Modernization of Staff: The Other Modernization Effort - Floyd Del Muro

All companies face the need to modernize their interface and development processes. To do modernization well, it’s also necessary to modernize the staff making those efforts. This includes training current staff on new skills and toolsets, replacing retiring staff, and expanding development resources. After twenty years of training developers, including bringing 5250 developers into the modern world of RDi and Source Control, I will discuss techniques to help your current developers more easily migrate to modern tools and languages. With modernized software and processes, it’s easier to attract new developers. This session will help to reduce the learning curve while modernizing your company’s IBM i environment and development staff.

Floyd Del Muro

Director, Business Development at Seneca Global

With 31 years of experience on the IBM midrange platform, Floyd is Director, Business Development for the SenecaGlobal group. In his role at SenecaGlobal, Floyd has been extensively involved in the management of DevOps , Enterprise Modernization and refactoring projects on IBM i, from planning stages through to delivery. His expertise in hybrid application development both native and Cloud makes him a trusted advisor for companies in project rollout, managed services and the introduction of agile methods. Floyd is a trusted global speaker on the subjects of DevOps, Release Management, Modernization, Version Control and BI.