COMMON POWERUp 2025

Brian Nordland is the Director of Development for IBM Power Development at Fortra. Brian has been a prominent speaker at events, webinars, and user groups, including COMMON and LUG for over a decade. He is a co-inventor on multiple patents and has authored technical publications in high availability and distributed computing. Recognized as an IBM Champion from 2022 to 2025, Brian holds a master’s degree in software engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Before joining Fortra, Brian spent six years at IBM in Rochester, Minnesota, where he served as the development architect for PowerHA and contributed to the development of IBM i virtual I/O and communication I/O device drivers.