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Phil Emrich

Phil Emrich joined Vanguard’s Professional Services team in May 2000, and brings over 40 years of experience in the information technology field to client engagements. Phil leverages his superior expertise and background to consult with clients on all facets of z/OS and RACF security.

Prior to joining Vanguard Phil spent 31 years with IBM where he held a number of crucial roles and responsibilities that included technical consulting to customers, technical product support to sales engineers and guidance to IBM’s software development laboratories. Throughout his remarkable career Phil garnered expertise that spans IBM z/OS Security Server (RACF), security for multiple versions of IBM’s Customer Information Control System (CICS), IBM’s cross-platform messaging software, WebSphere MQ (formerly MQSeries), IBM’s Information Management System (IMS) and IBM’s DB/2 relational database software.

Phil is a member of IBM’s Gold Team of Independent Consultants and holds certifications in IBM smA2Rt CA-ACF2 to RACF Migration Tools, IBM CA-Top Secret to RACF Migration Tools, and has been certified to instruct CICS, RACF, and DB2 courses for IBM.

As a premier subject matter expert Phil is an active educator and speaker in the U.S., UK and Europe. His engagements include SHARE, GSE, numerous IBM sponsored conferences and Vanguard’s own annual Security Conference for 25 years.

Phil holds a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics from Purdue University.