SHARE St. Louis 2018
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Keynote Highlights
On Monday, August 13, attendees were treated to an unforgettable keynote presentation focused on using improvisational skills to enhance team culture and drive performance excellence. The Panic Squad's Andrew Bright and Elijah Tadema, a group that uses improv comedy to teach key elements of teamwork and leadership, showed the audience how using the "Yes, And" method can have amazing effects on your role as a team member and your overall professional development. By combining improv comedy and inspirational teaching, the Panic Squad had the audience laughing and learning as they discovered how "Yes, And" affects their professional environments.
Youniss — the unveiling of Zowe, the first open-source project based on z/OS, launched by the Open Mainframe Project. To further discuss Zowe and the future of mainframe technology, the executives were joined by new-tenure mainframers who provided key insight into the next generation of developers and architects. Panelist Thek Pel noted that with the announcement of Zowe, "this is an exciting time for others to come play on the mainframe playground." The panelists also gave some insightful advice about transitioning the new generation into the industry — such as the importance of engaging talent once they're hired, creating clear hiring messages to better explain roles, and painting a whole picture to new hires rather than going straight to the code.
Event Highlights
On Tuesday and Wednesday, students participated in the SHARE Academic Student Career Days to build technical knowledge through hands-on experience and make valuable connections with seasoned industry professionals. Students tackled the Master the Mainframe Hack-a-
Students were also able to participate in interviews with mainframe professionals and hear from new-tenure mainframers and employers during panel discussions, where they learned about the job market and entering the enterprise IT industry. Mohammed Kokan, a participating student and winner of the Master the Mainframe Challenge, was surprised to learn that there are plenty of opportunities to find work in the mainframe. At the Student Career Days, he said, "there was a whole bunch of information about interacting with the mainframe, there's the Master the Mainframe Challenge, that was interesting to at least interact with an old command system. I just found it very interesting and I was fully engrossed the whole time I've been here."
SHARE Welcomes New Board Members
On Wednesday, Installation Representatives or their proxies participated in SHARE's annual election to choose four Officers and two Directors to serve in the 2018-2020 term. View SHARE's Board of Directors.
SHARE Recognizes
Best Session Awards
SHARE is proud to consistently feature a variety of technical sessions from users and experts across the globe. In recognition of their exemplary presentations, SHARE congratulates the following session presenters, and their organizations, for receiving the highest attendee ratings from SHARE Sacramento, held in March 2018.
Best of the Best Session Winners – Sacramento 2018
User Session
Enterprise-wide Program
22375: Meet the Future of Z!
Speakers: Kyle Beausoleil, Andrew Hicks, Nicholas Marion, Luisa Martinez, Jessica Muszynski, Bryant Panyarachun, Theak Pel, and Christy Schroeder
Project Manager: Warren Harper
IBM Session
Enterprise Data Center Program
22020: Understanding z/OS Communication Server Storage Usage
Speaker: Michael Fitzpatrick
Project Manager: Angela Schmitz
Enterprise Data Center Program
Lab: TCP/IP Stack Configuration with Configuration Assistant for z/OS V2R3 CS, Part 1 of 2
Speaker: Mike Fox
Project Manager: Angela Schmitz
Vendor Session
Enterprise Data Center Program
22444: The Dark Web: What's All the Fuss?
Speaker: Mark Wilson
Project Manager: Carla Flores
Best Session Winners – Sacramento 2018
Application Architecture Development Program
User Session
22463: Embracing Java on z Systems at USAA: User Experience
Speakers: Iris Baron and Keith Wilson
Project Manager: Ray Mullins, LE & Programming Languages
IBM Session
22171: The New CICS Asynchronous API
Speaker: Anthony Papageorgiou
Project Manager: Glenn Schneck, CICS Project
VEND Session
22166: Mainframe IDE Shootout
Speakers: Bill Alexander, Brian
Project Manager: Dennis Pherigo, ADI Project
Enterprise Data Center Program
User Session
22483: Live: Pervasive Encryption - How Do I Make It Happen?
