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Join the Progress OpenEdge Team
Hear the best practices and interesting customer stories of application modernization. Learn about the latest developments in the application development space and see the OpenEdge roadmap. Meet experts, other customers and colleagues, while enjoying great food and drinks.
Agenda
Tuesday, September 26
Registration and Breakfast in Margaux Ballroom, Wynn Convention Center
Welcome
Greg Shea, Senior Director, Sales, Progress
Progress Business Update
John Ainsworth, EVP & GM, Application and Data Platform, Progress
Break
OpenEdge Past, Present & Future
Rob Straight, Senior Director, Product Management, Progress
Partner Awards
Jim Miles, Director of North American ISV Sales
Lunch and Exhibits
Business Track
The Hidden Cost of Not Modernizing Your Application
Dan Mitchell, Sales Engineer, Senior Principal Progress
Jess Malakian, Product Marketing Specialist, Senior, Progress
Technical Track
Still On That Old Version? Why You Should Upgrade to 12
Roy Ellis, Director, Professional Services, Progress
Business Track
Managing Cybersecurity: A CIO's Perspective
Ian Pitt, EVP & Chief Information Officer, Progress
Technical Track
Are You Vulnerable? Configuring PAS for OpenEdge
Michael Banks, Software Engineer, Senior Principal, Progress
Break
IDC Keynote: Navigating Application Modernization and Transformation in an Era of Accelerated Innovation
Dr. Arnal Dayaratna, Research Vice President, Software Development, IDC
Closing Remarks
Greg Shea, Senior Director, Sales, Progress
Reception and Networking
Wednesday, September 27
Breakfast and Exhibits
Welcome
Greg Shea, Senior Director, Sales, Progress
25 Years Strong: DMSi’s Journey with Progress OpenEdge
Jim Miles, Director of North American ISV Sales, Progress
Bryan Melvin, Vice President of Cloud Engineering at DMSi
Break
Business Track
Migrate, Don’t Stagnate
Roy Ellis, Director, Professional Services, Progress
Technical Track
The Nuts and Bolts of Migration
Dan Mitchell, Sales Engineer, Senior Principle, Progress
Chris Longo, Senior Manager, Professional Services, Progress
Business Track
Setting Your CI/CD Strategy
Chris Longo, Senior Manager, Professional Services, Progress
Technical Track
The New Software Development
Shelley Chase, Software Fellow, Progress
Lunch and Exhibits
Business Track
Growing Your OpenEdge Developer Base
Jess Malakian, Product Marketing Specialist, Senior, Progress
Technical Track
Training the Next Generation
Shelley Chase, Software Fellow, Progress
Joe Genovese, VP of Sales at InGen Technologies
Business Track
Business Q&A Panel
John Ainsworth, EVP & GM, Application and Data Platform, Progress
Ian Pitt, EVP & Chief Information Officer, Progress
Roy Ellis, Director, Professional Services, Progress
Technical Track
Tech Q&A Panel
Rob Straight, Senior Director, Product Management, Progress
Dan Mitchell, Sales Engineer, Senior Principal, Progress
Shelley Chase, Software Fellow, Progress
Michael Banks, Software Engineer, Senior Principle, Progress
Break
The Future of OpenEdge
Rob Straight, Senior Director, Product Management, Progress
Closing Remarks
Greg Shea, Senior Director, Sales, Progress
Tuesday, September 26
Registration and Breakfast
Welcome
Speaker:
Greg Shea, Senior Director, Sales, Progress
Progress Business Update
Progress is a healthy and thriving business, poised for even greater success in the coming years. With our latest acquisition of MarkLogic, we are positioned to expand our offerings to help your business grow.
Speaker:
John Ainsworth, EVP & GM, Application and Data Platform, Progress
Break
OpenEdge Past, Present & Future
The OpenEdge release schedule is the result of careful consideration of the feedback of our customers. Using Community, CVP and the Aha! ideas board, we compile themes for our roadmaps and releases. Learn about the reasons behind our most recent OpenEdge features and discover where we are going.
Speaker:
Rob Straight, Senior Director, Product Management, Progress
Partner Awards
Speaker:
Jim Miles, Director of North American ISV Sales
Lunch and Exhibits
Business Track
The Hidden Cost of Not Modernizing Your Application
When you don’t upgrade or implement patches for your OpenEdge, you put your applications and their stakeholders at risk. Hear how Progress mitigates its risk and discover tips for how you can too.
Speakers:
Dan Mitchell, Sales Engineer, Senior Principal Progress
Jess Malakian, Product Marketing Specialist, Senior, Progress
Technical Track
Still On That Old Version? Why You Should Upgrade to 12
What features are you missing out on by not using OpenEdge 12? Learn about some of our best and newest features like server-side joins, faster and better encryption of database backups, OpenEdge Replication Sets, Hardware Security Manager (HSM), JSON Web Encryption (JWE), ABL Collections and more. What are you waiting for?
Speakers:
Roy Ellis, Director, Professional Services, Progress
Business Track
Managing Cybersecurity: A CIO's Perspective
One of the most significant responsibilities of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) is cybersecurity. The right tools, processes and enforcement must be in place for businesses to safeguard their systems and data. Learn how the CIO of Progress manages the organization and come away with a few lessons to apply to your business.
Speaker:
Ian Pitt, EVP & Chief Information Officer, Progress
Technical Track
Are You Vulnerable? Configuring PAS for OpenEdge
Securing your applications is essential in today’s world. Walk through the steps you can take to harden your server and learn about the features of the Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge that aid you in keeping out the bad actors.
