Matthias Strubel

KEY SKILLS

###Technical Skills:

• Knowledge about different operating systems from AIX to z/OS.
• I know a number of different (script) languages like shell-scripting, Perl, REXX, ABAP and COBOL.
• Good networking knowledge due to of all the work in the OpenSource projects.
• EMA Certified IBM Mainframe System Specialist. (PDF)
• TmaxSoft OpenFrame Solutions Specialist Certificate. (PDF)

###Personal Skills:

• Fast analytic thinking combined with a good intuition about application behaviour.
• Strong teamworking skills, even in the most stressful situations.
• Creative and persistent way to challenge problems.

Current Projects

• 04/2018 ; Aareal First Financial Solutions AG, MicroFocus mainframe migration / rehosting project

Project History

• 03/2021 - 09/2021 ; AXA Swizerland, Case study and pilot for a mainframe toward cloud migration.
• 02/2020 - 02/2021 ; R+V AG, Migration IBM MQ 8 on toward IBM MQ 9.1 on z/OS
• 10/2019 - 12/2019 ; Postbank AG, beta93 data migration project
• 09/2019 - 10/2019 ; Performance analytics on a PoC, supporting TmaxSoft Deutschland GmbH
• 06/2019 - 08/2019 ; Developer for the.wrong, worldwide art project
• 02/2019 - 05/2019 ; Deutsche Bundesbank, Consulting about a new z/VM & Linux on IBMz infrastructure
• 01/2012 - 11/2019 ; PirateBox Lead developer
• 06/2013 - 12/2018 ; LibraryBox development & support for the OpenSource community
• 07/2017 - 02/2018 ; Finanz Informatik GmbH & Co. KG, Mainframe z/OS support for client data integration projects
• 03/2015 - 04/2017 ; IBM R&D lab., development & support team for KVM & Linux on z System
• 05/2016 - 11/2016 ; Constant Dullaart & Gemeente Utrecht, Merciless Separation with VPN server backend & replacement scripts.
• 08/2016 - 12/2016 ; carexpert KFZ-Sachverständigen GmbH, IBM MQ8 software migration
• 01/2015 - 02/2015 ; New York University - Abu Dhabi, VPN-Privacy tool
• 08/2013 - 12/2014 ; Volkswagen AG, 3rd level support for IBM Websphere MQ
• 01/2013 - 05/2013 ; SwissRe - System programmer - BMC DB2 administrative products on Mainframe
• 12/2012 - 02/2013 ; OFFLINEART - Technical support in art project by Aram Bartholl
• 08/2010 - 12/2012 ; R+V ; Operation and 3rd level support IBM Websphere MQ
• 01/2009 - 07/2010 ; R+V ; DevOps Team for SAP BP/FSCD/ICM
• 07/2006 - 12/2008 ; R+V ; DevOps on Mainframe legacy application for customer management (z/OS + COBOL)

Presentations

• 02/2019 ; SVA MainframeDayz, Wiesbaden, GER; (German) Overview Linux on IBM z; Handout-PDF
• 04/2016 ; Empalis KVM & LinuxONE Noon-2-Noon, Böblingen, GER; Tools & Utilities - “Tiny little helper” & “Must haves”; Slides
• 10/2015 ; MUTEK_IMG, Montreak, CA; PirateBox Workshop
• 10/2015 ; MUTEK_IMG, Montreal, CA; PANEL: Off-the-Grid: Alternative Networks in the 21st Century
• 04/2015 ; hackerhotel, Amersfoort NL; Hacker meets mainframe
• 04/2015 ; hackerhotel, Amersfoort NL; PirateBox Workshop
• 01/2015 ; transmediale, Berlin GER; PirateBox Workshop.
• 01/2015 ; transmediale, Berlin GER; Offline network panel discussion.
• 11/2013 ; FSCONS 2013, Göteborg SE; Introduction of the PirateBox workshop.

Languages

• German - motherlanguage
• English - advanced knowledge

Pictures are licenced under CC-3.0 share alike, taken from piratebox.cc