Thomas Richter, Developer, IBM Linux Technology Center, Boeblingen, Germany. Thomas Richter is a software developer at the IBM Research and Development Laboratory in Boeblingen, Germany. He studied Business Mathematics at the University of Ulm and joined IBM in 1989. For the last 2 years Thomas Richter works in the Data Center Networking team and specialized in open-lldp/lldpad and networking. His previous focus area was the design and implementation of firmware for IBM zSeries Mainframe.