He has nine years of experience working in software development and customer support roles within IBM. He is a co-author of "CICS Transaction Gateway V5 The WebSphere Connector for CICS" and is the author of several articles on developerWorks WebSphere. He holds a degree in Software Engineering from Oxford University. Martin Smithson is a Senior IT Specialist working on WebSphere Service Registry and Repository at IBM's lab in Hursley, England. He has ten years of experience working in the IT Industry, five of which he spent working as a technical consultant for the EMEA IBM Software Services for WebSphere team. His areas of expertise include the architecure, design, and development of J2EE applications; he is also an expert on IBM WebSphere Application Server. He is the author of "