Gene Cobb Email & Phone Number

Chippewa Falls, Wi

St. Paul, Minnesota Area

Rochester, Minnesota Area

Led development of multi-million dollar BI product for IBM's DB2 for i platform. Drove complete life cycle management of product, from design of new product features to testing, final delivery, and support, while in collaboration with IBM Business Partner that provided foundational technology.• Invented and developed “Dynamic Runtime Environments”, a feature that greatly reduced time required to switch reporting environments and query different sets of data, resulting in enhanced customer experience, productivity, overall product satisfaction, and 2 IBM patents.• Developed and delivered collateral materials, supporting customers and global IBM sales force.o Co-authored 2 IBM Redbooks and published over 30 articles and white papers, providing valuable technical material to IBM i ecosystem.o Created and delivered presentations to hundreds of customers worldwide at conferences, executive briefings, and other marketing events.• Created and monitored active online forum community in support of product, increasing customer product comprehension and driving product adoption and revenue.• Led implementation and training effort for several clients through consulting engagements as supplement to IBM services team.o Engagements consisted of developing metadata, build reports and dashboards, and providing guidance on performance tuning.

- Award winning speaker on various DB2 for i and DB2 Web Query topics. - Delivered dozens of sessions and workshops which were comprised of a combination of lecture, live demonstrations, and student labs.- DB2 Subject Matter Expert (SME)- Regular panel member of Ask the Experts

Rochester, Minnesota Area

Consulted, enabled and educated IBM Business Partners on new IBM i technologies and best practices. Specialized in database and application modernization and performance.• Worked closely with IBM Business Partners on implementing modern DB2 for i database practices and improving application performance, enhancing Business Partner solutions and customer satisfaction, and increasing sales.• Consulted on successful database and application port to DB2 for i.• Co-authored IBM Redbook and published 7 IBM white papers and articles, contributing beneficial material for education and enablement of IBM Business Partners and customers.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

• Performed consulting services and developed custom IBM i software solutions for customers, Business Partners, and other IBM organizations.• Designed and developed Lotus Notes application, storing and managing all stages and aspects of IBM Lab Services business. Replicated and customized application for other IBM organizations with similar business requirements. • As part of services contracts, designed and developed dozens of RPG based applications and tools.

Rochester, Minnesota Area

Worked extensively with customers and business partners to design and integrate CallPath/400 telephony product into new and existing AS/400 applications.• Conducted detailed application design sessions, performed application integration, installed finished product, wrote technical documentation, trained end-users, and provided follow-up support and consulting services, resulting in over 50 successful customer implementations and hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue.• Led development of Call Management Layer, RPG-based application middleware, simplifying and streamlining integration process, improving overall quality, and decreasing time to production. Recognized reusable value and drove development of middleware as revenue producing asset.