Edmund Reinhardt
Architect For IBM I Application Development
Markham, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolEdmund Reinhardt is an experienced IBM i application development architect with over three decades of hands-on expertise and 11 years in senior roles at IBM Canada driving tool modernization and developer productivity. He leads architecture for Access Client Solutions, Rational Developer for i and the cloud-based MERLIN modernization engine, blending deep language tooling (RPG, COBOL, DDS) with modern IDE features like AST-driven SQL assist and refactoring. Known as a customer advocate and technical evangelist, he pairs a strong product vision with mentorship and ecosystem development to improve satisfaction across partners and clients. His background in building rich editors and emulating legacy 5250 behavior in web and Eclipse environments reflects a rare mix of legacy-system empathy and forward-looking cloud/AI integration.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Computer Science Specialist, Math Minor, Physics Minor, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Computer Science Specialist, Math Minor, Physics Minor at University of Toronto
English, Spanish, German, French
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Github Skills (50)
gnu-make10
cobol10
rpgle10
iseries10
ide10
vscode-extension10
devtools10
vscode10
eclipse10
gnu10
build-system9
theia9
merlin8
language-server-protocol8
kubernetes7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
IBM/bob-recursive-example
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Test repo for Better Object Builder (BOB)
Contributions:10 reviews, 10 PRs, 29 pushes in 2 years 1 month
edmundreinhardt/payroll-bob
Dec 2021 - Nov 2024
Simple RPGLE payroll app buildable with BOB
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 21 pushes in 2 years 11 months
bobpayrollbuildablerpgle
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