COMMON POWERUp 2024: Directory

THE BEST IBM i & POWER SYSTEMS EDUCATION.When you come to POWERUp, you’ll be able to customize your experience. Choose from 300 sessions, covering over 20 areas of IT, when you plan your schedule. Visit the largest Expo of its kind and meet the experts behind the solutions. Attend social events to meet renowned speakers and peers alike. This conference is structured to give you the pure education and professional connections needed to best enhance your career. Are you ready to POWERUp?

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Yoshikazu Kugii

Company IBM
Position Senior Power Technical Specialist Manager
Location Japan

Kip Kugler

Programming software development provider offering services for a wide range of businesses including Fortune 100 companies and NYSE-listed companies. We have over 1,000 developers on staff we can help with almost any development need. We believe we should modify our process and goals for the client, not the other way around. Our flexibility gives our clients peace of mind. As our client, you can hire individual developers or a whole team. You can hire us just for a project, or you can turn your software over to us for timely upgrades and support. We offer the option to hire full-time, part-time... Read more

Company Programmers.io
Position SVP
Location USA

James Kulina

James is Executive Director of the OpenPower Foundation, with over 10 years of open source experience across hardware, software, and network engineering disciplines. James brings a passion for open source and is committed to growing OpenPower Foundation’s membership, community, and ecosystem.
He is a seasoned entrepreneur with a background in enterprise technology and has worked in roles spanning operations, business development, product management, and engineering.

Previously, James was co-founder and COO at Hyper.sh, an open source cloud-native virtualization startup and creator of the OSS K... Read more

Company OpenPOWER Foundation
Position Executive Director
Location jkulina@linuxfoundation.org

Dmitriy Kuznetsov

I am an avid backpacker, biker and cross-country skier. I enjoy traveling, visiting new places, meeting new people and learning about different cultures and ways of life. I recently started doing hot yoga, which is harder than you might think - basically exercising in hot sauna!

In my spare time I focus on architecture, technology, and service delivery for Infoview's Integration and IBM i application development practices. We partner with our customers to deliver business outcomes with the help of Mulesoft Anypoint platform and API led connectivity approach. Infoview developed Mulesoft AS400 connector and IBM i Web Transaction Framework to accelerate and simplify connecting back-end applications to cloud or on-prem solutions, promote reuse, self-service, provide governance and operational insight. Our Professional Services team has a unique combination of Mulesoft and IBM... Read more

Company Infoview Systems Inc
Position VP Integration and Cloud Solutions
Location USA

Mary Langen

I am a business leader and technology enthusiast with a strange and wonderful attraction to all things IBM i -, semiconductor -, and automated data collection-related. As a team leader and an individual contributor for startups, SMBs, and Fortune 500 companies, I get energy from developing and driving operational plans to build profitable business units. Most unique experience: Launching an international technical publication. Most exciting: Delivering a product with unprecedented performance levels. Best: Meeting my clients face to face.

Company Midrange Dynamics North America
Position Vice President
Location New Hampshire USA

Gordon Leary

Company COMMON North America
Position Immediate Past President
Location USA

Varsity Logistics

Varsity Logistics, Inc. is the leading provider of multi-carrier parcel and freight shipping software for the IBM i platform. Varsity’s ShipSoft suite of software modules enable companies to have a single shipping system to automate shipments for any parcel or LTL carrier. Functionality includes rate shopping/quoting within order entry, shopping cart, or at point of shipping. Additional functionality options include order optimization/containerization, consolidation, reporting and carrier bill auditing. This automation can be applied across multiple distribution centers, while achieving total... Read more

Location Brookfield, WI

Cobwebb Communications Ltd

We help automate business processes.

Cobwebb Communications has been providing IBM i customers across the globe with business critical document and back office process automation solutions since 1986. Our service offerings and our client base has grown over the years, but our core focus remains the same; to deliver industry leading document automation solutions that save time and money for manufacturing businesses running IBM i business applications.

