Andrea Vega is a technology professional with a strong interest in user experience and software development. She holds a Master of Science and Bachelor of Computer Science from NC State and has spent the past 18 years at Entrinsik, a software company in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she currently serves as Vice President of Informer Engineering. Andrea started at Entrinsik as a software engineer and has grown with the company over the years, working to balance technical implementation with user-centered design principles. She has been fortunate to contribute to the development of Informer, a business intelligence tool that strives to be both functional and accessible to users.

Andrea works alongside a talented team of engineers who utilize technologies such as React, Node, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and artificial intelligence to address complex challenges. She values creating an environment where the team can collaborate effectively and continue learning, with the goal of delivering quality solutions that serve users well.

Andy Bass is an AI strategist, educator, and veteran tech founder who helps organizations turn artificial intelligence into practical business results. With 40 years in software engineering, SaaS, logistics, and FinTech, he has built and scaled multiple technology companies, including LeanLogistics, which exited for $47M, and Conpoto’s currency platform, which keeps dollars local to communities around the country.

Andy now leads NetNerd Ventures and InnovateAI, providing AI strategy, workflow automation, and team training. A TEDx speaker on AI and innovation, he equips leaders to implement real-world AI solutions that boost efficiency, cut costs, and keep them competitive. Andy holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Ankit is a 3x founder, Forbes Business Council member, and Founder & CTO of Hexaview Technologies. With over 25 years in the software industry and a background in AI from MIT and IIT Madras, Ankit bridges the gap between legacy systems and the "Agent-First" future. An Inc. 5000 entrepreneur and author of 12+ research papers, his work focuses on Agentic Managed Services and organizational transformation. His upcoming book, AI Edge: Transform & Maintain Your Legacy, provides the blueprint for maintaining and transforming legacy infrastructure through AI.

Christine is a Manager of Product Management for the MultiValue product portfolio. With nearly three decades at Rocket Software, Christine brings product expertise and a passion for customer driven innovation to her role as Manager of Product Management for the MultiValue portfolio. Her career journey, from Support to Quality Assurance to Product Management, gives her a comprehensive perspective on delivering technology that truly meets customer needs.

Christine leads a team of talented product managers and evangelists responsible for shaping the strategic vision and roadmap of Rocket’s MultiValue solutions. She is passionate about working closely with customers, uncovering insights, and translating them into meaningful, lasting value through innovative product direction.

Dawn is the Founder and President of Tincat Group, a consulting company within the software world. She met Admiral Grace Hopper while teaching COBOL and Calculus, and it changed the trajectory of her career, choosing to use her Master's in Mathematics to pursue Software Development.

From Pr1me computers and IBM mainframes to the cloud; from ERPs and BI to AI, she's spent decades developing real-world solutions across industries, particularly in Higher Education where she's built her deepest expertise.

A practitioner who dabbles in theory, Dawn shares insights, stories, and real-world lessons gained from experience.

Hunter is the Product Manager for the MultiValue application servers jBASE, D3, OpenQM along with MVIS and MVVS. With over 8 years of experience working in software, and 6 in Product Management, Hunter has worked extensively on modernization, agile implementations, and delivery.

Hunter began at Rocket in 2022, shortly after the acquisition of jBASE and OpenQM and has been managing both products ever since. Recently, Hunter has also joined the D3, MVIS, and MVVS teams as Product Manager.

Hunter holds certifications in PMC Product Management from the Pragmatic Institute, SAFe 6 Scrum Master from Scaled Agile Inc., User Experience from General Assembly, along with a BA degree from The American University in Washington D.C.

Jay is a 40-year veteran of the MultiValue database community and a recognized leader in enterprise MV architecture, performance engineering, and long-term systems strategy. With a Master of Science in Information Systems Management and early academic study in neural networks, Jay combines disciplined architectural thinking with practical enterprise experience.

As President of Paradigm Systems, he has worked with Fortune 500 organizations to strengthen and optimize mission-critical MultiValue environments. His professional background spans aerospace manufacturing, aerospace metals, employment and staffing, and real estate—industries where operational precision, compliance, and data integrity are essential. He is also certified in Employment Law, bringing additional perspective to governance and enterprise accountability.

Jay is the Founder and Chairman of the MultiValue World Foundation, a global nonprofit dedicated to preserving MultiValue’s history, expanding professional education, and cultivating the next generation of MV leaders. A consistent advocate for recognizing MultiValue as the original NoSQL architecture, he brings authoritative insight shaped by decades of hands-on experience.

Michael is a Sales Engineer at Rocket Software who’s cross discipline journey spans front end engineering, product design, UX innovation, and customer focused solution development. Throughout his career, he has built expertise in prototyping, usability testing, customer discovery, iterative feature development, design thinking, and exploring practical AI applications.

With hands on contributions across MVX, MVIS, and Uniface, Michael blends technical depth with a user centric mindset—driven by the belief that mindful modernization creates meaningful, disruption free transformation for the next generation of MultiValue solutions.

Mike is a MultiValue Product Evangelist with deep roots in the MultiValue community, bringing a blend of technical grounding and a modern, forward‑looking perspective to MV modernization. He specializes in translating complex technologies across UniVerse, UniData, and MVIS into clear, actionable guidance that helps organizations strengthen their mission‑critical MV applications while adopting contemporary integration patterns. Mike is known for creating practical frameworks that simplify modernization journeys and align product, engineering, and customer-facing teams around consistent, value‑driven messaging.

Throughout his career, Mike has combined strategic clarity with hands‑on experimentation, developing AI‑augmented enablement models, building structured knowledge hubs, and pioneering approaches that make MultiValue expertise easier to discover and operationalize. His work helps the community honor a long legacy of trusted MV systems while confidently embracing the innovations shaping its future.

Steve is a Senior Technical Staff Member at Rocket Software. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Texas A&M University, followed by a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Steven has worked in the software industry for twenty-eight years, with a focus on MultiValue DBMS systems. He has presented topics on MultiValue and API development at IBM and Rocket Software technical conferences. Steven has served as architect for multiple Rocket MultiValue products, and now focuses on architectural matters for the overarching Rocket MultiValue platform.

By enhancing MultiValue, in this case UniVerse, with an AI layer, organizations can transform their existing platform into a modern forecasting and supply chain optimization engine. The solution we developed delivers over 90% sales forecast accuracy, dynamically calculates optimal order quantities, and incorporates manufacturing and shipping lead times from anywhere in the world to ensure the right products arrive at exactly the right time. The result is a self learning UniVerse ecosystem that minimizes stockouts, minimizes inventory holding, and drives measurable commercial impact—without requiring customers to migrate away from the UniVerse platform they already trust.

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Clark is Vice President of Application Development at Rooms To Go, where he leads enterprise application strategy and modernization across core retail and supply‑chain systems. With more than three decades in the furniture industry and deep hands‑on expertise with the UniVerse platform, Clark has spent much of his career evolving mission‑critical systems while preserving the stability, performance, and operational reliability required to support the business at scale.

As a Technical Leader with over 20+ years of designing and creating software solutions I am very much a hands-on practitioner. Working with and for a range of service and product organisations from Enterprises to Startups. My primary focus has been backend systems and data related initiatives , building distributed systems, utilizing cloud technologies and working with high-load and low-latency systems, whilst designing E2E solutions encompassing mobile and web endpoints. I also write technical articles and like most Architects believe I have a book in me!

In this engaging session, James will walk through how organizations can confidently prepare for the next generation by creating a practical succession path for their legendary system knowledge. Together, we’ll explore how to transfer critical expertise to a motivated and passionate workforce—ensuring continuity, reducing risk, and keeping your systems (and your people) future-ready. Come see what we’ve been cooking.

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James brings over 25 years of experience in the MultiValue/PICK software ecosystem, with a career that began in the world of potato chips before an unexpected turn led him into the world of microchips. Formerly a top delivery and route business manager with Frito-Lay, James transitioned into enterprise systems with the same practical mindset that made him successful in operations—proving that common sense (and a good sense of humor) still matter in highly technical environments.

In this double session, Chuck will walk through the essentials of MV BASIC, covering syntax, functions, file operations, and fundamental best practices. This beginner-friendly class prepares attendees to read, write, and maintain MV code with confidence. This session gives new developers a smooth entry point while offering experienced programmers a structured refresher.

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Chuck is the CTO of HDWP, Inc. and the Publisher at HDWPbooks. With a background in U2, he now works with jBASE and has been a contributor to the MultiValue community for many years. Outside of tech, he writes across multiple genres — including science fiction, horror, and westerns — and has been published in International Spectrum, Novo Pulp, and other venues.

Charles used MV (jBASE, in particular) to write a tool that finds data on the web, ranks it for decision-making and gives a decision-support system to management. He will explain the key steps required to do likewise.

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Charles is the CTO of HDWP, Inc. With a background in U2, he now works with jBASE and has been a contributor to the MultiValue community, including writing for International Spectrum, for many years.

Do more than modernize your MultiValue application, let it fulfil its potential with Evoke. Transform your application; access it from anywhere at any time using low-code; make it your own by using existing in-house code or new subroutines using unique Evoke ‘custom code hooks’

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A highly experienced senior executive, Simon Theobald has developed unique industry and management skills gained across Microsoft, Unix and MultiValue systems over the last 44 years.

His experience ranges from being integral in the implementation of the first payment card systems in the UK and Eastern Europe to successfully leading as Chief Executive Officer, a multi million pound public (Nasdaq) software company. Simon has worked in the MultiValue Industry for 24 years, leading jBASE prior to its sale to Zumasys and BlueFinity, with its mv.Net and Evoke products.

JSON is the universal data format of modern software. REST APIs, cloud platforms, web and mobile apps, NoSQL databases, observability tools — they all speak JSON. If your UniVerse or UniData application can't, you're building walls around your own investment. In this session, we’ll cut through the noise and see exactly what JSON is, why it matters for MV developers specifically, and how to put it to work today. You'll walk away with hands-on coding examples using U2 Dynamic Objects, Python, and UniVerse's new dynamic object extension — examples you can take back to your desk and build on immediately. Whether you're connecting to another application or creating an API for your U2 application, this session will change how you think about your MV application's isolation in the modern technology stack.

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Steve brings over four decades of experience in MultiValue and PICK database technologies to his work as Senior Technical Manager for MultiValue Central. First introduced to computer sciences through the U.S. Navy in the 1970s, Steve encountered his first PICK system in 1980 and has since built a career spanning the full spectrum of MultiValue platforms — from Information and Revelation to UniVerse and UniData. In addition to Steve's extensive MultiValue knowledge, he was trained in relational database design and object-oriented analysis and design giving him a unique perspective of MultiValue's place in the modern technology stack.

Steve has held a wide range of technical and leadership roles throughout his career, including IS Manager, Development Team Lead at WellPoint Systems and Gwiz Systems, Manager of Programming & Analysis at the Regional Transportation District, and Sales Engineer and Professional Services Consultant at Rocket Software. Since 2012, he has served as Owner of Triune Consulting, LLC, specializing in MultiValue application design, development, maintenance, and training.

With decades of hands-on expertise across MultiValue environments and a passion for sharing that knowledge, Steve is well-positioned to explore the interactions of modern applications and MultiValue — bridging modern data interchange standards with the power of the MultiValue data model.

Empower your end-users and IT personnel with an easy-to-use query, report designer and data export tool specifically designed for Multi-Value databases. mvQuery uses your existing familiar dictionary items with little setup needed and is available as a subscription. Come see how easy it is to get started.

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Dianne works for a Rocket Software VAR, Aptron, providing colleges and universities with the Collegix Student Information System. She and her team also deliver the mvQuery tool to organizations using MultiValue databases.

Let’s explore philosophies of testing—purpose, pragmatism & promise.

Then tools – fundamental and fantastic.

All while considering security and it’s increasing role in everything.

Ultimately identify our own sweet spot

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Susan Joslyn has been working in MultiValue since 1979 (don't do any math.) The last three decades she focused on helping companies implement tools and time-saving strategies to comply with governance, security, and quality requirements.

Examine the policies and controls needed to align MV environments with corporate governance expectations. This session covers change management, audit readiness, access control, and documentation standards that strengthen organizational trust. The shift from point-in-time audits to continuous compliance can smooth effort and coordination within IT and with other departments to save time and money.

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AI has made it dramatically easier to create the first version of a software product. You can quickly generate and refine dashboards, portals, reporting tools, and workflow applications faster than ever before. For MultiValue businesses, that opens the door to modern, custom front-end solutions that leverage React that were once much harder to justify or begin.

In this session we’ll explore both the opportunity and the gap: what AI can generate right now, and what still requires experienced professionals. Chuck Crouse will show why the real challenge is not just creating something that looks good, but producing software that fits the business, connects to existing systems, and that your organization can support over time. For organizations considering their next step in front-end modernization, the talk offers both a practical framework and a picture of how MVC can help bridge the distance between AI-generated momentum and production-ready solutions.

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Chuck is Vice President of Platform Engineering at MultiValue Central. He learned the MultiValue system at 1MAGE, where he worked in customer-facing and internal technical roles and developed a practical understanding of how software serves real business needs. Throughout his career, he has focused on building internal tools and systems, with particular experience in image processing and document management.

Today, Chuck works on modern full stack development and AI-assisted workflows that help businesses move ideas into production-ready software more quickly. Originally from Chicago, he is a longtime Bears fan and now lives in Denver with his wife and young son. Outside of work, he enjoys climbing and running.

Hybrid migration isn’t a compromise. It’s a strategy. Discover how MYRA reveals system truth, preserves operational knowledge, and enables phased modernization without disruption. Turn legacy complexity into controlled progress, measurable outcomes, and real optionality—modernizing at your pace while the business keeps running.

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Lee has deep roots in and has been a recognized voice in the Pick/MultiValue community for many years, contributing perspectives on modernization and helping organizations adapt their MultiValue assets to evolving business needs. Under his leadership, BinaryStar has developed tools and frameworks aimed at extending and modernizing MV-based systems.

See how modern AI models can assist with MV development, from generating MV BASIC routines and explaining legacy code, to building new classes of applications on top of MV. This session demonstrates safe, practical usage, including prompt patterns that produce reliable MV-specific output. This session is for IT managers planning modernization initiatives, MV developers seeking to expand their toolsets, system architects evaluating integration strategies, and business leaders concerned about protecting technology investments while remaining competitive.

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Steven graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Texas A&M University, followed by a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Steven has worked in the software industry for twenty-eight years, with a focus on MultiValue DBMS systems. He has presented topics on MultiValue and API development at IBM and Rocket Software technical conferences. Steven has served as architect for multiple Rocket MultiValue products, and now focuses on architectural matters for the overarching Rocket MultiValue platform.

Explore how traditional UI patterns are being replaced by agent-driven interactions. This session discusses what this shift means for MV developers, how agents can orchestrate MV workflows, and how businesses can modernize UI/UX without losing MV’s strengths.

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MultiValue platforms run as application and database servers on modern Linux and Windows infrastructure. This session explores how MV environments can be designed using modern infrastructure principles, including high availability, disaster recovery, and cloud deployment best practices. We will walk through common architecture patterns such as primary/secondary replication, scalable infrastructure design, and approaches for both vertical scaling and multi-tenant application architectures. The goal is to demonstrate how MultiValue systems fit naturally into modern enterprise and cloud environments while continuing to deliver the performance and efficiency the platform has always been known for.

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Patrick is a MultiValue Evangelist at Rocket Software, where he works with customers and the broader MV community on modernization strategies for MultiValue applications and platforms. Prior to joining Rocket, Patrick held technology leadership roles both on the customer side and within the MV ecosystem, helping organizations modernize large business systems built on the MultiValue platform. With more than 35 years of experience in the MV community, he focuses on practical approaches for evolving legacy systems through cloud architectures, modern tooling, and contemporary development practices.

DevOps practices are increasingly important for teams maintaining and evolving MultiValue applications. This session explores how modern DevOps concepts such as automated deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and structured testing can be applied within MV environments. We will discuss practical approaches to building repeatable deployment processes, managing code across development and production environments, and reducing the risks associated with frequent updates. Real-world examples using tools such as Jenkins, Docker, and Ansible will demonstrate how MV teams can streamline delivery while maintaining the stability that production business systems require.

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MultiValue systems have powered mission-critical operations for decades, often alongside relational systems used for reporting, integrations, and analytics. The future is increasingly hybrid. In this session we explore how organizations combine the reliability and performance of MultiValue platforms with relational data and modern technologies—using tools such as MVsharp to bridge traditional MV environments with modern development frameworks. We’ll discuss practical strategies for extending—not replacing—your existing systems so operations teams retain the stability they depend on while developers gain the tools needed to build the next generation of applications.

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Brandon is the Head Geek and President of RDM Infinity with more than 20 years of experience in the MultiValue world. He began his career at one of the largest plumbing wholesale companies on the west coast and spent his early years working across the business while earning his computer science degree. After moving into IT, he helped bring real-time data from legacy systems into modern web applications and was soon promoted to IT Director. After 10 years as a database and IT services customer, Brandon saw a gap in the MultiValue ecosystem and started RDM Infinity to help companies move their MultiValue systems forward while protecting the critical applications they rely on every day.

“You can’t do that in MultiValue.” Or can you? This session explores how modern integration techniques are breaking old assumptions and enabling MultiValue systems to work with web applications, relational databases, and modern development platforms."

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Legacy MultiValue systems often contain irreplaceable business logic refined over decades, yet they struggle to meet modern demands for web interfaces, API integration, real-time analytics, mobile accessibility, regulatory compliance and security. Traditional "rip and replace" approaches risk of business disruption, knowledge loss, and massive costs. Instead, this panel explores evolutionary modernization strategies and MultiValue tools that enhance rather than replace your existing systems.

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Safwat is a seasoned technology professional with over 35 years of expertise in MultiValue database development, encompassing UniVerse, and UniData platforms. With over two decades of experience in both Object-Oriented Design and Programming and full-stack web application development, Safwat brings a rare combination of architectural depth and hands-on engineering precision. Proficient across a broad technology stack — including C, C#, VB.Net, