David Painter

IBM i Subject Matter Expert on High Availability, Db2Mirror, IBM Cloud offerings for IBM i

Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

About

High Availability and Systems Management, specifically PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i (iSeries / AS/400) specialist, used to working with customers of all sizes and at all levels with a professional, pleasant and enthusiastic approach. My work takes me around the world working with a wide selection of IBM's customers across many industries. My current job role involves consulting, designing, implementing and teaching high availability and disaster recovery solutions, based upon the PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i product as well as the IBM Systems Lab Services toolkits. I am also involved in "CRITSITS" around IBM i and external storage. Over the last year my role has expanded into continuous availability and leading the Db2Mirror rollout with IBM Systems Lab Services, as well as working on the IBM Cloud offerings for the IBM i platform. I regularly present availability topics at IBM conferences across EMEA. I am the author of a number of IBM Redbooks on PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i and external storage topics.

Experience

  • Freelance IBM i Availability Specialist at Freelance
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Senior Managing Consultant at IBM United Kingdom Ltd
    Apr 2012 - Dec 2023 · 11 yrs 9 mos

    High Availability and Systems Management, specifically PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i specialist, used to working with customers of all sizes and at all levels with a professional, pleasant and enthusiastic approach. My work takes me around the world working with a wide selection of IBM's customers across many industries. My current job role involves consulting, designing, implementing and teaching high availability and disaster recovery solutions, based upon the PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i product as well as the IBM Systems Lab Services toolkits. I am also involved in "CRITSITS" around IBM i and external storage. I regularly present availability topics at IBM conferences across EMEA. I am the author of a number of IBM Redbooks on PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i and external storage topics.

  • Senior IT Specialist at IBM
    Sep 2006 - Dec 2011 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    High Availability and Systems Management, specifically PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i specialist, used to working with customers of all sizes and at all levels with a professional, pleasant and enthusiastic approach. My work takes me around the world working with a wide selection of IBM's customers across many industries. My current job role involves consulting, designing, implementing and teaching high availability and disaster recovery solutions, based upon the PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i product as well as the IBM Systems Lab Services toolkits. I am also involved in "CRITSITS" around IBM i and external storage. I regularly present availability topics at IBM conferences across EMEA. I am the author of a number of IBM Redbooks on PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i and external storage topics.

  • Technical Manager - iSeries at Morse Group
    Feb 2003 - Sep 2006 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Technical Director at GSA Technical Services Ltd
    Feb 1997 - Feb 2006 · 9 yrs 1 mo