In her
free time, she helps with various ministries at her church.