From printing barcodes, emailing invoices, scanning supplier invoices, to automating manual processes using digital workflows, we help IBM i busin... Read more

Company Cobwebb Communications Ltd
Position Director Business Solutions
Location London, UK

Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd

Watch, Notify, Protect!
Head to booth 415 to hear about Shield’s latest “peace-of-mind” solutions.

Shield’s extensive experience in the IBM i community offers customer-led solutions to suit the most demanding environments. Frequently refreshed code ensures optimum efficiency that keeps overhead to a minimum.

High Availability for IBM i, Nagios plugin for monitoring IBM i, and Enterprise Message monitoring, these integrated solutions allow you to pre-empt issues before they become a problem.

Well-known for top-class customer support, we listen, and always go the extra mile. Our highly techn... Read more

Company Shield Advanced Solutions Ltd
Position Director
Location Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

Ken Lyttek

Company Feralloy Corporation
Position IT Manager
Location Ken Lyttek

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Silas Martin

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Terry Martin

Company Jack Henry And Assoc
Position Sr. Software Engineer
Location Missouri

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Srinivas Reddy Maru

Company COSTCO Wholesale
Position Software Engineer

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Marc Masters

Company Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Position IT Director

Dawn May

Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of IBM i education, networking, and community.

Dawn is a leading authority on IBM i performance management, work management, systems management, and general system diagnostics. She has in-depth knowledge of the IBM i operating system developed through her distinguished career with IBM.

A former IBMer, Dawn is now an ind... Read more

Company Dawn May Consulting, LLC
Position Owner
Location Memphis, TN

Rob McBride

Company United Heritage Insurance
Position Director, Software Development
Location Meridian, Idaho

Scott McCandless

We have just started using RDI about 4 months ago. We are writting new code in SQLRPGLE, as well as trying to make the Power9 a linked server to our SQL server.

Company Jefferson Cocke County Utility District
Position IT Manager
Location Newport

Anthony McDowell

Company Dot Foods, Inc.
Position Sr Software Engineer
Location Mt Sterling, IL

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Katrina McKinney

Company Bay Corrugated Container
Position Executive Coordinator
Location Monroe, MI

Gavriel Meir-Levi

Gavriel Meir-Levi has been telling stories since he was a child. His family is heir to a storytelling tradition that dates back more than 20 generations to Eastern Europe.

Location New York City

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Elvio Mendonca

Asseco PST NIF 502 064 200 Estr Comandante Camacho de Freitas 905 e 907 9050-222 Funchal

Company Asseco PST
Location Funchal

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Miguel Mestre

Company Asseco PST
Position Senior Developer

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Mike Midkiff

Company Jabo Supply Corporation
Position Programmer/Analyst
Location Huntington, WV

Gary Mikos

Company Conestoga Wood Specialties
Position Sr. Programmer/ Analyst
Location East Earl, PA

Rob Mineo

I started my IT career in 1984. I started working on an IBM SYSTEM/38 in 1986, and upgraded to the AS/400 in 1989. I worked for STERIS Corporation from 1991 until I semi-retired in 2022. Since then, I have worked as an Independent IBM i Administrator. My career started as a programmer, but always gravitated toward system administration.

Company (Independent)
Position IBM i Senior Administrator/SME
Location Erie, PA

Ryan Moeller

Ryan Moeller is a software engineer working on Db2 for i, specifically on the SQL Query Engine (SQE) team. He joined the team in the Rochester, MN development lab in 2020. Ryan specializes in SQL, database development, and query performance analysis.

Company IBM
Position Software Engineer

Lief Morin

Company Fresche Solutions
Position GM, Cloud Services

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Eric Moss

I5, java, security

Company Pitcofoods
Position IT Director
Location San Jose, CA

Jonah Mudse

Jonah Mudse has devoted his professional life to building software products that customers love. He is a product manager, design thinker, and educator. In 2022, Jonah joined the IBM Business Analytics portfolio - driving innovation for business to be better at business, more often. Responsible for the Analytics Content Hub and Cognos Analytics Embedded solutions, he makes sure clients are building complete experiences with world-class analytics interactions. Jonah grew up in Toledo, Ohio, graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York, and now lives with his fiancé in San

