Sudama: Advocate for World Class Computing

Place of Birth: Monterey, CA

Age: 46

Current Position: VP of Technology and Chief Scientist, Open Environment Corporation

Time in Current Position: Two years

Years in the Industry: 20

Car He Drives: 93 Toyota 2WD Extended Cab pickup ("I do a lot of hauling.")

Favorite Non-Work Activity: Writing and performing music, mainly blues/rock and rhymthm and blues. Plays guitar, bass, drums, piano and harmonica.

Pet Open Systems Peeve: "I'm peeved at the analysts and the press who aren't supporting open systems standards like DCE. I think they've done a tremendous disservice to the industry by siding with proprietary architectures over open systems standards, trashing DCE just to get publicity. In so doing, they've encouraged the proliferation of proprietary technology and discouraged the development of open systems. I think that's a very selfish attitude."