Gregory Verstraeten graduated with a degree in Computer Sciences (from Technologie de Compiegne-France) and joined IBM in 1999 as an IT Specialist at the IBM-Oracle Joint Solution Center located in Montpellier-PSSC. Gregory has developed strong skills in xSeries and Oracle solutions by delivering Level 2 technical support, customer competitive benchmarks, and education. Since 2002, Gregory has been responsible for the OASB (Oracle Application Standard Benchmark) on xSeries, and has delivered top results for x440, x445, and x365 clusters. He has been involved in the development of two IBM Redbooks and has written several white papers and IBM Redpapers. Gregory has participated as a speaker in several international conferences across the globe (U.S.A, Australia, Japan, and France).
