Al Barsa, Jr.
Al Barsa, Jr. is President of Barsa Consulting Group, LLC and Barsa Systems
Distribution, Inc, which specialize in the i5 - iSeries - AS/ 400. Al is the President of the Long Island Systems User Group and covers new hardware and software announcements for iSeriesNews. Al is very active in the COMMON organization as a frequent speaker at both US COMMON and COMMON Europe, as an Editor of the COMMON technical library and as a member of the Speaker Excellence Committee, and has addressed other user groups throughout the world. In the past, Al has been voted COMMON's Best Speaker", won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, and has received COMMON's highest honor, the COMMON Distinguished Service Award.

For the year ending 2002 and in six prior years, Al was named on the 'AS/ 400 Insider Weekly's' "10 Biggest AS/ 400 Market Influencers" list, making him the only person in the world ever to be named seven times!

Both Barsa Consulting Group and Barsa Systems Distribution are IBM Premiere
Business Partners. Barsa Consulting Group was the recipient of the IBM Business Partner Mark of Quality Award.
Sessions by Al Barsa, Jr. :
22MA250081Add To My Personal Grid ABC's of OS/400 System Management
28MD460047Add To My Personal Grid BOF: It’s About Time
32MF250387Add To My Personal Grid Save While Active
45MA410250Add To My Personal Grid September 11, 2001: Tragedy and Disaster Recovery
52MA250423Add To My Personal Grid Everything You Always Wanted to Know About System Values (But Were Afraid to Ask)
54ME250116Add To My Personal Grid Effective Backup and Basic Availability Considerations