Speaker: Greg Boyd
Project Manager: Carla Flores, SEC Project
Enterprise-wide Program
IBM Session
22623: DevOps for the Enterprise
Speaker: Rosalind Radcliffe
Project Manager: Jerry Edgington, DevOps in the Enterprise
VEND Session
22561: CLIs and Developers – the Secret Sauce to a Brighter Mainframe
Speaker: Sujay Solomon
Project Manager: Warren Harper, zNextGen
Information Management Program
User Session
22346: User Experience: Vantiv Shares Tips and Techniques for Monitoring and Tuning Db2 for z/OS CF Structures
Speaker: Lethika Panicker
Project Manager: Dan Ruehl, Database
IBM Session
22122: b2 for z/OS V12 Migrations, Function Levels and Continuous Delivery
Speaker: John Lyle
Project Manager: Dan Ruehl, Database
VEND Session
21879: IMS Administration Tool V1.1 – The Cockpit for Today’s IMS DBA
Speaker: Joe Sacco
Project Manager: Christian Koeppen, IMS
Linux & VM Program
22142: Automating State of California Office of Technology Services (OTech) Virtual Server Environment
Speaker: Paul Vincent
Project Manager: Rich Smrcina, VM
IBM Session
22115: z/VM Platform Update
Speaker: Bill Bitner
Project Manager: Rich Smrcina, VM
VEND Session
22050: Ubuntu for IBM Z and LinuxONE - Status Update
Speaker: Ivan Dobos
Project Manager: Mark Post, Linux
22626: Real Story of a Data Center Migration from a Performance Perspective - User Experience
Speakers: Alper Isik, Ahmet Alper Tecimer and Meral Temel
Project Manager: Meral Temel,
IBM Session
22182: Catalog Best Practices
Speaker: Frank McCune
Project Manager: Russell Witt,
VEND Session
22245: Using Hitachi Mainframe Recovery Manager to Reduce Risk and Simplify Your Disaster Recovery
Speaker: John Varendorff
Project Manager: Russell Witt,
Year-Round RAVE
SHARE wouldn't be what it is without high-value input from many dedicated individuals. The RAVE (Recognize a Valiant Effort) Award recognizes the extra efforts of SHARE attendees who enhance the overall educational experience. Anyone who participates in SHARE can nominate another participant for their assistance.
RAVE is meant to recognize efforts over and beyond the norm. If you feel someone has exceeded the already high quality of networking, assistance, support
All SHARE Members can nominate SHARE participants for the award. Nominees will be notified quarterly. A letter will be sent to the SHARE member's manager as well as to the nominee, who will also receive the RAVE pin. All RAVE recipients will be recognized in interactions. RAVEs will continue to be awarded at all SHARE conferences.
Submit your RAVE nomination by clicking here.
RAVE Award Winners
Dan Martin (Rocket Software)
Nominated by Ray Mullins (Trident Services, Inc.)
For having the brilliant idea of obtaining some joke ribbons for us volunteers to wear (and make it look like we are doing even more than we can handle). They are fun and have helped engage conversations between volunteers seeing which ribbons people are wearing. Some of them are eerily accurate!
James Willette (Sunrise e-Services)
Nominated by Angela Schmitz (AS
For agreeing to help out the CS project and chair a session.
Robert Andresen (CA Technologies)
Nominated by Dan Ruehl (Delta)
For administering the Database project this week and ensuring another complete success.
John Wright (Dell EMC)
Nominated by Brian Kithcart (Rocket Software)
For exceptionally handling his new responsibilities as SAN/Disk/Tape Project Manager and chairing all of the SAN/Disk/Tape sessions.
Paul Robichaux (NewEra Software)
Nominated by Carla Flores (CA Technologies)
For always stepping up with NewEra to help out where needed, and printing our grids and certificates.
Greg Boyd (Mainframe Crypto)
Nominated by Carla Flores (CA Technologies)
For continuing to educate the next generation on Crypto!
Richard Faulhaber (NewEra Software)
Nominated by Carla Flores (CA Technologies)
For being willing to take on any task onsite to assist the Project Manager and Security Project.
Rose Sakach (CA Technologies)
Nominated by Carla Flores (CA Technologies)
For stepping up to chair a number of DevOps sessions when several DevOps Project Officers were unable to attend SHARE St. Louis.
Volunteer Spotlight
Cheryl Watson –
Cheryl Watson has been a foundational fixture at SHARE for—how long? She is earning her 40-year pin in St. Louis as a testament to her long-time volunteer activism. These pins are not awarded for mere “participation.” They symbolize hard work and achievement on behalf of SHARE’s common goals. Cheryl’s volunteer involvement over the years includes, but is not limited to, her time with the Computer Measurement and Evaluation Project, the Enterprise-wide Capacity and Performance Project, the
[Written by Skip Robinson]
Thank You to Our Volunteers
SHARE St. Louis would not be possible without the countless hours of support from volunteers. A special thanks to all SHARE Project Managers who act as the guiding light for the event's technical program. They help put together a program full of compelling content based on attendee interests and feedback.
To learn how you can volunteer with SHARE, visit www.SHARE.org/volunteeropportunities.
Passport to Prizes Winners
Thank you again to our Passport to Prizes sponsors for giving away amazing prizes and congratulations to all the winners!
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ASG Technologies BMC CA Technologies, Inc. CorreLog Dell EMC Enterprise Performance Strategies Enterprise Systems Media FlyNet Hitachi Vantara IBM IN-COM Data Systems Innovation Data Processing |
IntelliMagic Luminex Micro Focus New Era Optica Technologies Inc. Recovery Point Systems Rocket Software RSD Software Diversified Services SUSE Syncsort Trident Services |
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