Company IBM
Position Product Management
Location San Jose, CA

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Renjith Mukundan

Company Costco
Position Software Developer
Location Seattle

Floyd Del Muro

With 35 years of experience on the IBM midrange platform, Floyd has been extensively involved in the software management of DevOps , Enterprise Modernization and refactoring projects on IBM i, from planning stages through to delivery. His expertise in hybrid application development both native and Cloud makes him a trusted advisor for companies in project rollout, managed services and the introduction of agile methods. Floyd is a trusted global speaker on the subjects of DevOps, Release Management, Modernization, Version Control and BI.

Company COMMON
Position COMMON Board Director
Location Chicagoland

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Rob Murphy

Company Varsity Logistics
Position Business Development

Matthew Neill

Over 30 years of experience spanning all phases of the software development lifecycle. Adept at architecting, analyzing, designing, developing, documenting, and successfully implementing information systems solutions and applications with a proven record of enhancing efficiency, functionality, and usability. Effective communicator with demonstrated abilities in presenting technical curriculum, mentoring teams in modernization strategies and leading multi-developer projects. Highly experienced in the development, implementation and modernization of business applications and integrations on the IBM i platform utilizing SQL/PL, ILE RPG, Service Programs, Java, Web Services, Middleware and Web Enablement technologies... Read more

Company CVS Health - Lincoln, RI
Position Mgr, Database Engineering
Location United States

Robert Nettgen

Robert Nettgen wanted a career in radio broadcasting, but saw that profession declining and found better pay working in IT. A PC developer in the ‘80’s, Rob started administering AS/400s in the early ‘90s for a Radio/TV group owner. In 1999 Rob accepted a job as IT director of a two-person IT department for a small subsidiary of an insurance company. He came into an office where passwords were shared, rarely changed, PCs were connected directly to the Internet, there was no firewall and vulnerabilities were in abundance – a good place to learn how to build information security from...

Company Briteskies
Position Senior Consultant
Location Cleveland, Ohio USA

Brian Nordland

In addition to his role as Director of Development for Power Development at Fortra, Brian Nordland serves as the technical product manager for PowerHA and Robot HA. Brian has spoken at events, webinars, and user groups—including COMMON—since 2014. He is a co-inventor on multiple patent applications and co-author on technical publications in high availability and distributed computing. He was named an IBM Champion in 2022 and 2023.

Prior to joining Fortra, Brian spent six years with IBM in Rochester, Minnesota. Roles at IBM included being the development architect for PowerHA and working on... Read more

Company Fortra
Position Director of Development
Location La Crosse, Wisconsin

Tanner Nystrom

Company Scheels
Position Core Devleoper

Matt Olson

Company Redstone Tech Inc
Position IT Specialist

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Tyler Osborne

Company American First Finance
Location Dallas

Tony Owens

Company Arrow Electronics
Position Sr. Solution Architect

Haroon Panezai

Fintech professional with 20+ years experience.

Specializing in Accounts Receivable, Collections and Bank Reconciliation Automation.

Extensive client base on IBMi-based ERP's such as Infor LX/BPCS, XA, M3 and Oracle JDE E1.

Company Cashbook
Position Partners Director
Location Ireland

Michal Peffek

Our Mission: Bring an easy solution to the market for performance monitoring and capacity planning of your highly virtualized environment with a simple and easily comprehensible UI.
It is intended as the operation front-end tool which can simply and quickly identify load abnormality and locate problems at the infrastructure level.

