About the Reviewer
Rich Briddell is a Senior Managing Consultant with IBM Software Group, Replication Center of Competency, specializing in Q Replication on z/OS, and Distributed platforms. He works in the St. Louis, MO area and has 19 years of experience in the DBMS field. He has been an application development team lead and independent consultant. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas and a Master of Science from Webster University in Computer Resources and Information Management. He is an IBM Certified Solutions Expert for Informix Dynamic Server V10, V9, and V7, an IBM Certified Advanced Database Administrator for DB2 UDB database systems, and an IBM Certified Application. Developer for DB2 UDB Family, and an IBM Certified Specialist for WebSphere Application Server. He is co-author of the IBM Redbook DB2 Information Integrator Q Replication: Fast Track Implementation Scenarios.
I would like to dedicate this book to Carrie and Scott—you never know where life’s journey will take you, but you will always be in the thoughts of those who love you