Domino Thoughts

I'm an IBM Collaboration Software consultant based in southern California. In addition to my "day job" at Best Methods , I've spoken at The View's Admin conferences and written for The View, as well. I also help out with my kids' sports teams as much as possible.

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 an 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 iSeries and Windows OSes, and have worked with Domino on Linux (Red Hat and SUSE).

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 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.

Badges Earned via myAcclaim:

Here's a listing of the certifications I've achieved:

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:

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