Company Xorux
Position Technical presale
Location Czech Republic

Zend By Perforce

Zend by Perforce delivers the enterprise PHP tools and professional services organizations need to accelerate development cycles, improve user experiences, maintain compliance, and reduce costs.Trusted by multiple Fortune 100 companies, our proven enterprise PHP offerings include secure, fully-supported PHP runtimes, software infrastructure tools, certifications and trainings, enterprise PHP long-term support, and a full suite of professional services.Learn more about how we can support your IBM i applications today by visiting www.zend.com... Read more

Company Zend By Perforce

Trevor Perry

Trevor Perry is a technologist by trade and a motivational speaker by passion. His keynote speeches and breakout sessions are in demand across the globe at technology conferences and events. He is an Australian of Irish heritage who lives in America, and spent time faking an English accent performing street theater in Texas. As a techie, Trevor understands managing life/work balance and his sessions present new perspectives, practical commonsense ideas, and encouragement for your professional and personal development. Trevor always brings his unique perspective to every session, entertaining, motivating, an... Read more

Company The Extraordinary Company L.L.C.
Position Storyteller | Instigator | Agitator
Location USA

Shelly Petty

I am a Junior Full Stack Developer at Everbrite LLC. We run our production applications on the IBMi Power Server. Primary languages are CL, RPG, DB2 SQL and Java, and the UI: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Drupple, React, and Sencha.
My position is a fast paced job and it includes Help Desk phone calls for the IBMi applications, Jira tickets, and development projects. My management team gives all developers plan, design, and development responsibilities to enhance the production applications.
I'm also heavily involved in my local user group, WMCPA, I currently hold a position as the Social Media Directo... Read more

Company Everbrite LLC
Position Application Support
Location Greenfield, WI

Brian Piotrowski

Company Simcoe Parts Service, Inc.
Position Manager, IS
Location brianpiotrowski

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Company POWERUp 2024 Floor Plan
Position Conference and Exposition Manager
Location Chicago,IL

Felix Portnoy

Felix Portnoy is a Design Principal at IBM, where he serves as a key driver in the transformation of IBM Power, with a focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences and elevating design culture and practices across the organization. Felix is a published researcher and the recipient of numerous awards in academia and industry. He completed his Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Additionally, he holds an M.A.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Haifa.

Company IBM
Position Design Principal
Location Virginia Beach, VA, USA

Jarred Prewett

Company Mueller
Position CNC Administrator II

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Michael Privett

Keith Pryke

Beer, Broncos & Baseball! Oh, and anything IBM i / Db2 related of course!

Company Informatica
Position IBM i Bod
Location In the bar!

Vivek Purushothaman

Company Costco Wholesale
Position Software Developer
Location Issaquah

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Trish Putnam

Company PACCAR Parts
Position Software Development Manager
Location Renton, WA

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Tim Quick

Company Airxcel, RV Products Div.
Position IT Manager RVP Division

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Leah Ray

Company Heartland Co-op
Location Iowa

Chris Ring

Company Euronet Worldwide
Position Development Manager
Location Little Rock, Arkansas

Chris Ringer

Position RPG Developer III

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Steve Robertson

Company Hoffmaster

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Jim Rohde

Company Crete Carrier Corporation

Russ Rollins

Company Auction Edge, Inc
Position IBM i Developer
Location Salisbury, North Carolina

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aviv rosenwasser

Tim Rowe

Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his time also helping customers understand what is possible on our platform when it comes to modernization.

Company IBM
Position Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i
Location USA

Pascal Ruckebusch

Pascal Ruckebusch adopted IBM i at the exact beginning of AS/400, three decades ago, and never left it … Pascal's experience on IBM i covers system and application development, training and operations. Twice CTO of 2 major IBM business partners in France, his technical skills and professionalism are widely recognized. 1000+ IBM i partitions are hosting one of the products designed and/or maintained by Pascal before creating M81 … There are now 800 more with M81’s products !

Company M81
Location visit us on booth 519

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Randy Schimmel

Company United Rentals

Jeremy Schults

Location jschults@greenvillecounty.org

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Tara Schultz

Company Seiden Group
Position Director, Professional Services
Location NC

Marina Schwenk

Marina started her career in January 2015 at Everbrite LLC in Greenfield WI after graduating from Gateway Technical College in May of 2014 with an Associate’s degree in IT Software Development. Marina worked for over nine years as a Senior Programmer Analyst/IBM i admin at Everbrite and is now a Senior Programmer/Analyst/IBM i admin at Innovative Software Solutions and her role consists of RPG, SQL, mobile development, IBM i administration and Java. Marina earned her bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems Software Development from Bellevue University in June of 2017. Marina is

