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Ted Alexander – The Praxium Group, Sr. Consultantwww.praxiumgroup.com

Product / Solution Areas: Data and Information ManagementAreas of expertise: DB2, Optim, InfoSphereGeos covered: Worldwide

Shawn Bay – Escholar, Officer

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Dave Beulke – Pragmatic Solutions, President www.davebeulke.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 database on all platforms, DB2 consulting, training, and education. Areas of expertise: DB2 database performance, data warehouses and internet architecturesGeos covered: US based working for clients nationwide on-site and through remote connection arrangements

Klaas Brant – Klaas Brant Consulting & Education (KCBE) – CEOwww.kcbe.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS and DB2 LUWAreas of expertise: Education, tuning and DBA procedureGeos covered: Worldwide with a focus on Europe

Marie Buretta

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Brenda Castiel – Castiel Consulting Services - PresidentProduct / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS and ToolsAreas of expertise: Business intelligence, data warehousing, data managementGeos covered: Worldwide

Michael Chaney – ChainLink Networking Solutions, Inc. – CTO/Co-Founderwww.chainlink.com Product / Solution Areas: WebSphere, Tivoli, Lotus Sametime, DB2Areas of expertise: SOA, development and architectureGeos covered: USA

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Ember Crooks – Rosetta – Application Engineering Architectwww.rosetta.comBlog: http://db2commerce.com

Product / Solution Areas: Using DB2 and IBM Smarter Commerce to deliver world-class eCommerce solutions Areas of expertise: WebSphere Commerce DB2 databases, DB2 high-availability with HADR and TSA, DB2 performance tuning for high-volume OLTP workloads Geos covered; Worldwide

Norbert Denne – DGD-Dienstleistungsgesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung – Managerwww.dgd-ub.de

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS, Seminars, book authorAreas of expertise: Data modelling, DB2 for z/OS design, performanceGeos covered: Germany, Austria, Switzerland

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Joachim Duevel – Joachim Duevel Consulting – Sr. IT Consultant

Product / Solutions Areas: DB2 for z/OS, QMF, RACF, Guardium Areas of expertise: Compliance, encryption, autonomics, tuning Geos covered: Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Son Eun Geun – IT Expert Group – CEOwww.iteg.co.kr

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUWAreas of expertise: Performance analysis and tuning, data replicationGeos covered: Korea

Paul Elliott – CPT Global – Data Management Consultantwww.cptglobal.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUW, DB2 ToolsAreas of expertise: Performance analysis and tuning, problem diagnosis, datawarehousingGeos covered: worldwide

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Russ Evans – Evans Group Consulting

Product / Solution Areas: CICSAreas of expertise: CICS systems programming, systems level assembler coding in CICS and z/OS, CICS web integration.Geos covered: Primarily USA

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Frank Fillmore – The Fillmore Group – Presidentwww.thefillmoregroup.com Product / Solutions Areas: DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUW Areas of expertise: DB2 Database administration, data interoperability, big data Geos covered: Primary: N. America, Secondary: worldwide

Ron Flannery –

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Dam Galvin – Galvin Consulting

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Susan Gausden –

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Ivan Gelb –

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Jurgen Glag - Glag-Consult GmbH - Ownerwww.glag-consult.com Product / Solutions Areas: Management consulting and data management Areas of expertise: Data warehousing, data management, project/program management Geos covered: Europe

Ezriel Gross –

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Scott Hayes – DBI Software – President and Ownerwww.dbisoftware.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 LUWAreas of expertise: DB2 LUW: performance analysis and monitoring, tuning, consulting and education Geos covered: worldwide

Jan Henderckyx – Brainware Bvba – Managing Partner

Product / Solution Areas: Information Server, MDM, IBM PureData for AnalyticsAreas of expertise: Master data management, information governance, BIGeos covered: Europe, USA

Gerald Hodge –

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Ole Holmskov – HITCON – IT Architect and DB2 Consultantwww.hitcon.biz Product / Solutions Areas: DB2 LUW Areas of expertise: performance and tuning, recovery and development Geos covered: Europe (Mainly Northern part)

Vaclav Honsa – AMDEX Computing Corp. – Senior Consultantwww.amdex-e.com

Product / Solution Areas: Transaction and messaging software on Distributed Platforms (LUW) and on z/OS Areas of expertise: WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, CICS/TS Geos covered: North America (US, Canada, Caribbean) and Europe

Martin Hubel – Martin Hubel Consulting – Presidentwww.mhubel.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUW, integration with DB2 for iSeries Areas of expertise: Performance, design and recovery Geos covered: North America, Europe

Jay Lang – Distributed Computing Professionals Inc. – Chief Technologistwww.tpmq-experts.com

Product / Solution Areas: Distributed Computing, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Application ServerAreas of expertise: Banking, logistics, healthcareGeos covered: North and Central America

