Frank Kyne
Frank describes himself as a ‘true Mid-Atlanicer’ — he was born in New York, spent half his life in Ireland, and the other half in the Northeast of the US, resulting in an average of half-way across the Atlantic Ocean.
His first IT job was as an operator in an insurance company in Ireland. Over the subsequent 20 years he became a VM system programmer, then joined IBM Ireland as an MVS system programmer, and then worked in IBM’s fledgling Services organization before moving to IBM’s Redbooks group in Poughkeepsie as a project leader for sysplex Redbooks.
During his time in the Redbooks group, Frank’s role expanded to include Redbooks on high availability, GDPS, and performance, teaching various classes around the world, and consulting with IBM’s most complex and interesting customers.
In March 2014, Frank left IBM to join Watson & Walker and is currently its President and author of most articles in their quarterly newsletter, Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter, a role he describes as ‘the ultimate job for
