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Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson is a bi-weekly podcast where nothing is off limits. Native New Yorker and journalist Ali McPherson has no filter, and will be joined by guests to discuss all things society, culture, & entertainment. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saucy-but-sweet-with-ali/support
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The "I Am A Mainframer" podcast explores the careers of those in the mainframe ecosystem. Hosted by Steven Dickens, Senior Analyst at Futurum Research, each episode is a conversation that highlights the modern mainframe, insight into the mainframe industry, and advice for those looking to learn more about the technology. The podcast is sponsored by the Open Mainframe Project, a Linux Foundation project that aims to build community and adoption of Open Source on the mainframe by eliminating b ...
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In this episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, host Steven Dickens interviews Dusty Rivers, a revered mainframe expert with 47 years of industry experience. Dusty recounts his remarkable journey from a COBOL programmer to his current role as Senior Director of US zSystems at Mainline Information Systems. He delves into his extensive work with …
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I am a Mainframer: Jessielaine Punongbayan
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In this episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, host Steven Dickens honors Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by featuring Jessielaine “Jelly” Punongbayan from Dynatrace. Jessielaine recounts her inspiring journey as a COBOL programmer, beginning in the Philippines and expanding to various countries worldwide. She highlights the…
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In this engaging episode of the I Am a Mainframer podcast, Steven Dickens hosts a captivating conversation with Louisa Seers from IBM. As the product manager for the CICS portfolio and the technical steering committee chair for Galasa, an integral part of the Open Mainframe Project, Louisa shares insights into her journey at IBM. Beginning as an ap…
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In this episode of the "I am a Mainframer" podcast, host Steven Dickens engages in an enlightening conversation with Cynthia Overby, the Director of Security and Customer Solutions Engineering at Rocket Software. Cynthia shares her remarkable journey – from her humble beginnings as an intern to becoming CEO and President of Key Resources. Throughou…
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Dive into the fascinating world of mainframe technology with the latest episode of the "I am a Mainframer" podcast! Join host Steven Dickens as he delves into an insightful conversation with Andre Clark, a seasoned member of IBM's advisory level two support team. In this episode, Clark provides valuable insights into his role, addressing customer i…
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In this month's episode of the "I am a Mainframer" podcast, hosted by Steven Dickens of The Futurum Group, guest Donna Hudi, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Business Development at Phoenix Software, shares her career journey and insights into the mainframe industry. Donna discusses her background in enterprise tech, her transition to the mainfr…
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson! This is our last episode of 2023, and to celebrate the end of an eventful year and beginning of another, we will discuss some of the highlights and downfalls of the past year. We will be diving into what created some of the highest of the highs and lowest of the lows. If you had the year of your l…
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In this month’s episode of the “I Am A Mainframer” podcast, hosted by Steven Dickens of The Futurum Group, guest Megan Rupert provides valuable insights into the evolving mainframe industry, underscoring the importance of diversity, community engagement, and the continuous adaptation of mainframe technology to meet future challenges.Here are the to…
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In this month's episode of the "I Am A Mainframer" podcast, hosted by Steven Dickens of The Futurum Group, guest Domenico D'Alterio shares insights into his career and the evolving mainframe industry. Currently working on the Zowe open source project at IBM, Domenico discusses how he joined IBM in 1999 as a developer, later transitioning into manag…
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson! We are back for a bonus episode. While the podcast has been on season break our host has had her ear to the pavement, not just as a journalist but a woman who just can’t pass away good tea. Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard about the whole Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith d…
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In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the October episode of the "I am a Mainframer" podcast features Luciano Gimeno, LinuxONE Sales Manager of North & Latin America at IBM. Host Steven Dickens, VP and Practice Leader at The Futurum Group, takes a deep dive into Luciano's journey from a z/OS programmer to a LinuxONE sales leader and how he…
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I am a Mainframer: Jabrell McPherson, Shariif Ali, and Jason Lowe
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On this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, host Steven Dickens is joined by Jabrell McPherson, Shariif Ali, and Jason Lowe — all students at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. Jason, a senior graduating in December, is interested in the mainframe space and is particularly drawn to the z/OS operating system and COBOL programming la…
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I am a Mainframer: Guilherme Cartier de Palma
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Guilherme Cartier de Palma, Associate Director of Infrastructure/Cloud Architecture at Kyndryl, joined host Steven Dickens to share his insights on mainframe transformation in a recent episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast. Cartier has over 10 years of experience working with mainframes, beginning his career in SysOps at IBM when he was 18 yea…
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On this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, host Steven Dickens talks with Rick Perret, Head of Analyst Relations with Broadcom Mainframe Software.Their conversation highlights the growing importance of mainframes and how the Open Mainframe Project (OMP) is actively working to raise awareness and bring together professionals from various ba…
