Mike Day

Mike Day is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and is the Chief Virtualization Architect for IBM's Open Systems Group. Mike has been programming computers since the mid-eighties and has contributed to several important computer technologies including early network operating systems (late 80’s to early 90’s), internet protocol design and security (mid-90’s), systems management (going back to pre-SNMP), security, and virtualization (today). Mike has numerous patents, has authored some important standards and books, and worked on many successful products for companies including Novell, Intel, IBM, and a couple of start-ups. Today Mike focuses on Linux, Virtualization, and Open Source technology. Mike lead IBM's entry into open-source hypervisor development with the Xen hypervisor, and now directs IBM's KVM development and leads the architecture board for z/VM. Mike graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in Philosophy in 1988.