Speaker:
Michael Banks, Software Engineer, Senior Principal, Progress
Break
IDC Keynote: Navigating Application Modernization and Transformation in an Era of Accelerated Innovation
Dr. Arnal Dayaratna is Research Vice President, Software Development at IDC, the premier global provider of market intelligence, analysis and insight to help IT professionals and business executives make fact-based technology decisions. In his keynote address, Dr. Dayaratna will discuss the changing nature of software development, the need for risk mitigation and how businesses can enable and drive their digital transformation.
Speaker:
Dr. Arnal Dayaratna, Research Vice President, Software Development, IDC
Closing Remarks
Speaker:
Greg Shea, Senior Director, Sales, Progress
Reception
Wednesday, September 27
Breakfast and Exhibits
Welcome
Speaker:
Greg Shea, Senior Director, Sales, Progress
25 Years Strong: DMSi’s Journey with Progress OpenEdge
DMSi, a provider of inventory management systems for the lumber and building materials industry, is a long-time OpenEdge partner. In this talk, Bryan Melvin, Vice President of Cloud Engineering, explains how DMSi has improved and modernized their OpenEdge application throughout the years, most recently with OpenEdge 12. Joined by Jim Miles, Director of North American ISV Sales at Progress, Melvin will discuss DMSi’s journey to OpenEdge 12, their goal for modernizing and how they handled obstacles along the way.
Speakers:
Jim Miles, Director of North American ISV Sales, Progress
Bryan Melvin, Vice President of Cloud Engineering at DMSi
Break
Business Track
Migrate, Don’t Stagnate
Don’t get caught with expensive downtimes caused by putting off your migration project. Migrating to OpenEdge 12 on a supported platform can yield years of savings, security, performance, scalability and flexibility. Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge allows you to easily modernize your application for future growth.
Speaker:
Roy Ellis, Director, Professional Services, Progress
Technical Track
The Nuts and Bolts of Migration
You’ve heard about the importance of application modernization. How do you get there? Successful migrations offer numerous benefits including enhanced security, load balancing, disaster recovery and so much more. Find out how the professionals approach migrating to the OpenEdge 12 series using the Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge.
Speakers:
Dan Mitchell, Sales Engineer, Senior Principle, Progress
Chris Longo, Senior Manager, Professional Services, Progress
Business Track
Setting Your CI/CD Strategy
Competing in today’s agile and frequently changing environments requires releasing new software in weeks, if not days. A well-organized team with solid DevOps strategies ensures a repeatable loop of production and feedback – continuous integration/continuous delivery, or CI/CD. Learn why and how to make the move from monolithic ecosystems to modern best practices.
Speaker:
Chris Longo, Senior Manager, Professional Services, Progress
Technical Track
The New Software Development
How often do you merge your code? If the answer is infrequently, join this session to learn about continuous integration/continuous delivery, or CI/CD. Find out how a strong CI/CD pipeline can help you avoid assumptions, miscommunication and added complexity if something needs to get “undone.”
Speaker:
Shelley Chase, Software Fellow, Progress
Lunch and Exhibits
Business Track
Growing Your OpenEdge Developer Base
Are you looking to grow your development team but struggling to find OpenEdge talent? Join us to learn tips and tricks that will help you attract and train new developers, even if they are completely new to ABL.
Speaker:
Jess Malakian, Product Marketing Specialist, Senior, Progress
Technical Track
Training the Next Generation
Attracting and retaining Millennial and Gen Z talent will ensure your business thrives in the future. In this unfiltered conversation, we’ll interview Joe Genovese, VP of Sales at InGen Technologies, to discuss how his company is successfully recruiting and training new developers. Join us to find out what is important to younger generations of developers and how to ensure ABL is a language for today and tomorrow.
Speaker:
Shelley Chase, Software Fellow, Progress
Joe Genovese, VP of Sales at InGen Technologies
Business Track
Business Q&A Panel
Our panel of business experts will answer the questions you submitted during the event.
Speakers:
John Ainsworth, EVP & GM, Application and Data Platform, Progress
Ian Pitt, EVP & Chief Information Officer, Progress
Roy Ellis, Director, Professional Services, Progress
Technical Track
Tech Q&A Panel
Our panel of technical experts will answer the questions you submitted during the event.
Speakers:
Rob Straight, Senior Director, Product Management, Progress
Dan Mitchell, Sales Engineer, Senior Principal, Progress
Shelley Chase, Software Fellow, Progress
Michael Banks, Software Engineer, Senior Principle, Progress
Break
The Future of OpenEdge
OpenEdge is ready for 2030. Are you? Be the first to learn about the future of OpenEdge. We'll discuss features of the soon-to-be-released OpenEdge 12.8, our newest Long-Term Supported Release (LTS), and highlight exciting new partnerships in the OpenEdge ecosystem.
Speaker:
Rob Straight, Senior Director, Product Management, Progress
Closing Remarks
Speaker:
Greg Shea, Senior Director, Sales, Progress
Guest Speakers
Dr. Arnal Dayaratna
Research VP, Software Development at IDC
Bryan Melvin
Vice President of Cloud Engineering at DMSi
Joe Genovese
VP of Sales at InGen Technologies
Progress Speakers
John Ainsworth
EVP & GM of ADP Business Unit
Ian Pitt
EVP & CIO
Greg Shea
Sr Director of North America Sales
Shelley Chase
Software Fellow
Michael Banks
Sr Principal Software Engineer
Rob Straight
Sr Director of Product Management
Dan Mitchell
Sr Principal Sales Engineer
Roy Ellis
Director of Professional Services Managed Database
Chris Longo
Sr Manager of Professional Services
Jess Malakian
Sr Product Marketing Specialist
Joelle Andrews
Sr Product Marketing Manager
Jim Miles
Director of North American ISV Sales
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Venue
Wynn Las Vegas
3131 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109