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Saucy but Sweet fam we are back with our season finale and Part II of our conversation about all things Pride, whether it be, some of our favorite moments at Pride and what makes this month one of the most significant months of the year. For Part I, the host spoke to Terrence Fraser about businesses taking a hit for supporting pride, and this week …
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On this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, host Steven Dickens is joined by Zareen Rydhan, Software Development Engineer in Test II and Lead Test Automation Engineer with Rocket Software. During their conversation, Steven and Zareen talk about the mainframe being the foundation of many of the world’s most critical applications and how, as …
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We are back, and just in time for one of the most significant and important months of the year. This is the month that marks the beginning of summer, where we celebrate Juneteenth and of course the month where we celebrate and applaud the LGBTQ+ community for standing up for what is right. This month all over the world Pride parades take place, not…
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On this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, host Steven Dickens is joined by Shuang Chen, PhD, a seasoned entrepreneur, senior technologist, inventor, and recognized industrial leader. Shuang brings over three decades of industrial experience in technology innovation, software, large-scale internet systems, entrepreneurship, and business ex…
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week you all are in for quite a treat once again. As you know festival season is in full flux! During our most recent episode, the host spoke with Yasmine Jameelah about the beauty of festival season and talked about making the exciting trek to the world's most popular festivals. The trip was…
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On this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, guest host John Mertic, Director of the Open Mainframe Project, is joined by Salisu Ali, a current mentee of the organization. A final year medical student at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria, Salisu was introduced to the mainframe in 2017 through IBM’s Master the Mainframe contest.He participat…
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week you all are in for quite a treat. It is Coachella season! I’m sure most of our listeners know all about the impactful and booming California music festival that has basically become a household name but for those of who do not know, it is a music festival, where artists who are the best …
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Here is something I’m sure every listener will be able to relate to: being a fan. Now there are various ways of being a fan; it could be simply keeping tabs on when you’re favorite artist drops a new album and immediately downloading every song, and going to every concert that artist performs, or …
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On this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, host Steven Dickens is joined by Megan Conklin, the WW Director of LinuxONE and Linux on System Z Sales at IBM. Megan brings a wealth of experience in IBM systems, including more than 15 years of leading large enterprise clients. For the last 18 months, Megan has led the global team that drives in…
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about the Will Smith/Chris Rock fiasco. Over a year ago after a poorly made joke by comedian Chris Rock, Will Smith slapped him across the face for the world to see at the Oscars in 2022. The host spoke with Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson po…
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On this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, host Steven Dickens is joined by Benjamin Daniels, Cloud Solutions Engineer at Oracle. While an undergrad at North Carolina A&T State University, Ben's professor for Java and mainframe classes was Dr. Cameron Seay. Dr. Seay because Ben's formal mentor and opened the door to many opportunities for …
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Happy Valentine's or Galentine's to those who celebrate. This week is quite a treat. Typically the show dives into sex, love, and relationships from the perspective of a 20-something in search of a relationship and possibly marriage and wanting children etc. We talk about the lessons we learn on t…
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What the Fuck Are We Gonna Do About Ye? Part II
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. For many Kanye West stans (if there are any left) there were no more excuses or defenses left in the jar titled “Stupid Things Kanye says.” That jar is empty, and now lives rent free in the host’s mind. Last year, the host spoke about Kanye’s bizarre behavior and how his actions impacted those aro…
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In this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, host Steven Dickens is joined by Meral Temel, Mainframe Platform Leader for JFORCE. Meral has been in the mainframe industry for more than 20 years, starting as a mainframe system programmer and becoming the Director of Systems in the largest private banks in Turkey. She is currently the Mainframe…
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. So much has happened over the last year, but as usual the host has been in the know about everything and never goes a day without forming an opinion on whatever is going on in the entertainment and culture space. Last time we spoke about Megan the stallion and the incident that left her traumatize…
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson! To celebrate the start of the new year and all that we have accomplished in the last year, we thought we could bring you more of what you love most about this podcast, a daring and unfiltered conversation on sex & love in 2022 and the kind of love we want and the kind we want no part of in the new…
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In this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, Steven Dickens is joined by Bryan Foley, Worldwide Sales Director for IBM Cloud. His team helps define the major approaches to help clients meet their toughest challenges in a hybrid multicloud world. Bryan has served in numerous technical, management, strategy, and product management positions du…
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In this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, host Steven Dickens is joined by Enzo Damato, a high school senior, self-proclaimed mainframe nerd, researcher, and teacher. During this fascinating and inspiring conversation, Enzo shares his passion for the mainframe and how he has been self-teaching and building systems since the fourth grade. …
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In this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, Steven Dickens is joined by Leonard (Len) Santalucia, Chief Technology Officer at Vicom Infinity. During this fascinating conversation, Len shares his family's long history as IBMers — both his father and grandfather worked for IBM — and traces the beginning of his own career "origin story" to whe…
