Alison is an IBM Certified Consulting I/T Specialist working for the IBM Software Development Lab in Toronto, Canada. She has worked in the mid-range area for more than 20 years holding a wide variety of positions at IBM, from field support to Technical Education. For more than 7 years, Alison has worked for the Toronto Development Lab as a Technical Advocate for the latest AD Tooling.
Throughout her career, Alison has been a specialist in the areas of Application Development and Database. Alison is a frequent speaker at both North American and European COMMON Conferences, and has won numerous speaker medals. She is a frequent speaker at user group meetings and other events around the world and holds numerous Speaker Excellence medals from COMMON North America.
Linda Cole is a Certified Consulting AS/400 Sales Specialist. She currently works in the IBM Toronto Lab as a member of the AS/400 Application Development Tools team. She has worked with IBM in the midrange marketplace since 1979, in technical support, implementation, education, consulting and sales roles. Linda is a frequent speaker at COMMON, Users Groups and Technical Conferences.
You can contact her at lcole@ca.ibm.com