Product Manager
Toronto, Canada Area
- Current
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- Product Manager, InfoSphere Warehouse at IBM
- Past
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- Software Development Manager, DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows at IBM
- Staff Software Engineer, DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows at IBM
- Advisory Software Engineer, DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows at IBM
- IT Specialist, e-Business Services at IBM
- Education
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- Queen's University
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John Kennedy’s Experience
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Product Manager, InfoSphere Warehouse
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (3 months)
I'm always interested in receiving your feedback about InfoSphere Warehouse and DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows.
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Software Development Manager, DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 5 months)
Managed 7-person development team responsible for catalog infrastructure and SQL language. Planned and managed delivery of new functionality in DB2 v9, v9.5, and beyond. Serving in Upgrade Architect role, routinely advised customers and IBM sales and services personnel on DB2 deployments. Customer advocate for Fortune Global 500 reinsurance company.
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Staff Software Engineer, DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2003 — March 2006 (3 years 2 months)
Led international development team responsible for DB2’s unique Multidimensional Clustering (MDC) technology. MDC dramatically improves the performance of data warehouse applications while reducing system maintenance. Presented at user conferences and during sales engagements. Assisted IBM services and performance teams with deployments.
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Advisory Software Engineer, DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2000 — March 2003 (2 years 7 months)
Led development team responsible for Operating System Services (OSS) infrastructure. OSS enables DB2 to exploit a wide variety of platforms. Assisted customer support, quality assurance, performance, and other development teams with problem determination.
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IT Specialist, e-Business Services
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 4 months)
Developed, tested, and documented new functionality for the SEDAR client/server system. SEDAR maintains all public securities documents filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators (www.sedar.com). Provided training and technical assistance to customer’s in-house support team.
John Kennedy’s Education
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Queen's University
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Electrical Engineering (Computing Option), 1993 — 1998
- Activities and Societies:
- Engineering Society (EngSoc)
Additional Information
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John Kennedy’s Groups:
Toronto Product Management Association
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Queen's Engineer
John Kennedy’s Honors:
U.S. Patent 7,080,228: Reduced synchronization reservation system and method for a shared memory buffer
Paper: B. Bhattacharjee, T. Malkemus, S. Lau, S. McKeough, J. Kirton, R. Von Boeschoten, J. P. Kennedy, "Efficient Bulk Deletes for Multi Dimensional Clustered Tables in DB2", 33rd International Conference on Very Large Databases (VLDB 2007)
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