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In this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, Steven Dickens is joined by Patrick Stanard, Chief Mainframe Architect at Kyndryl US, from the show floor at the SHARE Conference in Columbus, Ohio. Patrick shares his career journey that started in data input (using punch cards!) at Michigan Bell Telephone and moved into data center operations wo…
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In this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, Steven Dickens is joined by Eddy Ciliendo, VP of Worldwide Strategy & Technology at Model9. Their conversation explores how the movie "WarGames" sparked Eddy's early passion for computers, the early opportunities he was given in the mainframe space, and his genuine love of the work he does. Eddy a…
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In this episode of the “I Am a Mainframer” podcast, Steven Dickens is joined by David Jeffries, VP, Development, IBM z/OS Software at IBM. Their conversation explores how David's extensive career has grown and developed, the importance of mentoring, and the bright future he sees continuing to take shape in the mainframe world. You won't want to mis…
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. As many of you know June is not just a remarkable month because it marks the beginning of summer and where we celebrate Juneteenth. It is also remarkable in that it celebrates a community that is not only marginalized but treated as second class citizens 365 days a year. And before we close out th…
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In this episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, Steven Dickens welcomes Lisa Dyer, Global Vice President, Systems Z & Power LOB Leader at Ensono. Their conversation dives into Lisa's 20+ years as a technologist building digital platforms, her fresh perspective as someone relatively new to the mainframer world, and what made her ultimately becom…
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In this episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, Steven Dickens welcomes Misty Decker, Director of AMC Product Marketing at Micro Focus. Their conversation explores Misty's career arc in mainframe, advice for those starting out in the space, and how her unexpected journey as a Mainframer started with her first plane ride at the age of 21. Listen…
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2020, a year that many of us probably want to forget, was a rough year for so many people. But it wasn’t just a rough year for those fighting COVID, or working people being laid off from their jobs, it was also a rough time for the woman who does not need an introduction: Hot Girl Meg. Megan Thee Stallion was shot by rapper Tory Lanez after an argu…
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In this episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, Steven Dickens welcomes Jose Castano, VP of System Sales at IBM. Their conversation explores Jose's career journey, those who have influenced and guided him along the way, and how his experience has given him a unique perspective into the mainframe space. Listen to learn how Jose's extensive exper…
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. We are back with another episode of your favorite society & culture podcast. If you’re anything like me, you are sick of talking about it, but still on the edge of your seat, wondering what is going to happen next. If you watched the Oscars, you know what I’m talking about. The slap heard around t…
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Let’s Put Some Fucking Respect on Working Women's Name
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. Apparently, judging by the titles of our recent episode and this upcoming one, we are on a “F*ckin” roll, haha see what we did there? Anyway, Last week we talked about Kanye West and the complexities surrounding both loving and hating an artist, someone who may be a creative genius but has asshole…
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In this episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, Steven Dickens welcomes Rebecca Levesque, CEO of 21st Century Software. During their conversation, Rebecca shares her professional journey and how 21st Century Software fits into the overall mainframe ecosystem.
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. We hope you missed us as much as we missed you. This week we are talking about someone who has been making headlines for over a decade and who has shown the media his genius, his scars, and his darkness. Has anybody else been thinking what we’re thinking? What the fuck are we gonna do about Kanye?…
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In this episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, Steven Dickens sits down with Mark Neft, CTO, Platform Modernization at EPAM Systems. During their conversation, Mark shares his unique "home remodeling" approach that helps clients figure out what they already have in place in terms of infrastructure. He goes on to talk about the tools and capabi…
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In this episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, Steven Dickens is joined by John Smith, Executive Vice President, Ecosystems at Zafin. John shares his earliest experiences with mainframe and how his continued pursuit of knowledge around it led him to a successful career in financial services. Their conversation also explores John's career, incl…
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In today's episode of the "I Am a Mainframer" podcast, Steven Dickens talks with Dr. Cameron Seay, IBM Z Academic Thought Leader and Adjunct Professor at Tennessee State University and East Carolina University. Their conversation focuses on Cameron's longstanding support of the Mainframe community, his commitment to introducing students to the main…
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The Adventures of Transparent Black Girl Part II
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This week we are bringing back a guest who has made quite an impact on the show during our first season, Yasmine Jameelah. As you may remember, Yasmine is an entrepreneur, journalist and runs the well-known wellness collective Transparent & Black and its wellness brands Transparent Black Girl and …
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Welcome back to Saucy but Sweet with Ali McPherson. This is our last episode of the year, and to celebrate the start of the upcoming year we will discuss what this year has meant to us. For some of us this year may not be what we expected and for others it may have been one of the best years of our lives. No judgement here. We talk about the major …
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