With over 25 years working in the IBM i community with IBM (with a brief stint with the Zend by Perforce team) I have worked with a number of technologies on the POWER platform including cloud (PowerVC) Dev/Ops solutions (Docker, Chef), Open Source technologies (Linux, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP). My current position with IBM finds me working with customers in the Financial Market space helping them to leverage the power and flexibility of hybrid cloud and cloudpaks to build an agile and responsive business. I have expertise in a variety of technologies including virtualization, storage, networking, and operating systems including AIX, IBM i, and Linux. I am a frequent speaker at various user groups and technical conferences and have authored numerous articles on Linux, PHP, virtualization, and systems management