David Pease was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering and a Distinguished Engineer and a senior manager in the Storage Software division at the IBM Almaden Research Center where he, was in charge of the Storage Tank project. His research interests are in the areas of operating systems and storage systems. He completed his Ph.D. in 2008 under the direction of Prof. Darrell Long. He is also the recipient of an Engineering Emmy award for Innovation from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.