Nilo Khan
Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association
secretary@wmcpa.org
May 2023: Monthly Dinner Meeting
Speaker: Brian May
In addition to being a published author and an award-winning speaker, Brian is the Vice President of Product Management with Profound Logic. In this role, he oversees Profound Logic’s product management practice and is the product owner for Profound API. Brian was a coauthor of the IBM i Modernization Redbook and was recognized by IBM as one of the first IBM Champions for Power Systems.
SESSION INFORMATION:
Maintaining an IBM i Development Staff in a Changing World
(4:30pm - 5:30pm)
For a long time, IT was treated as a cost center in many businesses. Now, your IT team should be a business asset, and should be treated like one from a business perspective. In this session we will examine how to maintain a development staff effectively in a post-pandemic world.
Topics covered will include:
Experience breakdown of a dev team
Managing turnover as a business risk
Telecommuting pros/cons
Staff development
Managing expectations/shop standards
Finding talent
Modern Application Integration via API