Eric Odell

Eric Odell is Vice President of Product Marketing at BMC Software, where he leads go-to-market strategy for AI and generative AI solutions on the mainframe. His work has helped position BMC in major industry research and publications, while enabling organizations to strengthen DevOps, AIOps, security, and operations across enterprise systems.

The Spectrum of Trust: How Mainframers Are Embracing Agentic AI

Nov 10, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Modernization, Skill Building, Workforce Development

A few years ago, the idea of letting artificial intelligence (AI) tweak a production mainframe system on its own would’ve made even the most daring system programmer break out in a cold sweat. We would have heard, “Let the machine make the change? Not on my watch.” ...