I am the Vice President of IBM Z Ecosystem helping to build skills and a strong community of partners for IBM Z. My team and I work with clients, universities, students, professional developers and partners around the world to build critical IT skills needed in the marketplace by IBM and the broader ecosystem. I lead developer outreach activities including hackathons, meetups, and trial programs to increase awareness of the platform and build a vibrant ecosystem of solutions supported on the IBM Z and LinuxONE platforms. I have worked with a broad range of IBM software solutions and much of my background is in the analytics field where I have worked as a business analyst, enterprise implementation consultant, program manager and leader for Business Analytics technical and sales enablement.