Manager Customer

Background and CV for :

Role : Advisory IT-specialist in IBM and team-leader for the Nordic

Storage Management Mainframe team

Name : Gert Laumann

Department : IBM GTS Services

Location : Risskov Aarhus, Denmark

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Contact information :

Email : ******************@*****.***

Tel. : Home +45 86262971 / Office +45 25605451

Home address : Skibbyvej 31, 8220 Brabrand, Denmark.

IBM mainframe background :

Systems Programmer in Storage Management mainframe since 1989 in a large

danish bank (Danske Bank) and from 1997 in DMdata (big outsourcing company

in the Nordic area). Employed in IBM since august 2004 through a buy up of

DMdata by IBM.

Experience :

My primary experience has primarily been in Storage Management with main

achievements in storage automation, customer migration projects,

infrastructure projects and disaster recovery (GDPS implementation) on a

large bank account in Denmark. I have participated in a number of

reference visit presentations on this customer, especially around GDPS, as

this customer is regarded as a best practice installation in many ways.

The most challenging exercise on this customer was the preparation for

GDPS, doing a 'data split', splitting the customers environment into three

independent GDPS-environments. However, this has also given me valuable

experience, I have used later on in my career.

I personally have had a special focus on standardization of outsourcing

customer platforms with various flavors, trying to make them more

homogeneous as to hardware and software setup and thereby do large-scale

operation with the fewest possible resources. This has especially been

around automation, standardization of software and procedures

(documentation) but also in sharing of hardware between customers.

We have been quite successful combining DFSMS features with automation,

mainly based on IBM products, but also based on a few pieces of homegrown

code (REXX).

Currently I am working on standardization project across the Nordic area

with the same ambition. From time to time I do education on storage

related issues and is involved in customer migration projects. These can

be quite complicated and costly, raising a need for building the best

safest and smoothest possible solution still with focus on the cost.

Recently we have started building a new hardware platform in Sweden based

on the most recent IBM hardware.

As to best practices I have experience analyzing existing environments.

These assessments has included naming conventions, tools, use of features

& guidance on efficient usage of storage components.

I think my biggest advantage is, that I have worked with the storage

challenges in real life and not only on a theoretical basis.

During my time as a team leader, Audit sessions has also played an

important part, as compliance do almost at a daily basis, as software and

hardware issues may come up and end up in Cirats.

The last few years I also have been on assignments abroad. One assignment

was for 1,5 years in India educating and mentoring storage resources for

COE(Center Of Excellence education). Quite a successful project bringing

these resources from (less than) level2 to level4 skills wise.

Additionally I have participated in 4 IBM DFSMS residences in California -

latest in DFSMShsm Primer august-september 2012.

I am currently also a member of the GDPS User group meeting once a year in

Montpellier, France and also participate in monthly conference calls as

part of this group reviewing features and suggestions coming up from the

GDPS development team through comments and voting. I have also done

several presentations in Montpellier in this forum.

Product knowledge

Hardware experience :

I have worked mainly with IBM hardware (F20, ESS M800 and DS8300, DS8800)

& HDS dasd (9900) plus IBM tape hardware (3494/TS3500 & VTS-B20 and

TS7700) plus STK(SUN/Oracle) tape silos. Experience also includes 3995

optical libraries.

Part of this has also been design of environments and execution of the

ordering process (Capex/PRD).

Software experience :

DFSMS (Have worked with DFSMS since 1989)

DFDSS

DFHSM (RLS and EF usage)

DFRMM

GDPS, PPRC & XRC

TDMF

FDR/ABR

Compaktor

CA-Vantage & CA-VAM (Brightstore)

CA1

HSC & SMC

TDMF

Tivoli Allocation Manager

Tivoli Advanced Catalog Manager

Tivoli DFHSM Reporter

Tivoli Advanced Audit

Specialities

Standardisation and automation plus GDPS. Also quite good skills and

experience in ICF catalogs and allocation challenges.

Soft skills : Regard myself as a strong team player. I see teams as a

unique way of creating the most robust solutions. At the same time I find

it important to give room for my colleagues to give their input and have

their challenges. I am business oriented and always try to adhere to IBM

policy and values.

Language

I speak English (fluently).

IBM skill level

Band 9.

Personal ambition seeking new opportunities

My ambition is to always contribute with may background and experience in

Mainframe Storage - but also always to obtain new experience and make a

difference in refresh and infrastructure projects. Working in an

international team in a foreign country would suddenly be an opportunity I

would like to take, if offered, as this has certainly been a great

inspiration for me previously in my career.

The challenge in a potential new job would have to be there, as my current

job is also very exciting and challenging.

Curriculum vitae

June 1971 : Finished high school

June 1973 : Operations on ICL platform

Nov 1984 : Operations planning KMD (IBM mainframe platform)

Nov 1985 : Operations planning Provinsbanken (IBM mainframe

platform)

Nov 1989 : Storage manager Danske Bank (IBM mainframe platform)

Nov 1993 : Storage specialist Danske Data (IBM mainframe platform)

March 1997 : Storage specialist Dmdata (IBM mainframe platform)

August 2004 : Storage specialist IBM Denmark (IBM mainframe platform)

Juli 2006 : Teamleader and storage specialist IBM Denmark (IBM

mainframe platform)

Feb 2008 : 6 week residency on DFSMS 1.9, 1.10 and EAV

Aug 2008 : 3 week residency with review of DFSMS redbook

Feb 2009 : Assignment in India for COE

Aug 2010 : Returned to job as teamlead for danish storage team

Oct 2011 : Teamleader for Nordic Storage team (also current

situation)

Oct 2011 : 4 week residency on DFSMS 1.13

Aug. 2012 : DFSMShsm 4 week residency on a new DFHSM primer book.

Privat life

I am 61 years old, married with my wife Hanne and has a grown-up son. He

is married - and he and his wife have granted us with two wonderful

grandchildren - now at the age of 2,5 years and 5 years. We live in the

country side with two dogs and 6 sheep. My favorite sport has earlier been

football, but now my ambition is to be a reasonable golf-player. My

absolute favorite though is travelling. I have travelled to most parts of

the world except for South America - and the Middle East.

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