Gordon S. Good

Timothy A. Howes, Ph.D., coinventor of the LDAP protocol, is the cofounder and chief technology officer of Opsware Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software. Previously, Dr. Howes served as vice president of technology for America Online, as chief technology officer of Netscape¿s Server Products division, and as chief architect of several Netscape server products.

Mark C. Smith is the chief architect for directory products at Netscape Communications Corporation, an AOL Time Warner company, where he is responsible for the technical evolution of Netscape Directory Server and several other products and services. Mr. Smith is coauthor of LDAP: Programming Directory-Enabled Applications with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Macmillan, 1997) and has written many RFCs and Internet Drafts.

Gordon S. Good is a senior software engineer at Opsware, Inc. Before joining Opsware, he worked at Netscape Communications Corporation, where he led the directory-server-replication development team. Gordon has written several RFCs and Internet Drafts.

Timothy A. Howes

Timothy A. Howes, Ph.D., coinventor of the LDAP protocol, is the cofounder and chief technology officer of Opsware Inc., the leading provider of data center automation software. Previously, Dr. Howes served as vice president of technology for America Online, as chief technology officer of Netscape¿s Server Products division, and as chief architect of several Netscape server products.

Mark C. Smith is the chief architect for directory products at Netscape Communications Corporation, an AOL Time Warner company, where he is responsible for the technical evolution of Netscape Directory Server and several other products and services. Mr. Smith is coauthor of LDAP: Programming Directory-Enabled Applications with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (Macmillan, 1997) and has written many RFCs and Internet Drafts.

Gordon S. Good is a senior software engineer at Opsware, Inc. Before joining Opsware, he worked at Netscape Communications Corporation, where he led the directory-server-replication development team. Gordon has written several RFCs and Internet Drafts.

Mark Smith

Mark Smith is the founder of the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge (90DayMC.com), a global program that accelerates careers through structured mentoring, skills development, and community support. Under its banner, he created The AI Advantage—a pathway designed to help any professional develop the skills to become AI-augmented in the Intelligence Age. Known online as nz365guy, Mark is a futurist and co-founder of Cloverbase, where he develops frameworks and advises global organizations—including Microsoft—on AI adoption strategy and skilling. He is a Microsoft AI Platform Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft Certified Trainer, and host of the Microsoft Innovation Podcast, where he distills practical lessons from technology pioneers. With more than two decades at the forefront of the technology industry, his mission is to help leaders and consultants drive human-centered innovation empowered by AI.