Larry has grown up with computers since his father began repairing them in 1967. He has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36 in 1984. Larry began work on the AS/400 immediately following its introduction in 1988 and currently holds more than 30 IBM System i family Certifications. Larry has extensive experience with i5 LPAR and the Hardware Management Console. Larry also has significant networking experience most recently with high speed Ethernet networks, 802.11 wireless networks and TCP/IP. Larry also works on routers and firewalls and works with Internet connectivity and security. Larry is a multiple award winning speaker at COMMON and an author for i5 Experts Journal. He is a partner with Arbor Solutions, Inc. an IBM business partner in Grand Rapids , MI.

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