DJ Des Jardins, is an accomplished Business Rules Architect and IBM Operational Decision Manager Developer with over 25 years experience and a proven track record of delivering sophisticated, highly flexible Decision Solutions. DJ’s experience working in industries spanning government, finance, healthcare, transportation, and eCommerce along with his deep understanding of Decision Management, allows him to envision and implement transformative solutions. His areas of unique specialization include architecting complex and highly performant Decision Solutions, best practices and change management methodologies, training and mentoring, and legacy migration.
Equips your development team to build IBM ODM Decision Solutions from the ground up — covering Operational Frameworks, rule architecture, BAL, Decision Tables, and best practices for production-ready delivery.
Empowers business users and subject matter experts to manage rule changes and perform testing within an existing Operational Framework — reducing developer dependency and putting rule ownership where it belongs
Training programs designed around your specific implementation, team composition, and objectives — from advanced ODM capabilities and patterns to organization-specific workflows and standards.
Focused on Business Policy Change Management within IBM’s Operational Decision Manager solution emphasizing Rule Authoring, Testing, and formalized Change Management.
End-to-end ODM solution delivery – from full solution builds and framework creation to solution architecture, ODM migration, and BPM integration.
Expert guidance on implementation quality, development standards, and governance – delivered as actionable, practical outcomes for your organization.
Ongoing and targeted engagements to keep your ODM solutions performing and evolving – from on-call mentoring to code reviews and performance tuning.