About Us
Pragmatic Solutions, Inc. is business intelligence training and consulting company specializing in high performance, economical solutions to IBM’s DB2 for z/OS, data warehouse and SOA Java DB2 applications.
From a training perspective, Pragmatic Solutions, Inc. presents fast-paced and information packed seminars to provide employees with the tools that they need. After attending a seminar, database administrators System Architects, Technology Evaluators, System Administrators, Data Warehouse Administrators, and Business Intelligence (BI)Administrators know how to debug DB2 performance issues, create effective database and data warehouse designs and prevent SOA Java applications from poor performance and resource overuse.
With over 25 years of database experience, the company is poised to save clients millions of dollars of CPU charges. In-depth analysis and methodical review of systems provide companies with the means to tune their applications and avoid unnecessary hardware upgrades. Although specializing the business intelligence and data warehouse applications, the company also has experience creating performance solutions for day-to-day DB2 for z/OS applications and web applications using Java.
Dave Beulke,
Founder and Principal
Pragmatic Solutions, Inc.
Dave Beulke, an internationally recognized DB2 consultant with over 25 years in the industry, performs application performance reviews for Fortune 500 clients. He is known for his extensive expertise in DB2 high performance development and tuning. Dave’s expertise is in business intelligence data warehouse, Internet applications, Java architectures and system/application performance. Dave is a frequent speaker at local, national and international conferences, is a co-author of the IBM V8 and V7 z/OS DB2 Certification exams, and the Business Intelligence Certification exam, as well as a columnist for DB2 Magazine and former editor of the IDUG Solutions Journal. Dave has also been an instructor for The Data Warehouse Institute (TDWI) and a past president of the International DB2 Users Group.
Dave is a member of IBM’s DB2 Gold Consultants program and just announced, an inaugural member of IBM’s Data Champion program . Through his consulting service experiences, Dave researches performance and has dramatically reduced CPU demand for his clients, saving them from unnecessary hardware upgrades and millions in processing charges.
IBM Certified Solutions Expert as
DB2 Database Administrator and
Business Intelligence
- Member, IBM DB2 Gold Consultant Program
- Member of the Board of Directors for DAMA-NCR User Group
- Past President, International DB2 Users Group (IDUG)
- Vice President, Washington Area Informix DB2 Users Group
- Presenter at almost all of the North American and European IDUG Conferences over the last twenty years
- Also presented at most of the IBM’s Information on Demand Conference Conferences over the last ten years