Executive management team

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Milan Shetti

President and CEO

Milan joined Rocket in 2020 and became President and CEO of Rocket Software in November 2021.

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Phil Buckellew

President, Infrastructure Modernization Business Unit

Phil joined Rocket in 2022, bringing with him an extensive history of driving product strategies and delivering value across varied platforms.

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Puneet Kohli

President, Application Modernization Business Unit

Puneet joined Rocket Software in 2018 as the Vice President of Quality and DevOps and was promoted to the President of the Application Modernization Business Unit in 2023.

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Michael Curry

President, Data Modernization Business Unit

Michael joined Rocket Software in 2023, bringing with him extensive knowledge of building business software products.

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Alyse Daghelian

Chief Revenue Officer

Alyse, a seasoned technology and go-to-market executive, joined Rocket Software in 2023.

Barbara Goose

Barbara Goose

Chief Marketing Officer

Barbara Goose joined Rocket Software in 2021 as Chief Marketing Officer.

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Jay Leader

Chief of Staff

Jay Leader joined Rocket Software in 2014 as SVP and Chief Information Officer.

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Bruce Bowden

Chief Financial Officer

Bruce Bowden joined Rocket in July of 2022 as CFO, bringing 25 years of technology and finance leadership expertise with him.

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Julie Law

Chief People Officer

Julie joined Rocket Software in December 2022 as Chief People Officer, overseeing all aspects of the ‘Rocketeer’ employee experience, including hiring, training, recruitment and retention.

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Darlene Williams

Chief Information Officer

Darlene Williams joined Rocket Software in 2021 as interim CIO before assuming the full CIO role in 2022, bringing twenty-plus years of IT experience to the organization.

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Liz Fischer

Chief Legal Officer

Liz joined Rocket Software in 2023, bringing over two decades of legal expertise in M&A, technology licensing, corporate governance, and public offerings.

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P. Gary Gregory

Chief Technology Officer

Gary Gregory joined Rocket Software in 2012 and is the Chief Technology Officer.

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Neil Fowler

SVP of Hybrid Cloud Engineering

Neil joined Rocket in 2024 after previously leading the AMC Product Group at OpenText and Micro Focus for many years.

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Stuart McGill

SVP of Hybrid Cloud Sales

Stuart McGill joined Rocket Software in May 2024 as the Senior Vice President of Hybrid Cloud Sales within the Application Modernization and Connectivity Product Group.

Distinguished engineers

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Tim Willging

Chief Technology Officer, Mainframe & Rocket Fellow

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Alex Kodat

Data Modernization

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Herman Rensink

Application Modernization

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John Hancy

Infrastructure Modernization, CICS/Monitoring and Performance

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Paul Bartak

Infrastructure Modernization, Dev Ops

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Rob Scott

Infrastructure Modernization, Monitoring

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Sudhi Balan

Data Modernization, Content Automation

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Tim Hill

Infrastructure Modernization, Dev Ops, Power

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Ray Overby

Infrastructure Modernization, Security

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Jim Porell

Infrastructure Modernization, Monitoring, Analytics & Performance

Our IBM champions

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Tom Crocker

Senior Solutions Advisor, Z Center of Excellence

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Saghi Amirsoleymani

General Manager, Z Center of Excellence

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Germanas Samrickis

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure Modernization 

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Puneet Kohli

President, Application Modernization Business Unit 

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Matthias Tschaffler

Senior Technical Staff Member, Infrastructure Modernization

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Jim Wankowski

Principal Solutions Advisor, Z Center of Excellence 

Christoph Theisen

Christoph Theisen

Senior Principal Solutions Advisor, Z Center of Excellence 

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Paul Bartak

Distinguished Engineer, Z Center of Excellence 

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Tim Hill

Distinguished Engineer, VP Software Engineering, Infrastructure Modernization, Dev Ops, Power 

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Hrithik Govardhan

Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Modernization 

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Jørn Thyssen

Senior Technical Staff Member, Z Center of Excellence 

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Tom Glaser

Senior Solutions Advisor, Z Center of Excellence 

Ezriel Gross

Ezriel Gross

Senior Technical Staff Member, Product Evangelist, Infrastructure Modernization 

Andrew Clark

Andrew Clarke

Principal IBM i Software Engineer

Gaurav Khanna

Gaurav Khanna

Senior Principal Quality Engineer, Application Modernization