Thomas Halinski Principal, Client Services Consultant / Project Manager, Broadcom, Inc. Fennville, Michigan, United StatesThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.For Thomas Halinski, modernization is about connection. Across his...
Niall Ashley Security Consultant, Vertali United KingdomThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.For Niall Ashley, the strength of the mainframe community lies in how openly it shares. As a security consultant specializing in IBM...
Paolo Enrique Garcia Ramos Mainframe Chief, Interbank Lima, PeruThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.For Paolo Enrique Garcia Ramos, the future of the mainframe depends on who gets access to it. With 18 years of experience in...
The mainframe is often referred to as the "backbone of the global economy". Although that’s true, the mainframe is more than a tired phrase. Its true strength lies in the diverse, global community of experts who push the platform forward. This year, the 2026...
Scott Brod Product ManagerBroadcom Port Monmouth, NJ, USAThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.In the world of enterprise computing, "legacy" is often used as a polite synonym for "outdated." But for Scott Brod, a Product...
Scott Chapman Chief Information Officer, Director of Software Design and DevelopmentEnterprise Performance Strategies, Inc. Galena, Ohio, United StatesThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.For Scott Chapman, performance is not...
Sujit Neb Lead Automation EngineerBMC Software Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.Across more than 14 years in the mainframe space, Neb has focused on a challenge that continues to shape the future of...
Kev Milne Instructor - CTI ManagerNeuro Training Ltd Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.The mainframe still powers a vast portion of the world’s critical infrastructure—financial systems,...
Richelle Anne Craw Software EngineerBeta Systems Software Linz, AustriaThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.Richelle Anne Craw is the ultimate "multi-hyphenate" influencer: speaker, instructor, mentor, podcaster, and coder....
Emma Skovgård IT Security Engineer, Danske BankFounder, dinoframe.io Copenhagen, DenmarkThis piece is part of the 2026 Planet Mainframe Influential Mainframers series.For Emma Skovgård, the path into the mainframe ecosystem has been anything but traditional, but that...
