John Sweitzer is the President and cofounder of ThirdWave Insights, LLC, a software product business. Mr. Sweitzer was an IBM Distinguished Engineer and a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, with broad experience in all aspects of software development (including leading Agile development teams) and cross-organizational design practices. Mr. Sweitzer was the Chief Architect for IBM's Autonomic Computing initiative and the Chief Architect for… Read More

Christine Draper is Vice President and cofounder of ThirdWave Insights, LLC. She has 20 years' experience in the IT industry in a range of technical leadership roles. Ms. Draper was a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM. In this role, she led several software initiatives in different areas of systems management and software development. She can be reached at christine_draper@thirdwaveinsights.com.