Graham Vorster – Executive at New Island Technologies, an African Enterprise Software distribution business helping organisations modernise, automate and navigate the rapidly changing digital landscape. Here specifically focusing on BMC Software and BMC Helix respectively.

With more than 33 years of executive experience across Africa, the Middle East, India the USA, and China, Graham has built his career at the intersection of advanced technology, commercial strategy and human potential.

Under his leadership, New Island Technologies has expanded its influence across Sub-Saharan Africa and earned three consecutive BMC Distributor of the Year awards for the EMEA region.

Graham believes successful transformation is not simply about adopting new technology. It requires courageous leadership, trusted partnerships, local skills development and a deep understanding of the people whose lives and work will be changed by it.

Dr. Elizabeth Maxwell is based in London and leads a team of Global Technical Specialists focused on DevOps and DevX. She works closely with customers, particularly in the financial services sector, helping them understand the evolving landscape of modern mainframe development and how organisations can maximise the value of their mainframe environments.

Elizabeth has a strong background in Data Analytics, Database Administration, Performance, and Data Privacy. In recent years, she has led some of the largest migration projects to BMC’s source code management solution, BMC AMI DevX Code Pipeline, helping organisations modernise their mainframe development practices.

Her current areas of interest include AI, CI/CD, and the application of data analytics to mainframe development. Passionate about the future of the mainframe, Elizabeth is an advocate for Mainframe DevOps and is committed to demonstrating how the mainframe can remain a valuable, sustainable, and modern platform for organisations now and into the future.

Marcin Grabinski is based in Poland and is one of BMC’s global experts in Automated Testing, Data Privacy, and BMC AMI DevX solutions. With decades of experience working with BMC AMI DevX, he brings extensive technical expertise and practical knowledge to helping organisations improve their application development and testing processes.

Marcin has worked with customers around the world to bring greater efficiency and reliability to the way they develop and test applications, enabling teams to deliver faster and with greater confidence. His experience spans a wide range of mainframe development and testing environments.

With a strong understanding of global data privacy requirements, Marcin also advises organisations on how to remain compliant when using test data. He combines his technical expertise with a deep understanding of data privacy to help customers build efficient, reliable, and compliant testing practices.

Anmol Rastogi is based in Bengaluru, India, and is a Director of Product Management at BMC Helix with expertise spanning Product Strategy, Cybersecurity, Identity & Access Management, IT, and Security Monitoring. He brings a strong combination of technical and business expertise, with a deep understanding of server-based, cloud, and hybrid application technologies.

Anmol has extensive experience understanding customer environments and challenges and translating complex technical requirements into actionable insights. His background in coding, solution design, and technology enables him to work closely with customers and partners to understand their needs and support effective product strategies and solutions.

With a strong focus on cybersecurity, identity and access management, and security monitoring, Anmol combines his technical knowledge with product management expertise to help organisations address evolving technology and security requirements. His experience allows him to bridge the gap between technical capabilities, customer needs, and business objectives.

Kapil D. is based in Pune, India, and is an AI Product Leader at BMC Helix, bringing over 20 years of enterprise SaaS experience, including 10 years in Product Management and more than 2 years focused on AI Product Management. His expertise spans AI-driven product innovation, IT Service Management (ITSM), Enterprise Service Management, and B2B SaaS.

Kapil has extensive experience leading product strategy and roadmaps for enterprise service management applications, including BMC Helix Business Workflows and Helix NetOps. He focuses on translating complex AI capabilities into practical, scalable, and secure solutions, with experience driving generative AI use cases through BMC HelixGPT.

With a strong focus on agentic AI and value-driven GenAI innovation, Kapil works across engineering, UX, and go-to-market teams to drive product development and transformation. His combination of product leadership, enterprise technology expertise, and AI experience enables organisations to unlock greater value from intelligent and autonomous service management solutions.

Tijs Monté is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is a Senior Manager in Solution Engineering at BMC Software. With a strong background in Cloud technologies, DataOps, DevOps, automation, and orchestration, he brings extensive technical and leadership experience to helping organisations transform their technology environments and drive innovation.

Tijs began his career as a data engineer before progressing through roles including consultant, project manager, team leader, and delivery manager, where he built and led teams delivering managed services and agile DevOps solutions. Since moving into pre-sales, he has combined his technical and managerial expertise with a customer-first approach, helping organisations develop strategic solutions aligned with their business needs and supporting the successful adoption of innovative technologies.

Joe Bartley is a Senior Solution Engineer at BMC Software based in Dublin, Ireland. Over the course of his career, Joe has worked across account management, solution engineering, and IT operations, giving him a unique perspective on the challenges organisations face as they modernise their technology landscapes.
Since joining BMC almost five years ago, Joe has focused on helping customers automate and orchestrate complex business processes while embracing cloud technologies and digital transformation. His expertise spans application workflow orchestration, hybrid and multi-cloud environments, and guiding organisations through the transition from traditional on-premises infrastructures to modern, resilient cloud platforms.

Jakes Olivier is a BizDevOps Lead at Nedbank, focused on helping engineering teams modernize software delivery through DevOps, automation, AI, and developer enablement. With experience spanning mainframe modernization, development tooling, delivery pipelines, and engineering transformation, he works to reduce developer friction, improve software quality, and accelerate the delivery of business value. He is passionate about the future of AI-assisted development and building world-class engineering capabilities within the enterprise.
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