Susan Lawson – YL&A – Presidentwww.ylassoc.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OSAreas of expertise: Performance tuning, database design, data sharingGeos covered: Worldwide

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Stuart Litel – Kazr Technologies – CTOwww.kazer.com Product / Solutions Areas: Informix Areas of expertise: Informix Geos covered: USA and Worldwide

Daniel Luksetich – DanL Database Consulting – Senior Consultantwww.db2expert.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUW, DB2 certification (author), DB2 for z/OS Tools, IBM DataStudio Areas of expertise: High Performance database, application design and tuning, SQL training, performance evaluation and tuning Geos covered: North America and Europe, with desire for S. America and Asia

Terry Mason – Brooklands Technology Ltd. – CEO / Database Specialistwww.brooktek.co.uk

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 LUW, Netezza Areas of expertise: database architecture, design and administration Geos covered: UK, Europe

Steve Mazer – DeNovo Solutions – Director-Technology Solutionswww.thedenovo.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2, TSM, Information IntegrationAreas of expertise: database design and implementation of very large databases, performance and tuning, Tivoli suite, holds top secret SCI (DOD) clearanceGeos covered: N. America: Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia areas

William Miller –

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Cristian Molaro – MConsulting, Belgium – DB2 Independent Specialistwww.linkedin.com/in/cristianmolaro Product / Solutions Areas: DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUW, and the IBM Information Management portfolio of solutions Areas of expertise: Performance, system integration and architecture. Consultancy and education Geos covered: EMEA

Craig Mullins – Mullins Consulting, Inc. – President and Principal Consultantwww.mullinsconsultinginc.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS, Big Data, DBA Areas of expertise: performance management, database administration, data governance and data management Geos covered: North America

Judy Nall – Computer Business International Inc. (CBI) - Presidentwww.dbi4you.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS Education, mentoring and consulting Areas of expertise: systems administration, database administration, application programming Geos covered: US, Canada, Europe

Bjarne Nelson –

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Gary Peskin – The Firstech Corp. - President

Product / Solution Areas: Areas of expertise: Legacy modenization, JEE development, systems integration between disparate systemsGeos covered: Los Angeles area and worldwide

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Barrie Shaw – XTIVIA Inc. – Principal Consultant www.xtivia.com Product / Solutions Areas: Informix database administration, remote database administration support via virtual DBA service Areas of expertise: Informix dynamic server performance tuning, Informix upgrades and migrations, troubleshooting Geos covered: New Jersey area, can travel

James Sobieski – Fourth Millennium Technologies – President and Sr. Managing Consultantwww.fmtusa.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 LUW, InfoSphere Information Server, Data Warehousing, Master Data ManagementAreas of expertise: Geos covered: US, Caribbean, Canada, Mexico

Fred Sobotka – FRS Consulting Inc. - Presidenthttp://frsconsulting.com/ Product / Solution Areas: DB2 (all versions), Data Studio, InfoSphere Replication Server Areas of expertise: pure XML, pureScale/HADR, Q Replication Geos covered: Based in N. America, available worldwide

Kurt Struyf – SuadaSoft – Senior Consultantwww.suadasoft.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUW, Q replication Areas of expertise: DB2 performance, recovery, securityGeos covered: Europe, Asia, N. America

Julian Stuhler – Triton Consulting, Principal Consultantwww.triton.co.uk

Product / Solution Areas: Information management on mainframe and distributed platforms, with focus on Data Management and Optim Areas of expertise: DB2 for z/OS performance, systems programming and database administrationGeos covered: Mainly UK and Europe and worldwide

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Luc Vandaele – SuadaSoft – Information Management Architectwww.suadasoft.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 LUW, DB2 on z/OS, Informix, IM Tools and UtilitiesAreas of expertise: migrations to DB2 (ex. Sybase to DB2), DB2 LUW application and system tuning, DB2 auditingGeos covered: Benelux, France, Germany

Robert Vorbroker – Zombie Data – Principal Consultantwww.zombiedata.com Product / Solution Areas: Informix-based database technologies, Data Warehousing and BI Areas of expertise: Banking, Grocery/Retail, 24x7 manufacturing Geos covered: Eastern US, and moving to Tampa, FL area

Isaac Yassin – dbX Consulting Services – Principal Consultant and Co-founder www.dbX-consulting.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUW, Tools, IDAA, Guardium, Tivoli, Optim Areas of expertise: Administration and performance, z/OS infrastructure and security, training and course developmentGeos covered: Israel, N. America and EU

Meir Zohar – dbX Consulting Services – Principal Consultantwww.dbX-consulting.com

Product / Solution Areas: DB2 for z/OS, DB2 LUW, Tools, IDAA, Guardium, Tivoli, Optim Areas of expertise: Administration and performance, z/OS infrastructure and security, training and course developmentGeos covered: Israel, N. America and EU

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