Company History and Principle Background

Company History and Principle Background

Gabrielle & Associates was founded by Gabrielle Wiorkowski in 1984 to introduce the then new relational technology on mainframe computers. The goal has been and continues to be working with companies in developing applications systems to achieve high performance and overcome the myth of that relational technology meant poor performance and was not suitable for mission critical application systems. The past 18 years of work have resulted in many high performing mission critical applications on DB2. We continue to offer courses and consulting services to maximize performance and minimize costs.

Gabrielle Wiorkowski is a senior DB2 consultant, founder of Gabrielle & Associates and affiliated with Codd & Date International. She has worked for IBM as an Advisory Systems Engineer specializing in DB2 and has contributed significantly to the design and development of over 25 application systems on DB2 since 1984. She has consulted for a number of companies including EDS, AT&T, Exxon, US LIFE Systems, Corp., Hogan Systems, Morgan Guarantee Trust, Citibank, and is an IBM Gold Consultant. She has been the president of DB2 Forum since 1988, the Southwest users group with a membership of over 100 DB2 professionals. She has lectured widely on DB2 to over 16,000 professionals in 27 countries on 6 continents, authored a two volume book entitled "DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Development for Performance" consisting of 1,415 pages now in its fourth edition (ISBN 0-9668460-5-2 and 0-9668460-6-0), the book "DB2: Design and Development Guide" published by Addison-Wesley in three editions, over two dozen articles, and 1,700 pages of seminar material available on the web site http://www.GabrielleDB2.com.

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