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SPEAKERS
Dr. Rebecca Homkes is a high-growth strategy specialist with the London Business School’s Dept of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, an Educator at Duke Corporate Education, and a previous Fellow at the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance. With her boutique consultancy, she advises CEOs and executive teams of top global companies and fast-growing enterprises on developing and executing growth strategies through extreme uncertainty.
Homkes is the director of the global Active Learning Programme for the Young President’s Organization; a partner with GrowthX, a Silicon Valley investment ecosystem and innovation consultancy; and is the faculty lead of two large Fintech scaling and accelerators. A global keynote speaker, she is a member of several advisory boards, directed the joint McKinsey & Co and LSE Centre for Economic Performance Global Management Project since 2007 and has written for publications such as the Harvard Business Review, Businessweek, Fortune, and Forbes.
A Marshall Scholar, she received her PhD and MSc from the LSE in International Economy. Prior to LSE, Homkes received two degrees at Indiana University: BS (Honors) in business administration alongside a BA (Honors) in Political Science where she was a Wells Scholar and graduated as the schools’ top graduate in 2005 and its sole Herman Wells Scholar. She previously served as a Fellow at the White House’s President’s Council of Economic Advisors and has worked in strategy consulting with Bain & Co.
Dr. Rebecca Homkes
London Business School, Duke Corporate Education + London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance
Brian has been supporting the mainframe for over 33 years.
At HCL, Brian is a Mainframe Technical Advisor who helps customers understand the value and use of HCL software products. Brian provides technical support for Z Asset Optimizer, Z Data Tools, Z Abend Investigator, Z & I Emulation Family and HCL Workload Automation on z/OS. Brian has spent time providing services in implementing DevOps optimizations for customers in Europe and Asia.
Brian spent over 17 years involved in the Mainframe Modernization and Mainframe DevOps spaces. Brian was a senior advisor for optimizing development processes using modern technology and tools for customers around the world. Brian spent over 5 years living in Asia to work with ASEAN, APAC, and Middle East & Africa companies to implement modern DevOps techniques to mainframe development teams. This work provided great insight into utilizing agile development techniques to optimize development, improve application stability and speed up delivery of changes. The work in DevOps also provided valuable perspective into how important the mainframe remains to customers’ today.
Prior to joining HCL, Brian spent 12+ years working for mainframe customers to implement modernization strategies that integrated the distributed world with mainframe applications and data. This included writing early client/server interfaces and workload automation.
Brian Colbert
Mainframe Technical Advisor
HCL Software
Francesca works in the Product and Platform division of HCL in the Rome Lab in Italy. She loves to embrace new challenges, is committed to reaching her goals, establishing relationship beyond the contract, gaining trust from her customers, helping them in expanding their business, and sponsoring innovation for a continuous transformation. Francesca is the global leader for Workload Automation, Mainframe solutions and the MSP Business at HCL Software.
Francesca Curzi
Global Leader HCL Workload Automation, Mainframe + MSP Business, HCL Software
Alexandra Thurel is the Senior Director of Product Management at HCL Software for Automation, Devops and Mainframe offerings. She is a Product Strategy enthusiast, passionate about the opportunities offered by technology’ disruptions, and drives partnerships with customers to ensure that product advancements serve their business successes.
Alexandra Thurel
Director Product Management - Automation | Mainframe | Data | Innovation, HCL Software
11:00AM - 12:00PM EST
AGENDA
Welcome + Introductions
Host
Dr. Rebecca Homkes, High-Growth Strategy Specialist, Educator + Previous Fellow, London Business School, Duke Corporate Education + London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance
Unlock greater value and save money from your critical mainframe assets
Presenter
Brian Colbert, Mainframe Technical Advisor, HCL Software
Presenter
Alexandra Thurel, Director Product Management - Automation | Mainframe | Data | Innovation, HCL Software
Presenter
Francesca Curzi, Global Leader HCL Workload Automation, Mainframe + MSP Business, HCL Software
Enterprises are looking for Asset Optimization and Mainframe Modernization Solution Accelerators
Enterprises serious about (1) Asset Control, (2) Asset Optimization, and (3) An Audit-ready state at anytime require tool-based discovery of software assets built on the concept of remote and central mainframe components working together to produce reports on z/OS mainframe products and their usage.
Modernization of mainframe applications is a non-deferrable priority and customers still reliant on large, layered legacy applications, migrating off the mainframe is a complex, expensive multi-years project. Choosing the best modernization strategy is key.
Join this virtual forum to learn from Brian Colbert, a technical expert in mainframe modernization, DevOps adoption and software optimization. With more than 33 years of experience, Brian helps customers resolve challenges while getting the most out of their enterprise environments.
Additionally, you will discover how to control your budget and ensure optimal return on investment of your software license acquisitions and ongoing maintenance with a full view of your mainframe assets.
Main take aways:
· Learn how to optimize your Mainframe software cost with licensing optimization techniques
· Explore how to automate Mainframe software asset management and reporting
· Gain the visibility you need to properly manage Enterprise License Agreements for Mainframe Software
· Better understand velocity and results of modernizing the look and feel along with extending the life of the Mainframe
Closing Remarks
Host
Dr. Rebecca Homkes, High-Growth Strategy Specialist, Educator + Previous Fellow, London Business School, Duke Corporate Education + London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Performance
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