Bryan Paulsen
Bryan Paulsen is a technology architect for John Deere in Moline, IL. He specializes in DB2 for z/OS in the DB2 Classic/Legacy and DB2 SAP environments. His experiences include DB2 systems programming, project manager for the DB2 9 and DB2 V8 Early Support Programs, DB2 disaster recovery technical lead and project manager for migrating John Deere’s SAP implementations to SAP on DB2 for z/OS. He is a founding member of the Very Large Database (VLDB) Technical Exchange; an organization of companies running SAP on DB2 for z/OS.
Bryan has spoken at IDUG North America, IDUG Europe, IBM’s Information On Demand, SHARE, Central Canada DB2 User Group and Colorado DB2 User Group. He received the Best User Speaker Award for IDUG North America 2004 and 2007 and IDUG Europe 2007. He is a member of the IDUG Speakers Hall of Fame.
Bryan has served on the IDUG North America Conference Planning Committee since 2007. He is a Co-Chair for the IDUG North America 2010 conference.
Company
John Deere (link resides outside of ibm.com)
Moline, IL USA
Expertise
DB2 for z/OS
Languages
English
Interests
Traveling, snow skiing and aviation
Recommended links
IDUG, (link resides outside of ibm.com)
IBM Redbooks,
World Airline Historical Society (link resides outside of ibm.com)
Publications
IDUG Solutions Journal (link resides outside of ibm.com)
User Groups/Professional Associations
IDUG North America Conference Planning Committee
IBM Certified DBA for DB2 on z/OS
IBM DB2 for z/OS Customer Advisory Council
VLDB Technical Exchange
Conferences
IDUG North America
IDUG Europe
IBM Information On Demand
SHARE
Central Canada DB2 User Group
Colorado DB2 User Group
Contact Information
PaulsenBryanM@JohnDeere.com