Michael Dewert

Michael Dewert is a IBM senior certified DB2 Consulting Specialist and Senior Software Engineer based in Germany, working for IBM DB2 z/OS development (Silicon Valley Laboratory).  He has over 25 years of experience working with DB2 z/OS. Before joining IBM in 2001, he worked for large banking IT providers in Germany. He has mainly worked on DB2 z/OS and parallel sysplex data sharing, but also experienced in z/OS system programming, other subsystem environments like, CICS, IMS DC/DB. WebSphere, client/server, etc. DB2 data sharing implementations aiming for high availability and performance always was one of his key interest and focus areas. He is also a co-author of IBM DB2 Redbooks and White Papers. Currently he works as a member of the DB2 z/OS Development SWAT team supporting customers across various industries and geographies.