Skip Marchesani, Custom Systems Corp.

Skip Marchesani retired from IBM after 25 years and is now a consultant with Custom Systems Corp., an IBM Business Partner. Skip spent much of his IBM career working with the Rochester Development Lab on projects for S/38 and AS/400, and was involved with the development of the AS/400. He was part of the team that taught early AS/400 education to customers and IBM lab sites worldwide.

Skip is recognized as an industry expert on DB2 UDB for iSeries (a.k.a. DB2/400) and author of the book DB2/400: The New AS/400 Database. He specializes in providing customized education for any area of the iSeries and AS/400, does database design and design reviews, and general iSeries and AS/400 consulting for interested clients. He has been a speaker for user groups, technical conferences, and iSeries and AS/400 audiences around the world. Skip is one of COMMON's Gold Medal speakers and has received their Distinguished Service Award.

Skip can be contacteded at smarches@warwick.net.