Hello there and welcome!
I am a consultant with HCL Software’s Digital Solutions Lab Services group and I’m based in southern California. In addition to certifications for HCL Domino and the old IBM Collaboration portfolio, I am a 2x certified Salesforce Administrator. I’ve presented at The View’s Admin conferences and written for The View as well.
I’ve worked with Notes and Domino since 1996 with Release 4 (and a little R3), and previous to that was a cc:Mail administrator. As a Domino consultant, I’ve been involved in all aspects of the Domino administration side, from straight-forward administration to domain consolidations, server consolidations, upgrades and migrations. I’ve dabbled in some “light” development work for my own enjoyment and use, as well as client management, mail file customization and administration hacks. I’ve also worked with Sametime and Quickr/Quickplace. I’ve supported Domino on Linux, iSeries and Windows OSes.
From April 2008 to October 2012, I worked at Lotus911/GBS as a Lotus Consultant working on projects merging Domino domains, Domino upgrades, domain name changes, best practices implementation, Sametime implementations and work with IBM Connections. I also provided support to clients on their IBM Collaboration Solutions products.
In October 2012, I joined Best Methods to lead projects implementing collaboration and social business solutions for customers. In 2019, after departing Best Methods, I worked on my own and expanding my skillset beyond collaboration to include Salesforce, containers and more cloud tech such as AWS.
I joined HCL America in September of 2021.
In addition to the “pure” Domino work I’ve done, I have managed a Lotus LMS (an e-learning application written with Websphere and DB2) and LVC (a combo Sametime/Quickplace app) deployment for a large company(>10K users). This was both a great learning experience and a major source of aggravation.
Certifications
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Certified HCL Domino 12 Administrator | 08/17/2023 |
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Certified Platform App Builder | 03/12/2020 |
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Certified Administrator | 08/08/2019 |
| IBM Connections 5.0 | IBM Certified System Administrator | 08/30/2017 |
| Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 | IBM Certified System Administrator | 07/13/2013 |
| Websphere Portal | IBM Certified Associate - Websphere Portal and Portal Products | 02/15/2013 |
| IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM WebSphere Portal V6.1 | 08/30/2009 | |
| Lotus Notes and Domino 8 | IBM Certified System Administrator | 01/20/2009 |
| Lotus Notes and Domino 7 | IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator | 03/24/2006 |
| IBM Certified System Administrator | 01/30/2006 | |
| IBM Certified Application Developer | 01/30/2006 | |
| Lotus Notes and Domino 6 / 6.5 | IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator | 08/18/2003 |
| IBM Certified Application Developer | 05/05/2003 | |
| IBM Certified System Administrator | 05/05/2003 | |
| Lotus Notes and Domino 5 | CLP Domino R5 Principal System Administrator | 02/07/2002 |
| CLP Domino R5 Application Developer | 01/31/2002 | |
| CLS - Domino R5 Designer Fundamentals | 01/29/2002 | |
| CLP Domino R5 System Administrator | 01/18/2001 | |
| CLS - Maintaining Domino R5 Servers and Users | 01/14/2001 |
Speaking Engagements
HCL Factory Tour, September(Boston) and November(Milan) 2022
- Upgrading to Domino 12
PACLUG, June 2012
- Two-Minute Drills for Administrators
The View Admin Conferences:
Admin2006
- Application Maintenance Best Practices
- Performance Optimization for Domino on iSeries
- Monitoring and Tracking Your Messaging Environment
Admin2005
- Getting the Most from LEI
- Introduction to DB2 for the Domino Administrator
- Performance Optimization for Domino on iSeries
Admin2004
- Upgrading Your LEI Server
- Statistic & Event Monitoring
Admin2002
- Domino Clustering, Pt1, How to Properly Configure a Cluster
- Domino Clustering, Pt2, Maintaining Your Cluster
Published Articles
The View Technical Journal
- How To Configure a Domino Cluster, Sept/Oct 2002
- Maintaining, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting Domino Clusters in Releases 5 and 6, July/August 2003
- Monitoring Servers in Domino 6, Plus a Look at Monitoring in Domino 7, January/February 2005