Sheryl M. Larsen
Sheryl M. Larsen is president and founder of Sheryl M. Larsen, Inc., a consulting practice specializing in DB2 Systems Analysis and Advanced Education. She is an internationally recognized researcher, consultant and lecturer, specializing in large scale DB2 systems and is known for her extensive expertise in optimizing SQL. Sheryl has over 23 years experience in DB2, has published many articles, and co-authored a book, DB2 Answers, Osborne-McGraw-Hill, 1999. She was selected as a keynote speaker for the IDUG Asia Pacific 2002 Conference and is frequently asked to keynote DB2 tool vendor's worldwide events. She was voted into the IDUG "Speaker Hall of Fame" in 2001 and was the Executive Editor of the IDUG Solutions Journal magazine 1997-2000. Currently, she is President of the Midwest Database Users Group (www.mwdug.org), and a member of IBM's DB2 Gold Consultants program.
Company
Sheryl M. Larsen, Inc., SMLI
Elmhurst, IL, USA
Expertise
Senior IT leadership engages SMLI to develop solutions for highly visible and underperforming DB2 applications. In addition to consulting, advanced DB2 skills assessment and training is tailored to increase client's skills in the following topics:
How To Do a DB2 Performance Review
Advanced & Complex SQL Coding
Extreme Tuning DB2 SQL for Performance
Performance for SOA Java DB2 Applications
Data Warehouse Design for Performance
DB2 9 Transition for z/OS Developers & DBAs
Design Patterns: Data Strategies for Performance
Publications & Musings
Book: Co-authored, DB2 Answers, Osborne-McGraw-Hill, 1999
Article: Meet the Experts: Sheryl Larsen on the Power of Table Expressions
White Paper: Top Ten SQL Performance Tips
Cover Story: Let's Talk Access Paths, Database Management magazine, 1992
Article: Browsing DB2 Result Sets, Database Programming and Design, 1991
Article: Extreme SQL Performance Techniques for DB2
User Groups/Professional Associations
The International DB2 Users Group
IBM Gold Consultant - member since 1994
Member since 1986, Board member since 1988, President 1996 until present, Midwest Database Users Group
Member since 1989, International DB2 Users Group (IDUG)
IDUG North America Conference Planning Committee, 1991 - 1997
IDUG Board of Directors, 1991 - 1994
IDUG Solutions Journal Editor, 1998 - 1999
IDUG Best Speaker Hall of Fame
IDUG Volunteer Hall of Fame
Conferences
IDUG North America Conference Speaker, 19 years (every year)
IDUG European Conference speaker 6 years
IDUG Asia Pacific 2002 Conference keynote speaker
IDUG Asia Pacific Conference speaker 6 years
Conference speaker, 3 years www-01.ibm.com/software/data/conf/
Interests
Triathlons
Languages: English
Sheryl Recommends
DB2 Developer Domain
IBM DB2 z/OS Library
MWDUG
Article on developerWorks
IBM DB2 LUW Library
DB2 Access Paths
Additional Information
SMLI is passionate about making DB2 systems perform! SMLI's specialty is DB2 analysis, consulting and advanced education. SMLI has been called a "first class business partner" by former clients for its world class customized training and performance solutions.
Contact Information
Sheryl M. Larsen
www.smlsql.com
smlsql@comcast.net
(630) 399-3330 USA