Letter from our CEO

To the Rocket Software Community,

Customers and Partners First. That is one of our core values. We talk about it. We display it on nice Lucite plaques in our offices. We include this in our presentations. We have this imprinted on our new, addictive, folding cubes.

But it’s not just a slogan. At least, it isn’t supposed to be. Customers and Partners First is a key driver for every Rocketeer every day. We put you first. And your agenda is our agenda.

One example of this is our recent Rocket President’s Advisory Council (RPAC) meeting. Fourteen of you participated in the inaugural RPAC event held in our Waltham, Massachusetts headquarters. What our RPAC members liked about this event is that they were the ones who created the agenda topics. They told us what was important to them - and our day together was organized around those topics.

What also made this event unique was that we didn’t have any PowerPoint slides or any other digital presentation aides. Instead, we used a modified version of design thinking to more deeply explore the topics together in hands-on workshops. Together we created the time and the space where senior IT leaders were comfortable speaking freely to us - and to each other - about the big challenges their organizations face today and will face in the future. Employees from different industries quickly discovered common ground in these challenges and took advantage of their time together to network and learn from each other.