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App-Solutely Necessary: Why Modernizing Your Apps is a Must
Hosted by the Cloudbusting Podcast team
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Anytime

Join Jez Ward and Darren Bowling on this live 'Cloudbusting Podcast' as they explore what it means to live, work and solve business challenges as a cloud-native organization. This session will bring thought-leaders and experts to the show to share their insights and experience around the importance of modernizing applications.

Hear the panel discuss why we see organizations moving to modernize their applications using cloud-native technologies. We will focus on a specific customer story to provide real insights into why an organization decided to modernize on Amazon Web Services, how they approached it and, most importantly, how they measured and realized the value provided to their organization. Was it worth the investment?

Key Takeaways:

  • Why now is the time to consider modernizing your applications
  • What app modernization means, focusing on technology as well as the organizational impacts
  • How to approach your modernization with intent, measuring the business impact and value.

SPEAKERS
Jez Ward
Global Head of Advisory Portfolio, Eviden, an Atos Business
Jez Heads up the Advisory Portfolio function at Eviden and is also an executive advisor dedicated to accelerating clients’ business values with Cloud. He advises and helps CxOs develop their actionable plans, take advantage of the latest innovations and deliver high-impact business outcomes. Jez was recognized as one of the cloud leaders in the 2022 “Who’s Who in Cloud” report. Jez is also founder and co-host of the popular Cloudbusting podcast - discussing all things cloud. Jez is a trusted IT leader with over 30 years in diverse industry roles. He has a proven track record in enterprise transformation, most recently as the COO for iRiS Software, which developed guest-facing applications for the hospitality industry. He also served as the SVP for IT at Kempinski Hotels and CIO for JJW Hotels and Resorts. Jez is experienced at creating a winning vision and building consensus across enterprise stakeholders. He’s successfully led several digital transformation projects, including initiating and completing Kempinski Hotels’ adoption of Public Cloud in 2011. Jez also sits on a number of external advisory panels for the hospitality industry and is a former president and board member of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), a trade organization representing over 4 million hotel rooms. Jez is also a non-executive director for a number of technology companies.
Darren Bowling
Senior Cloud Advisor - Eviden an Atos Business
Darren is a senior cloud advisor at Cloudreach. Over the last 20 years, he has held senior roles in IT - from scale ups to large enterprises, advising and mentoring IT leaders on their adoption of new technology, cloud and broader people and process transformation.



Phil Le-Brun
Enterprise Strategist - Amazon Web Services, Former CIO
Phil is an experienced business and technology leader with proven skills in organizational change, retail operations, technology adoption, engineering and software development internationally. Phil has led several transformational technology initiatives in one of the world's largest and iconic businesses, and has been recognized in 2018 and 2019 as one of the top 100 CIOs in the UK.
Gaurav Jindal
Senior Enterprise Architect - App Mod Eviden, an Atos Business
Gaurav Jindal spent 15 years in Japan as a technical consultant for a number of large Japanese enterprise customers. Gaurav has been based in Toronto for the past 7 years working primarily on large transformational projects.