David Gibbs

Current

• Speaker / Volunteer at COMMON A Users Group
• Shutterbug at Fallingrock Photography
• Sr. Software Engineer at MKS

• Owner / Operator / Administrator at midrange.com

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Past

• Sr. Programmer Analyst at Silvon Software
• Sr. Programmer Analyst at Zellweger Analytics
• Programmer Analyst at Harper Collins

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Education

• Prairie State
• Rich East HS

Recommended

12 people have recommended David

Connections

359 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Employer

David Gibbs’s Summary

I'm an experienced multi-platform software developer.

I work on IBM i (formerly System i, iSeries, & AS/400), Linux / Unix, and Windows in RPG & Java. I also dabble in PHP, perl, python, & shell script.

I also host one of the best known IBM i / System i / iSeries community sites: midrange.com.

David Gibbs’s Specialties:

Cross platform development, IBM i / System i / iSeries / AS/400, Linux, RPG, Java, TCP/IP, Apache, Sendmail, Mailman, Digital Photography, PHP.

David Gibbs’s Experience

• Speaker / Volunteer

  COMMON A Users Group

  (Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

  Presented two sessions ...
  
  1. Introduction to RDi/WDSC Plug-in Development
  2. Email Security Techniques
  
  Support COMMON projects through midrange.com

• Shutterbug

  Fallingrock Photography

  (Photography industry)

  January 2002 — Present (7 years 11 months)

  Freelance photographic services.

• Sr. Software Engineer

  MKS

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; T.MKX; Computer Software industry)

  June 1997 — Present (12 years 6 months)

  I work on MKS Implementer and other IBM i products for MKS.
  
  My primary responsibilities are integration with other MKS products (MKS Integrity, MKS Source, etc) and IBM's Websphere Development Studio Client for System i (WDSC) / Rational Developer for System i (RDi).
  
  I work in Java and RPG, but have familiarity with a fairly broad range of languages and development environments, including: IBM i, Linux, and Windows.

• Owner / Operator / Administrator

  midrange.com

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1990 — Present (19 years 3 months)

  I created midrange.com originally as a BBS, which morphed into a collection of mailing list. It was originally created as an exercise in enlightened self interest. I was looking for a free forum to discuss S/3x topics, but the only forums I could find were pricey.
  
  midrange.com now hosts a number of active email based discussion forums, wiki, FAQ, and resource links site, all dedicated to the IBM i platform.
  
  midrange.com runs on a pair of Dell PowerEdge servers running Linux. It's main web site (http://www.midrange.com) is powered by a IBM iSeries (hosted by Franken i [http://www.frankeni.com]).

Additional Information

David Gibbs’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website
• My Employer

David Gibbs’s Interests:

IBM i / System i / iSeries, Linux, programming, photography, biking, hiking, travel.

David Gibbs’s Groups:

COMMON, Omni User, midrange.com

•    Linked n Chicago
•    Obama for America
•    Eclipse
•    Gmail Users
•    Open Source Universe
•    IBM Rational Enthusiasts
•    Fedora
•    iPhone Group
•    midrange.com
•    Linux Users
•    RPG/AS400 Developers
•    Java Developers
•    Linux Community
•    I5/AS400 Application Development and Support Network
•    SCM - Software Configuration Management
•    IBM and IBM Business Partners Group
•    AS400 specialists
•    Canon EOS Digital Photography
•    COMMON A Users Group
•    The Omni User
•    Eclipse Plugin Developers
•    Mailman
•    SSA Former Employees
•    LUNI
•    AS/400 Advanced Technical Experts
•    Young i Professionals
•    Agile Application Lifecycle Management
•    IBM i professionals
•    Rich East High School Alumni
•    Old Geek Registry
•    QSECOFR
•    IBM i PHP developers
•    MKS Inc. Alumni
•    iManifest EMEA

David Gibbs’s Honors:

Distinguished Service Award -- COMMON 2008
Gibraltar Award for Outstanding contributions to the System i Community: COMMON & iSociety 2007
Finalist: System i Innovation Award: Community Support Category -- IBM & COMMON 2007
"Helping Hand Award" -- COMMON LUG Committee - 2003
"2002 Biggest iSeries Influencers" -- iSeries Insider
For the COMMON Good: 2000 & 2003




Article: Keeping the Community Communicating -- http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/i5/may06/endpgm/7177p1.aspx

David Gibbs’s Contact Settings

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