John Davenport

It all started in a small 40 watt radio station in Dayton Ohio . . . no wait, that's Les Nessman.  I, on the other hand, have been with IBM for more years than I care to count - but if I did they would add up to almost 31.  I started life as CE Dispatcher.  Since then I've been a Program Support Rep, an 8100 (don't ask) developer, Level 1 Support Line Rep, Service Planner, System Engineer, Level 2 Support Line Rep and today my title is Advisory software Engineer (whatever that means) - in Atlanta, Kingston (NY), Tampa, Raleigh, Portland and finally in Rochester (MN).  Other than that I've pretty much stayed put in the same job/location.  One of my basic philosophies in life is that a moving target is harder to hit.

I've been with the iTC (iSeries Technology Center) ever since it started life as the Transition Support Center in 1995.  The last 3 + years I've focused almost exclusively on LPAR, where I do a little of everything.  I teach, present LPAR at technical conferences and even do a few onsite implementations (both normal and critical situations).  I've been in Technical education for the last 7 years, first with BRMS and now LPAR.