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Bridging the IT Talent Gap

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Bridging the IT Talent Gap

Cameron Seay is a practicing technology evangelist who seeks to improve the human condition through open source software and teaching mainframe to those who have never heard of it. He is currently a member of the Governing Board of the Open Mainframe Project (openmainframeproject.org), a proud member of the Knights of VM, and an IBM Champion for System Z. He believes that information technology is the key to a new Renaissance in knowledge and if we educate the public at large about it, the human condition will improve immeasurably.

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VZC Guest:

Cameron Seay
Adjunct Professor
East Carolina University

Cameron Seay is a practicing technology evangelist who seeks to improve the human condition through open source software and teaching mainframe to those who have never heard of it. He is currently a member of the Governing Board of the Open Mainframe Project (openmainframeproject.org), a proud member of the Knights of VM, and an IBM Champion for System Z. He believes that information technology is the key to a new Renaissance in knowledge and if we educate the public at large about it, the human condition will improve immeasurably.

VZC Host:

Mark Potts
Vice President of Global Services
VirtualZ Computing

Mark is VirtualZ’s vice president of global services, helping our clients leverage Lozen™, PropelZ, and Zaac™ to unlock business agility, value, and cost savings. Mark brings over 17 years of experience at Accenture to VirtualZ and focuses on helping our customers modernize their data access systems. Mark served as global managing director at Accenture, leading the comprehensive strategy for their mainframe modernization offering, including developing sales and delivery assets, developing capability, determining acquisition targets, and managing the global mainframe modernization pipeline. Prior to that, Mark led Accenture’s IBM and Red Hat partnership, working closely with the Accenture, IBM, and Red Hat senior leadership teams focusing on hybrid cloud, mainframe modernization, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and quantum computing. Mark also has over 15 years of software engineering delivery experience.