Aaron Bartell has two primary focuses in his role as Director of IBM i Innovation at Krengeltech; IBM i cloud hosting (litmis.com/spaces) and open source (litmis.com/jump-start-program). Through consulting engagements, Aaron jump-starts Node.js, Ruby, and Git development initiatives while serving as an extension of internal development teams. Aaron facilitates adoption of open source technologies through internal staff training, speaking engagements at conferences, and the authoring of best practices within IBM i industry publications and litmis.com/learn. Connect with Aaron via email at abartell@krengeltech.com.

Aaron lives with his wife and five children in Southern Minnesota. He enjoys the vast amounts of laughter having a young family brings, along with camping and music. He believes there's no greater purpose than to give of our life and time to help others.