Open Source, IBM i, and Your Career

How can open source be a driver for success for both your career and the company you work for? What changes have recently occurred in the open source user community? Jesse Gorzinski answers these questions and more in this session on open source in your career.

Jesse Gorzinski

Senior Business Architect - Open Source Software on IBM i

IBM

Jesse Gorzinski works for the IBM i development lab in Rochester, MN. He is the Business Architect of open source technologies. Jesse, who was doing RPG programming at the age of 18, is an expert on application development on IBM i, as well as system access and modernization. His hobbies include playing with his dog, replacing complex applications with 5-line Python programs, and advocating for the use of new technologies on IBM i!Prior to his 2006 employment at IBM, Jesse worked with the AS/400 as an I/T administrator for an IBM customer in the finance/mortgage industry, where he specialized in data backup/recovery, process optimization, and information integrity. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science as well as a Master of Business Administration degree