Successful CIO advises how to bridge the IT/business "great divide."
System i Developer, the consortium of top educators on IBM i development technologies and producers of the RPG & DB2 Summit, today announced Roxanne Reynolds-Lair, CIO at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), as Keynote speaker at the RPG & DB2 Summit in St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 17.
As a four-time recipient of the COMMON/IBM Power Systems Innovation Award, Reynolds-Lair will draw upon her experience to discuss innovation from a CIO perspective as well as how to bridge the IT/business “great divide” to achieve management buy-in for innovative ideas.
"As one the most effective CIOs in the IBM i community, Roxanne knows what it takes to cultivate a dynamic, creative IBM i development environment," says Susan Gantner, System i Developer partner. "A big part of that is successfully advocating for business-worthy innovation among management,” says Gantner. “We're thrilled to have her share her front-line experiences and insights with us. She will add an even deeper business context to the Summit's core technical curriculum."
System i Developer today also published the final session line-up for the new “RPG on the Move: Mobilizing Your Apps” roadmap within the RPG & DB2 Summit curriculum. The Mobile Applications sessions, listed below, were developed from practical experience building RPG-based applications for Droid, iPad, iPhone and Blackberry.
• Mobilize Your i—Choices and challenges in the world of mobile applications with Paul Tuohy and Jon Paris
• RPG Droid—Developing your First Google Android Application, with Aaron Bartell
• RPG on the Move: Sure You Can Have The Keys, with Aaron Bartell
• Using JavaScript Frameworks with RPG to Create Mobile Apps, with Scott Salisbury
• RPG on the Move - IBM i to Smartphones, with Trevor Seeney
The Summit also offers an additional 11 Roadmaps, ranging from basics such as ILE and modular programming to more advanced topics such as Web services, Web programming and exploiting RPG and DB2 with SQL.
For more information on attending the RPG & DB2 Summit, visit www.systemideveloper.com, email
The RPG & DB2 Summit is sponsored by leading media organizations.
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