Bart Steegmans is a Consulting Db2 Product Support Specialist from IBM Belgium, currently working remotely for the Silicon Valley Laboratory in San Jose, providing technical support for Db2 for z/OS performance problems.

He has 30 years of experience in Db2. Before joining IBM in 1997, Bart worked as a Db2 system administrator at a banking and insurance group. His areas of expertise include DB2 performance, database administration, and backup and recovery.

Bart is co-author of numerous IBM Redbooks publications on Db2 for z/OS, including Db2 12 for z/OS Performance Topics.