Information Systems:IBM i development consultants

As part of the modern strategy for IBM i development at uniPHARM, consultants are used to do the majority of the programming. This page provides info on the consultant firms that uniPHARM partners with for open-source development.

Krengeltech

Krengeltech is led by Aaron Bartell, who is a major player in the open-source on IBM i space. They specialize in Node.js development, and also in the implementation of open-source software (installation, configuration, best practices) on IBM i.

Key contact: Aaron Bartell
Email: abartell@krengeltech.com

Seiden Group

Seiden Group is another IBM i consultant firm specializing in PHP but having branched out to Python.

Key contact: Stephanie Rabbani
Email: steph@seidengroup.com

Stephanie used to work for BCD (now Fresche Solutions) and programmed the majority of our current Web Orders site with WebSmart. She is very familiar with our business and has even visited the premises during the discovery/implementation phase of WebSmart.

Key contact: Alan Seiden
Email: alan@seidengroup.com

Alan Seiden is the owner/founder of Seiden Group.

History and other info

• Professional Services are usually obtained in blocks of hours.
• Krengeltech was the initial partner for open-source development, from whom we purchased a block of 40 hours.
• July 2018 - Krengeltech handed over the 40-hour block to Seiden Group, as their development team was a better fit to work on the InfoNext project.
• July 2018 - Seiden Group will build InfoNext:Carriers.