
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 Tim Mullenbach in examining the Integrated MFA feature that came to IBM i in version 7.6. In this guided tour, Tim will review the implementation, user interface, and troubleshooting tips the Integrated MFA.
Join Tim Mullenbach in examining the Integrated MFA feature that came to IBM i in version 7.6. In this guided tour, Tim will review the implementation, user interface, and troubleshooting tips the Integrated MFA.
Tim Mullenbach
Senior Business Architect - Security on IBM i
IBM
Tim Mullenbach is a Senior Software Engineer at IBM Rochester. He spent his first 20+ IBM years with the IBM i Sockets and System TLS development team prior to transitioning to the IBM i Security Business Architect role in 2018.
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Application development on IBM i has a wide variety of languages, methodologies, and tools. In this guided tour, Liam Allan will go through end-to-end development while focusing on how to incorporate the available tools to enhance the application development process.
Application development on IBM i has a wide variety of languages, methodologies, and tools. In this guided tour, Liam Allan will go through end-to-end development while focusing on how to incorporate the available tools to enhance the application development process.
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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Join Kent Milligan in exploring the ACS SQL Performance Center to discover the tools and benefits that it can provide.
Join Kent Milligan in exploring the ACS SQL Performance Center to discover the tools and benefits that it can provide.
Kent Milligan
Senior Db2 for i Consultant
IBM
Kent Milligan is a Senior Db2 for i Consultant in IBM Technology Expert Labs. Kent has over 25 years of experience as a Db2 for IBM i consultant and developer working out of the IBM Rochester lab. Prior to re-joining the Db2 for i Expert Labs practice in 2020, Kent spent 5 years working on healthcare solutions powered by IBM Watson technologies. Kent is a sought-after speaker and author on Db2 for i & SQL topics including his Db2 for i blog.
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Join the IBM i team in reviewing the new features coming with IBM i 7.6. This guided tour will cover advancements in Security, System Administration, Database, Navigator for i, Code for IBM i, Base OS, and Base Infrastructure.
Join the IBM i team in reviewing the new features coming with IBM i 7.6. This guided tour will cover advancements in Security, System Administration, Database, Navigator for i, Code for IBM i, Base OS, and Base Infrastructure.
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Join Eric Simpson in evaluating how Merlin can streamline and enhance development processes.
Join Eric Simpson in evaluating how Merlin can streamline and enhance development processes.
Eric Simpson
Software Developer and Project Lead
IBM
Experienced Software Developer with expertise in designing and implementing features, developing automated and manual tests, building and packaging products, project planning, coordinating with multiple teams around the world, and tracking releases from start to finish using agile methodologies in addition to supporting customers, writing documentation, and publishing fixes.
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Join Scott Forstie in learning about what IBM i System Limits are, where they can improve system workflows, and how to implement system limits to issue texts, alerts, and more!
Join Scott Forstie in learning about what IBM i System Limits are, where they can improve system workflows, and how to implement system limits to issue texts, alerts, 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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Join Tonny Bastiaans exploring the latest updates on the IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS). This will include updates on the current capabilities, use cases, benefits, support options, documentation, and licensing of PowerVS. Resource information for PowerVS will also be provided in both the video and handout.
Join Tonny Bastiaans exploring the latest updates on the IBM Power Virtual Server (PowerVS). This will include updates on the current capabilities, use cases, benefits, support options, documentation, and licensing of PowerVS. Resource information for PowerVS will also be provided in both the video and handout.
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)
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Join Steve Will in looking at the strategic roadmap for the IBM i team in 2025.
Join Steve Will in looking at the strategic roadmap for the IBM i team in 2025.
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.