Company Innovative Software Solutions

Marina Schwenk

Marina started her career in January 2015 at Everbrite LLC in Greenfield WI after graduating from Gateway Technical College in May of 2014 with an Associate’s degree in IT Software Development. Marina works as a Senior Programmer Analyst at Everbrite and her primary development is RPG, SQL and Java and she is also the IBM i admin at Everbrite. Marina earned her bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems Software Development from Bellevue University in June of 2017. Marina is an IBM Champion, is currently the vice president for the Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association(WMCPA... Read more

Company Everbrite
Position Senior Programmer Analyst
Location Greenfield WI

Ryan Scranton

Company Cone Drive
Position ERP Systems Supervisor
Location Traverse City, MI

Raz-Lee Security

Raz-Lee Security is one of the world’s leading independent cybersecurity and compliance solutions providers for IBM i servers (AS400). We deliver the highest level of threat visibility and protection that allow organizations to comply with global regulations such as GDPR, PCI, SOX and the like.

Raz-Lee's flagship iSecurity suite guards organizations against insider threat and unauthorized external access to business-critical information hosted on their IBM i. We are one-hundred percent dedicated to the IBM i ecosystem. We are committed to providing the best and most comprehensive IBM i compliance, auditing and security solutions... Read more

Location Nanuet, NY

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Mahmood Shad

Company Ascena Retail Group Inc.
Position Systems Engineer
Location Mahmood Shad

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Adam Shahan

Company Berg Pipe
Position System/Analysis/Programmer
Location Panama City, FL.

Adam Shedivy

Adam is a software Developer working on enhancing client and open source integration on IBM i.

Company IBM
Position Software Developer

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Luis Silva

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Akanksha Singh

Company UST
Position IBMi Software Engineering Lead
Location Seattle

Digvijay Singh

Company CVS Health , Ld Director (App Dev)
Location Richardson , Texas

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Rick Smith

Company OneMain Financial
Position VP/MD Software Development

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Elena Sobel

Arcad Software

Celebrating 27 years serving the IBM i community, ARCAD Software is the only vendor to combine Modernization and DevOps in a wholly integrated, in-house developed product range, distributed by IBM worldwide. Customers across 75 countries rely on ARCAD solutions to help deliver changes faster, with less cost and risk.

With ARCAD, transform your RPG/DB2 or CA 2E Synon applications to modern Free Form RPG and SQL, either DIY or "as a service". Automate application analysis, build, test, and deploy. Protect data privacy with anonymization on-the-fly. Achieve a common CI/CD pipeline across all your... Read more

Company Arcad Software
Position Director of Sales

CDR Software

CDR is an IBM business partner and the leading provider of fully integrated, all-in-one and a la carte software solutions designed specifically for distribution companies in the Convenience Products Industry. Since our founding in 1978, CDR has established and nurtured long-term relationships with convenience distributors by combining innovative software solutions with personalized customer care.

CDR is adept at anticipating industry trends and delivering advanced proven technologies that increase profitability, enhance customer satisfaction, and generate new sources of revenue. We offer busine... Read more

Company CDR Software
Position Software
Location United States

Real Vision Software

Real Vision Software, Inc., formed in 1992, is headquartered in Alexandria, LA. RVI is an industry leading Document Management Software Solution that captures, stores, manages, delivers and preserves your most important documents. The RVI solution is designed to integrate with end-user applications. Our solution is cross industry and has over 1,000 installs throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Central America. Real Vision Software is supported on three platforms: RVI Cloud, RVI SB (Windows) and RVI i (IBM i). RVI provides the expertise to help define your project requirements, implement your system... Read more

Company Real Vision Software, Inc.
Position Dir. of Marketing and Partner Relations
Location 3700 Jackson Street, Suite 203 Alexandria, LA 71303 USA

Fresche Solutions

Pioneers in IT modernization, Fresche manages, modernizes, and maximizes the value of IBM i business-critical systems. Our winning IP and proven solutions—Modernization, Cloud, Software and Application Services, and Strategy—earned the trust of global leaders from 2500+ companies. Transform your IT challenges into future growth and innovation with Fresche Solutions.

