Gennaro A. Cuomo

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name = Gennaro "Jerry" Cuomo


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birth_date = 1962
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field = Software Engineer
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known_for = IBM WebSphere
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Gennaro "Jerry" Cuomo (born 1962) is an Italian American software engineer working for IBM since 1987. Cuomo holds the prestigious title of IBM Fellow. He is one of the founding fathers of IBM WebSphere Software. Cuomo is a breakthrough innovator of solutions in the areas of web application servers, Java, TCP/IP, real-time collaboration software, and high-performance transactional systems. Cuomo currently has filed for over 40 US patents.

Career

Cuomo is currently the Chief Technology Officer of the WebSphere Division in IBM Software Group, where his prime charter is to “cultivate the future of WebSphere”.

Cuomo is leading technical initiatives in the areas of SOA [http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid26_gci1268138,00.html | August 2007, SearchWebServices.com, WebSphere CTO champions Web SOA on Project Zero] ] , Web 2.0, Appliances [http://www-306.ibm.com/software/integration/datapower/ | IBM - WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance] ] , Event Driven Architecture, Open Development [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2190484/ibm-looks-open-development | May 2007, vnunet.com, IBM looks to open up development] ] , and Virtualization.

Cuomo has been an integral part of the WebSphere Application Server engineering team from its inception in 1997. [http://www.immagic.com/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/IBM/SG246963.pdf | February 2005, IBM Redbook, WebSphere Product Family Overview and Architecture, G. Cuomo, et. al.] ] During this time, Cuomo has been leading innovations in the areas of Web Server Performance [http://websphere.sys-con.com/read/43288.htm | WebSphere 5.0: What's New on the Performance Front] ] [http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/432/willenborg.pdf | May 2004, IBM Systems Journal, Designing WebSphere Application Server for performance, R. Willenborg, K Brown, G. Cuomo] ] ,High Availability, Dynamic Caching [http://www.sys-con.com/websphere/articlea.cfm?id=235 |February 2003, WebSphere Developers Journal,Dynamic Caching Service, G. Cuomo, C. Cuong] ] ,Edge Serving [http://cimic.rutgers.edu/~sigmod05/SIGMODprogram.htm | June 2005, ACM – SIGMOD 2005, IBM SOA on the Edge, G. Cuomo] ] , and Security [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/it-expertprog_tpss/index.html | June 2001, IBM developerWorks, Third-party security servers and WebSphere - A Web trust association, N. Nagaratnam, W. Jamison, G. Cuomo] ] .

Cuomo spent the first 9 years of his career working on advanced technology software at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York.

Professional Quote

"If painters paint and fishermen fish, software engineers, well... we write code. While there is a time and place for Powerpoint, I often find the best way to convey an idea is to just do it. It is a rare occasion to get it right the first time; so, iterate without fear of starting over from scratch. ‘Audentes fortuna juvat.’ [ Aeneid | Aeneid, Virgil ] ] (Fortune favors the bold.)" - Gennaro "Jerry" Cuomo, 2006

Family and personal life

When not at IBM, Cuomo can be found home with his wife and 2 children. Cuomo enjoys practicing martial arts with family, playing and watching ice hockey, visiting the beach and mountains and listening to rock and roll music.

References

External links

* [http://www.projectzero.org/wiki/bin/view/Community/JerrysBlog/WebHome | Cuomo's blog on IBM Project Zero]
* [http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/08/cuomo-on-project-zero | IBM affirms Restful SOA & dynamic languages with Project Zero]
* [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2190484/ibm-looks-open-development | IBM looks to open up development]
* [http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19701.wss | IBM Appoints Eight New Fellows to Drive Innovation]