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Brad Schick

Brad Schick is an accomplished engineer, tech executive, and currently Skytap's Chief Technology Officer. Brad leads Skytap’s overall product strategy focused on delivering a global public cloud that solves enterprise customers' modernization challenges. Prior to Skytap, Brad founded Wegos, Inc., an innovative gaming start-up. Earlier in his career, Brad served as Vice President of Engineering at Vizrea, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2007. Brad has also been an instructor at the University of Washington and has a passion for hands-on problem solving and programming at all levels. Brad holds a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University.

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The Reality of Cloud Migration: It Gets Worse Before it Gets Better

The IRS dominated headlines last month when a computer glitch arose—on Tax Day—that prevented the agency from collecting millions of tax returns and forced a deadline extension. But beneath the bevy of predictable, “embarrassing government snafu” stories lies a greater, more systemic problem: IT modernization. Specifically, the potential consequences of not modernizing. The advantages of modernization are […]

May 9, 2018 · 3 min