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IBM i Guided Tour 2025

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The IBM i team is announcing a series of Guided Tours on important IBM i topics. These Guided Tours are intended for IBM and Business Partner sellers and technical sellers. Customers are also welcome to attend the Guided Tour sessions.

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    Join Scott Forstie, the SQL Tutor, to learn how the very powerful SQL language can be used beyond the database. He will go over tips and tricks for system managers, security managers, database engineers, application developers, and more!

    Join Scott Forstie, the SQL Tutor, to learn how the very powerful SQL language can be used beyond the database. He will go over tips and tricks for system managers, security managers, database engineers, application developers, and more!

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

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    Navigator is a storied element of systems management on IBM i. In this guided tour, Tim Rowe will walk through the updates and functionalities of Navigator and how to securely administer an IBM i system.

    Navigator is a storied element of systems management on IBM i. In this guided tour, Tim Rowe will walk through the updates and functionalities of Navigator and how to securely administer an IBM i system.

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

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    PowerVS for i and Migrate While Active have experienced a multitude of upgrades in IBM i 7.6. In this guided tour, Tonny Bastiaans and Dan Sundt will review these changes and what they mean for your businesses.

    PowerVS for i and Migrate While Active have experienced a multitude of upgrades in IBM i 7.6. In this guided tour, Tonny Bastiaans and Dan Sundt will review these changes and what they mean for your businesses.

    Tonny Bastiaans

    WW Offering Manager Power Virtual Server

    IBM

    Tonny has over 18 years of experience working at IBM in a variety of roles. He has an open mind building the bridge between technic and business. Tonny is always interested in a good conversation and human interaction (accompanied with a good cup of coffee)

    Daniel Sundt

    Technical Sales Specialist, IBM

    Daniel helps customers architect optimal solutions on IBM Power Systems servers running the IBM i, AIX, and Linux operating systems, and has been supporting IBM i customers for over 25 years. He also specializes in working with ISV's or applications on IBM hardware/software

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    In the latest edition of the IBM i Guided Tour series, Sanjula Ganepola will walk through how VS code can improve RPG unit testing.

    In the latest edition of the IBM i Guided Tour series, Sanjula Ganepola will walk through how VS code can improve RPG unit testing.

    Sanjula Ganepola

    Software Developer - IBM i App Dev & AI Toolchain

    IBM

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    Steve Finnes and Dan Sundt explore PowerHA in the latest addition to the 2025 Guided Tour series. Everything from the basics to the latest and greatest options for PowerVS will be covered.

    Steve Finnes and Dan Sundt explore PowerHA in the latest addition to the 2025 Guided Tour series. Everything from the basics to the latest and greatest options for PowerVS will be covered.

    Steve Finnes

    IBM Product Manager

    Steve has spent several years in IBM with positions spanning basic research to product development, product offering and marketing. He is the product offering manager for IBM Power Systems with responsibility for PowerHA for AIX, PowerHA for IBM i and the CBU.

    Daniel Sundt

    Technical Sales Specialist, IBM

    Daniel helps customers architect optimal solutions on IBM Power Systems servers running the IBM i, AIX, and Linux operating systems, and has been supporting IBM i customers for over 25 years. He also specializes in working with ISV's or applications on IBM hardware/software

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    In this guided tour, the IBM i Product Managers will review any updates to the IBM i subscription models for 2025. Michael Barenys will also review any expert labs offerings that are included in the IBM i subscription packages.

    In this guided tour, the IBM i Product Managers will review any updates to the IBM i subscription models for 2025. Michael Barenys will also review any expert labs offerings that are included in the IBM i subscription packages.

    Yan Zhuo

    IBM i Product Management Leader

    IBM

    I have been with IBM for over twenty years, starting out as tech sales and consultant, then product management.  Acting as a technical product manager, I worked with a development team, and together we delivered a next-gen requirements management product that was used by NASA for its mission to Mars.  I launched the first multi-tenant SaaS with an on-prem delivery before IBM has the hybrid cloud infrastructure.  And the multi-tenant SaaS product won the first subscription deal for IBM Cloud.  Recently I have delivered business partner activation kits for watsonx.ai, watsonx.data and watsonx.governance. watsonx is IBM's generative AI platform.

    Amy Blea

    Senior Product Manager

    IBM

    Senior Product Manager for IBM i with 15 years of strategic transformation and product lifecycle oversight, people development, change management, operational excellence, and corporate growth experience.


