Adrian is a partner and Senior DB2 Specialist for Expertise4IT S.r.l. based in Milan, Italy. Although specialising in System and Application Performance Tuning, Adrian has been involved in all aspects of DB2 for z/OS: from Systems Analysis, Data Modelling and Database Design to Implementation, Maintenance, Version Migrations, Recovery and Tuning. Adrian is a regular attendee and speaker at user groups and conferences and was voted Best Overall Speaker at IDUG Europe 2008 and at IDUG NA 2024. Adrian is the founder and organiser of the Italian DB2 User Group(DUGI), he is also an IBM Champion and IBM Gold Consultant.