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Jordi Caubet is an IT Specialist with IBM in Spain. He has
seven years of experience with IBM and several years of
experience in high-performance computing (HPC), ranging
from systems design and development to systems
support. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the
Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). His areas of
expertise include Linux, cluster management, parallel
programming, storage, and hardware solutions, such as,
iDataPlex, BladeCenter, and System x products.
Duncan Furniss is a Consulting IT Specialist for IBM in
Canada. He currently provides technical sales support for
PureFlex™, iDataPlex, BladeCenter, and System x
products, and co-authored several IBM Redbooks
publications. Duncan designed and provided oversight for
the implementation of many large-scale solutions for HPC,
distributed databases, and rendering of computer
generated images. He is an IBM Certified IT Specialist and
member of the IT Specialist Certification Review Board.
David Latino is a Senior HPC Solutions Architect for IBM
Middle East & Africa. He has 10 years of experience in the
HPC field. He led a wide spectrum of consulting projects,
working with HPC users in academic research and
industry sectors. His work covered many aspects of the
HPC arena and he was technical leader for the design and
implementation of multiple large HPC systems that
appeared in the top500 list. He worked extensively on HPC
application development, optimization, scaling, and
performance benchmark evaluation, which resulted in
several highly optimized application software packages.
He also spent several years based at customer sites to
train system administrators, users, and developers to
manage and efficiently use IBM Blue Gene® systems.
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