    Linda Hirsch

    IBM i Offering Program Manager

    IBM

    Linda is on the worldwide IBM i Product Management team which creates and delivers offerings for the IBM i portfolio.

    Carmelita Ruvalcaba Cevallos

    IBM i Product Manager

    IBM

    Carmelita Ruvalcaba is an accomplished IBM i Product Manager with deep-rooted expertise in software development lifecycle and product management. Her extensive knowledge and passion for driving innovation have been instrumental in shaping the future of IBM i solutions. She is in charge of hosting IBM i Guided Tours and is the IBM liaison with the COMMON American Advisory Council (CAAC). Carmelita is dedicated to understanding the evolving needs of clients and business partners.

    Carmelita Ruvalcaba es una destacada Gerente de Producto de IBM i con una sólida experiencia en el ciclo de vida del desarrollo de software y la gestión de productos. Su amplio conocimiento y pasión por impulsar la innovación han sido fundamentales para dar forma al futuro de las soluciones de IBM i. Está a cargo de organizar las Visitas Guiadas de IBM i y es el enlace de IBM con el Consejo Asesor Americano de COMMON (CAAC). Carmelita está comprometida con entender las necesidades cambiantes de los clientes y socios comerciales.

    Daniel Sundt

    Technical Sales Specialist, IBM

    Daniel helps customers architect optimal solutions on IBM Power Systems servers running the IBM i, AIX, and Linux operating systems, and has been supporting IBM i customers for over 25 years. He also specializes in working with ISV's or applications on IBM hardware/software

    Michael Barenys

    Product Manager

    IBM

    Product Manager at IBM with over 28 years of experience in the industry.

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    In this guided tour, Liam Allen goes over the primary differences between Mapepire and ODBC, with a focus on some of the performance metrics. The differences will be further highlighted in a code base review.

    In this guided tour, Liam Allen goes over the primary differences between Mapepire and ODBC, with a focus on some of the performance metrics. The differences will be further highlighted in a code base review.

    Liam Allan

    Advisory Software Engineer

    IBM

    Liam primarily works with Node.js/TS and C, but has previously used other languages like C# and PHP. He is invested heavily into the IBM i industry to help people learn other tech (like Node.js, AWS, Azure, modern development practices, so on!). Liam loves working on and creating dev tools to make developing applications easier for everyone in the long run. He is now working at IBM as a Advisory Software Engineer, working with clients and open-source software. Liam of course loves, loves, loves open-source! Oh, and he sometimes speak at conferences.

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    Application modernization and IBM i skills are two of the most consistent concerns for IBM i shops according to the IBM i Marketplace Survey hosted. Watsonx Code Assistant for i aims to close the gap in these area by providing coding assistance for RPG and IBM i-specific features that aren't consistent through other models. Join Steve Will in this guided tour to learn more.

    Application modernization and IBM i skills are two of the most consistent concerns for IBM i shops according to the IBM i Marketplace Survey hosted. Watsonx Code Assistant for i aims to close the gap in these area by providing coding assistance for RPG and IBM i-specific features that aren't consistent through other models. Join Steve Will in this guided tour to learn more.

    Steven Will

    Chief Architect - IBM i, IBM

    Steve has worked on the IBM i operating system and its predecessors since the initial development of the AS/400. Since 2007, he has been the IBM i Chief Architect, responsible for the strategy of the operating system and the plan for future releases.

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    Join Liam Allan for a demo of Code for IBM i and the Db2 extension. He will show some of the features with the database extension that he finds most useful in this guided tour.

    Join Liam Allan for a demo of Code for IBM i and the Db2 extension. He will show some of the features with the database extension that he finds most useful in this guided tour.

    Liam Allan

    Advisory Software Engineer

    IBM

    Liam primarily works with Node.js/TS and C, but has previously used other languages like C# and PHP. He is invested heavily into the IBM i industry to help people learn other tech (like Node.js, AWS, Azure, modern development practices, so on!). Liam loves working on and creating dev tools to make developing applications easier for everyone in the long run. He is now working at IBM as a Advisory Software Engineer, working with clients and open-source software. Liam of course loves, loves, loves open-source! Oh, and he sometimes speak at conferences.

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    IBM announced the new native MFA feature with the IBM i 7.6 update. In this guided tour, Tim Rowe will walk through how to configure users for MFA using Navigator for i.

    IBM announced the new native MFA feature with the IBM i 7.6 update. In this guided tour, Tim Rowe will walk through how to configure users for MFA using Navigator for i.

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.