Article Modern Apps: Top Considerations for IT Leaders
By Insight Editor / 1 Oct 2021 / Topics: Application development
An underperforming application can cause even the best companies to lose out on time and money. Listen in as our experts outline the best ways to assess your legacy applications and construct a customized modernization strategy to help you achieve business outcomes.
Presented by:
Jason Rader
VP and Chief Information Security Officer, Insight
Jason Rader believes that security professionals are saving the planet, and everyone is part of the solution. He began his college career as a voice major and was an early adopter of using technology to push creativity — in this case interfacing musical instruments with computer systems. His interest in tech inspired him to pursue a focus in local area networks and internet-based technologies, eventually leading him to start a company specialized in Microsoft and Cisco training and consulting. After building, running and eventually selling his company, Jason took a role with RSA to transform the organization into an established solutions provider. Jason joined Insight in 2015 to build the security consulting group. In 2021 he assumed the role of chief information security officer.
Mark Candelora
Sr. Manager, Engineering, Connected Platform, Insight
Mark pairs the right technology to your needs, designing and building solutions that advance your business. He has specialties in database development, analysis, reporting, data warehousing, and business intelligence. Mark helps clients distill and transform complex data to inform critical decisions. His project history reflects a keen ability to build high-performing global solutions.
Ben Kotvis
Principal Architect, Insight
Ben has had a long career in software architecture in which his hunger for finding new and innovative ways to improve processes landed him in a software engineering role 20 years ago. Since then, he has served some of the largest organizations in the world as a consultant and subject matter expert in software development, architecture, IoT and microservices. He served as a chief architect and worked closely with partners like Microsoft, Intel, and Google, presenting solution all over the world. He excels in his ability to understand a problem from a broad perspective, break the pieces apart, and provide practical solutions that are robust and easy to understand. What he finds most rewarding is to mentor colleagues and clients in a manner that empowers them to innovate on their own and advance their career long term.
