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What is SHARE Pittsburgh about? 

Join Rocket at SHARE Pittsburgh August 16-20, 2026. At SHARE you will meet with Rocket peers and partners to learn more about how Rocket simplifies your Modernization journey without Disruption.

Event details

August 16-20, 2026

Pittsburgh, PA

The Westin Pittsburgh
1000 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

SHARE Pittsburgh
Event description

At SHARE, Rocket scheduled sessions will be covering several hybrid cloud topics such as CICS performance, observability, AIOps, DevOps, Db2 utilities automation, hybrid storage and data virtualization.

Hear Rocket Senior Leaders discuss; How to manage complexity without getting complicated. With more services to monitor and blind spots between systems and platforms, hybrid cloud solutions that allow you to embrace the strengths and benefits of both your mainframe and the cloud, starting with your data.

Date Time Session Room 
Monday, 
August 17 		8:45AM - 9:30AM 

Visionary Panel: Beyond Modernization: Reimagining the IBM Mainframe for the AI, Cloud, and Automation Era 

Speaker: Phill Buckellew (President, Infrastructure Modernization) 

General Session 
Monday, 
August 17 		12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch & Learn: Closing the Mainframe’s Identity Security Gap Before AI Exploits It 
 
Speaker: Barbara Ballard (Principal Product Manager) 		Room 302 
Tuesday,  
August 18 		1:15PM-2:12PM Rocket Software: What if you could talk with your mainframe? 
 
Speaker: Anna Murray (Director, Product Management) and Tim Willging (CTO, Mainframe) 		Room 309 

 

DATETIMESESSIONSESSION ID
Monday, August 172:30PM

Protecting Your Db2 for z/OS Environment from Cyber Attacks

Speaker: Joern Thyssen

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Monday, August 172:30PM

Rebels With a Cause: Everyday Acts of Leadership

Speaker: Anna Murray

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Tuesday, August 188AM - 9AM

Introduction to IBM MQ and Problem Determination

Speaker: Mark Jula

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Tuesday, August 182:30PM

Bringing Mainframe into the Future: OpenTelemetry for Db2 for z/OS

Speaker: Joern Thyssen

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Wednesday, August 1910:30AM-10:50AM

Defending the Digital Core: How Observability Strengthens Mainframe Security

Speaker: Steven Payne

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Wednesday, August 19 

Securing Mainframe Access: Green Screen Security, Regulatory Compliance, and the Power of Enterprise IAM

Speaker: Barbara Ballard

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Presenters
Portrait of Phil Buckellew
Phil Buckellew
President
Infrastructure Modernization Business Unit
Barbara Ballard
Barbara Ballard
Principal Product Manager, Host Connectivity
Tim Willging
Tim Willging
Chief Technology Officer, Mainframe
Anna Murray
Anna Murray
Director, Product Management
Mark Jula
Mark Jula
Principal Solutions Advisor
Steven Payne
Steven Payne
Senior Solutions Advisor
Jorn Thyssen
Jørn Thyssen
Senior Technical Solutions Advisors
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