Senior Certified Consulting IT Software Specialist
Houston, Texas Area
- Current
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- Senior Certified Consulting IT Software Specialist at IBM
- DB2 Sales Specialist at IBM, West Region
- Senior IT Consultant at IBM SWG North American Lab Services
- Past
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- DB2-L List admin at IDUG
- DB2 at IBM
- Principle Consultant at BMC
- Principal Consultant at BMC Software, Inc
- Senior DB2 Instructor at IBM
- MVS Systems Programmer at Olin/Winchester
- IMS System Programmer at Centre Bank
- IMS Systems Programmer at First National Bank of St. Louis
- Programmer at III
- Programmer at III
- Programmer at Triple I
- Programmer at Information Industries, Inc.
- Application Programmer/Analyst at Financial Data Systems (FDS)
- Education
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- State University of New York College at Buffalo
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Willie Favero’s Summary
Willie Favero is currently a Senior Certified Consulting IT Software Specialist working with the Data Warehouse for System z Swat Team at IBM's Silicon Valley Lab, a member of IBM's zChampion team, a representative for System z with IBM's Academic Initiative, an IBM Certified Solutions Expert for DB2 9 for z/OS and DB2 for z/OS Version 8, DB2 UDB, and DB2 for OS/390 Version 7, and a participant in the zNextGen program at SHARE. Between IMS/VS DB/DC, Cincom's Total and Supra, IDMS, and DB2, he has over 30+ years experience working with database. However, Willie has spent his last 24 years working primarily with the DB2 family. His responsibilities include consulting to IBM's customers on Data Warehouse running with DB2 for z/OS. He has performed DB2 subsystem, performance, and security health checks, performance tuning for the DB2 subsystem, performance analysis for DB2 applications and SQL, design reviews, data modeling, general DB2 consultation, CritSit resolution, DB2 installation assistance, migration planning to DB2 for z/OS Version 8, all forms of DB2 education, and dables in z/OS and System z hardware. Willie currently has one of the top DB2 for z/OS blog on the internet, Getting the Most out of DB2 for z/OS and System z.
Willie Favero’s Specialties:
DB2 for z/OS, data warehousing, z/OS
Willie Favero’s Experience
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Senior Certified Consulting IT Software Specialist
IBM
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Data Warehouse for System z Swat Team - DB2 SME at IBM's Silicon Valley Lab
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DB2 Sales Specialist
IBM, West Region
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)
Selling DB2 for z/OS
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Senior IT Consultant
IBM SWG North American Lab Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)
September 2001 — Present (7 years 11 months)
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DB2-L List admin
IDUG
(Computer Software industry)
2003 — 2007 (4 years)
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DB2
IBM
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2006 (7 years)
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Principle Consultant
BMC
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 1994 — September 2001 (7 years 8 months)
DB2 for z/OS SME
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Principal Consultant
BMC Software, Inc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BMC; Computer Software industry)
February 1994 — September 2001 (7 years 8 months)
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Senior DB2 Instructor
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)
August 1983 — February 1994 (10 years 7 months)
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MVS Systems Programmer
Olin/Winchester
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Sporting Goods industry)
August 1981 — August 1983 (2 years 1 month)
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IMS System Programmer
Centre Bank
(Computer Software industry)
1979 — 1983 (4 years)
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IMS Systems Programmer
First National Bank of St. Louis
(Banking industry)
August 1977 — August 1981 (4 years 1 month)
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Programmer
III
(Computer Software industry)
August 1977 — August 1978 (1 year 1 month)
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Programmer
III
(Computer Software industry)
August 1977 — August 1978 (1 year 1 month)
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Programmer
Triple I
(Computer Software industry)
August 1977 — August 1978 (1 year 1 month)
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Programmer
Information Industries, Inc.
(Computer Software industry)
August 1977 — August 1978 (1 year 1 month)
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Application Programmer/Analyst
Financial Data Systems (FDS)
(Banking industry)
January 1974 — August 1977 (3 years 8 months)
Willie Favero’s Education
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State University of New York College at Buffalo
BS , Information Management Sciences , 1971 — 1974
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Willie Favero’s Interests:
My daughters and grandchildren Fast cars Motorcycles Music (Jazz, Country, Rock) Photography
Willie Favero’s Honors:
1996 IDUG Europe Best Overall Speaker
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