Company Fresche Solutions

PABLO SOSA

Founded two companies and sold both. Actually, working as a COO and Co-Founder at CodingIT.

Company CodingIT
Position COO
Location United States

Bill Starke

William Starke is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Power microprocessors. Since graduating from Michigan Tech University, Bill has been employed by IBM for over 30 years in several roles, spanning mainframe and Power systems performance analysis, logic design, and microarchitecture. For the past two decades he has served as the Chief Cache/Nest Architect for Power. Bill is an IBM master inventor, with over 300 U.S. patents.

Company IBM
Position Power Processor Chief Architect
Location USA

Todd Stewart

Over 30 years utilizing the power of the IBM mid-range platform. Learning the agriculture industry after decades in retail. Highly focused on modernization of aging RPG code base and 5250 UI on the IBM i. Member COMMON Americas Advisory Council

Company Heartland Coop
Position Senior Application Engineer
Location Des Moines, Iowa Area

Sundar Subbarama

Senior IBM i Developer and programmer at New York Life Insurance Company - NYL Direct division for 20 years at Tampa. I have seen and worked on old releases going back since 1999. We are currently in the process of modernizing our application to 21st century and my Team is leading the effort.

Company New York Life Insurance Company
Position Senior Associate
Location Tampa

Kisco Systems

At Kisco Systems we want to "Secure Every IBM i." We do this through education, continuous innovation and a focus on customer value. Our comprehensive suite of remote monitoring, security and audit software is the easiest way for IBM i shops to get secure and stay compliant.

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Rhonda Tauber

I would like to learn more about System Administration, Performance Tuning, CL and SQL.

Company Newell Rubbermaid
Position Infrastructure Support Analyst

Bruno Taverne

I am the M81 Sales and Partners manager.

M81 is a 10 years old software house (ISV) developing System Products for IBM i
Some figures: 600 firms trusting our 2 solutions : ‘Flash for i’ and ‘Control for i’ ! (running on 1000+ IBM i LPARs in 23 countries - Americas & Europe - 100% through 48 partners = Resellers, Cloud providers, MSP).

I hope to meet Partners (and Customers) on our booth No 519 and in our session 417 (https://sched.co/1bOpY). We are ready to do demos and to conclude agreements…

M81 software provides solutions to: Eliminate nearly completely the backup windows. Perform Sa... Read more

Company M81
Position Sales and Partners Manager
Location Visit our booth 519

David H Taylor

Position Senior developer

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Jennifer Taylor-Williams

imPOWER Technologies

imPower Technologies was co-founded in 2016 by IBM i educator and author Jim Buck and Michelle Lyons to prepare the next generation of IBM i professionals. Organizations looking for candidates with current IBM i skills can leverage imPower's training programs to train programmers with legacy IBM skills as well as candidates with non-IBM backgrounds on the latest RPG techniques, tools and the IBM i OS. This can be a powerful first step to any modernization efforts.

As a College instructor for 15 years, Jim introduced students to the IBM i and he successfully equipped them with the necessary tools to work on the platform... Read more

Company imPower Technologies
Location Salem, Wisconsin

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Frank Thomas

Company Aktion Associates
Location Maumee, OH

Piotr Tkaczyk

Company Common Europe
Position Treasurer
Location Poland

Rod M. Verity

Company Cooperators Life Company
Location Regina

Gina Vincen

I have been writing RPG in all its wonderful forms for over 30 years now. I started my career on a S36 in New Orleans, LA. I attended my first Common in 1996 in San Antonio, TX as a brand new programmer working for EDS. I currently work for United Rentals, Inc. we have a robust programming staff spread across Oregon, Idaho, Texas and beyond. Our team writes and maintains the software for the largest equipment rental company in the world. I love to Travel, Golf, Paddle Board, Hike, Jog and work in my yard.

Company United Rentals
Position Senior Analyst
Location Eagle, ID