Bob Sullivan is vice president of technology at Hybricon, where he is responsible for keeping abreast of industry technology trends, setting technical direction for the company, and defining technical approaches to solve challenging problems for key customers. He is active on both the VITA/VSO and PICMG technical standards committees. Recently, he served as cochair and draft editor for the MicroTCA Ruggedization SIG, and he is currently secretary of the MicroTCA.3 committee. He can be contacted at bsullivan@hybricon.com.