Jerry Cuomo
{{Short description|American software engineer}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Gennaro "Jerry" Cuomo
| caption = Jerry Cuomo June 2020
| birth_date = 1962
| birth_place = Bronx, NY
| field = Software engineer
| work_institution = IBM
| known_for = Hyperledger, Blockchain for Business, IBM WebSphere, Co-inventor of "Someone is typing..."
}}
Gennaro "Jerry" Cuomo (born 1962) is an American software engineer who has worked for IBM since 1987. Holding the title of IBM Fellow,[https://web.archive.org/web/20080212093930/http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/19701.wss IBM Appoints Eight New Fellows to Drive Innovation] Cuomo is known as one of the founding fathers of IBM WebSphere Software, a software framework and middleware that hosts Java-based web applications.[http://www.immagic.com/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/IBM/SG246963.pdf February 2005, IBM Redbook, WebSphere Product Family Overview and Architecture, G. Cuomo, et al.]
Cuomo has filed for over 50 US patents[https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=pts&hl=en&q=ininventor:gennaro+a+cuomo\ Jerry Cuomo's U.S. Patents] and has been cited over 3000 times.
"citations">[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=0&q=author:Gennaro+author:Cuomo&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 Jerry Cuomo's Scholar Citations]
At IBM, Cuomo has led projects in the areas of: Blockchain,[https://www.ibm.com/blogs/blockchain/author/jerrycuomo/ IBM Blockchain Blogs – Gennaro ‘Jerry’ Cuomo] APIs,[http://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/api-economy-developers/ July 2014 - Why the growing API economy gives developers limitless opportunities] cloud computing,[http://www.infoq.com/interviews/IBM-Cloud-and-PaaS/ Jerry Cuomo on Cloud Computing and IBM’s PaaS][http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/jerry-cuomo-cloud-computing/ Interview: Jerry Cuomo Discusses Virtualization, Cloud Computing and WebSphere Virtual Enterprise] mobile computing,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VrFGg_Zeb0/ Youtube video, Jerry Cuomo - Engaging Enterprise][http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240185550/IBM-and-10Gen-collaborate-on-database-standard-for-enterprise-mobile/ IBM and 10Gen collaborate on database standard for enterprise mobile][http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cuomo/ibm-what-business-leaders-can_1_b_2696519.html/ What Business Leaders Can Learn from 'Generation Mobile'] Internet of Things,[http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2273470/ibm-tackles-m2ms-big-data-challenge/ IBM tackles M2M's big data challenge] web server performance & availability,[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5386796 May 2004, IBM Systems Journal, Designing WebSphere Application Server for performance, R. Willenborg, K Brown, G. Cuomo][http://websphere.sys-con.com/read/43288.htm WebSphere 5.0: What's New on the Performance Front] web security,[https://patents.google.com/patent/US6965939B2/en Method and apparatus for processing requests in a network data processing system based on a trust association between servers, N. Nagaratnam, W. Jamison, GA. Cuomo] web caching,[https://patents.google.com/patent/US7334087B2/en Context Sensitive Caching, Cuomo, Martin, Ferguson, Et al.] edge computing,[https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1066157.1066262 June 2005, ACM – SIGMOD 2005, IBM SOA on the Edge, G. Cuomo] service-oriented architecture[http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid26_gci1268138,00.html August 2007, SearchWebServices.com, WebSphere CTO champions Web SOA on Project Zero] and REST.[http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/08/cuomo-on-project-zero IBM affirms Restful SOA & dynamic languages with Project Zero]
Cuomo is the co-author of the book, Blockchain for Business,[https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/program/Arun-Blockchain-for-Business/PGM2483977.html/ Blockchain for Business- Jai Singh Arun, Jerry Cuomo, Nitin Gaur ©2019 Addison-Wesley Professional] that illustrates how blockchain technology is re-imagining many of the world's most fundamental business interactions and opening the door to new styles of digital interactions that have yet to be imagined. In March 2016[https://www.congress.gov/115/meeting/house/106862/witnesses/HHRG-115-SY21-Wstate-CuomoG-20180214.pdf House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing & Trade ‘How to Capitalize on Blockchain’ March 16, 2016] and 2018,
[https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF17/20160316/104677/HHRG-114-IF17-Wstate-CuomoG-20160316.pdf House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Oversight & Subcommittee Research and Technology "Beyond Bitcoin: Emerging Applications for Blockchain Technology" February 14, 2018] Cuomo was called upon by the United States government as an expert witness to testify to US Energy and Commerce Committee on Digital Currency and Blockchain. During his 2016 testimony Cuomo urged the Obama administration to adopt Blockchain as a primary means to protect citizen identity and to enhance national security. His testimony can be seen on YouTube.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxLL6Vc5VLU Vice Chairman Marshall’s Q&A on "Beyond Bitcoin: Emerging Applications for Blockchain Technology" February 14, 2018]
Cuomo is currently the VP of Technology within IBM's Consulting business unit, where he is driving the technical strategy for AI-powered automation.[https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/ai-powered-automation-is-enterprise-automation-2-0 AI-Powered Automation is Enterprise Automation 2.0] In 2022, he published the book The Art of Automation.[https://store.bookbaby.com/book/the-art-of-automation The Art of Automation by Jerry Cuomo, et al.] Later that year, he launched the Think series with his book Think Blockchain,[https://store.bookbaby.com/book/think-blockchain1 Think Blockchain by Jerry Cuomo] and in 2024, expanded the series with Think Artificial Intelligence.[https://store.bookbaby.com/book/think-artificial-intelligence Think Artificial Intelligence by Jerry Cuomo] He also hosts a technology podcast called Wild Ducks, which has been running since 2020.[https://listen.casted.us/public/95/Wild-Ducks-7315085b Wild Ducks Podcast]