Meet Your Trainers

Dave Gilson, Technical Consultant, has more than 23 years experience supporting computer software. After 12 years in the mainframe environment, Dave moved to the System i where he has supported the SEQUEL products as well as ABSTRACT and ESEND for many years. In his role as an instructor with Help/Systems Education and Consulting Services, he travels to customer sites to provide training and consulting services.

Heath Kath, Technical Sales Consultant, specializes in customer training. As an instructor with Help/Systems Educational and Consulting Services, he trains users of both automated operations and business intelligence products, and is a Robot Certified Specialist. He has over 16 years of System i experience, including 11 years at IBM in product support, testing, software support, and training. His background also includes CL and RPG programming, Query/400, Query Manager, SQL, and journaling. Heath teaches online e-training classes and travels to customer sites to provide on-site training and implementation services.

Carlo Panzarella, Technical Consultant, has over 25 years of experience in the information technology field. His background includes programming, systems analysis, consulting, operations, and training. In his role as an instructor with Help/Systems Educational and Consulting Services, he travels to customer sites to provide SEQUEL training.

Sheryl Quinlan, Research Technical Consultant and Lead Trainer, has over 15 years experience supporting ABSTRACT, ESEND, SEQUEL, ViewPoint, and the SEQUEL Web Interface. As an instructor with Help/Systems Educational and Consulting Services, Sheryl travels to customer sites to provide training and consulting services. She also is responsible for developing course materials and training the trainers.

Steven Spieler, Technical Training Consultant, has over 19 years of experience working with information and reporting systems on the System i (AS/400, iSeries). For 12 years, Steven worked with companies in a wide variety of industries throughout Europe and North America as a teacher and consultant. Since 2002, he has focused on helping users learn to use SEQUEL. He conducts online e-training sessions and often travels to customer sites to provide on-site training and consulting services.

Mike Stegeman, Technical Consultant, has worked with a wide variety of companies in both accounting and information technology. Mike has extensive experience with the System i (going back as far as the System/36). He has supported different products including a CASE tool, an ERP package, and since 2003, SEQUEL. He travels regularly to customer sites to provide on-site training and implementation services.