imPower Technologies was co-founded in 2016 by IBM i educator and author Jim Buck and Michelle Lyons to prepare the next generation of IBM i professionals. Organizations looking for candidates with current IBM i skills can leverage imPower's training programs to train programmers with legacy IBM skills as well as candidates with non-IBM backgrounds on the latest RPG techniques, tools and the IBM i OS. This can be a powerful first step to any modernization efforts.

As a College instructor for 15 years, Jim introduced students to the IBM i and he successfully equipped them with the necessary tools to work on the platform.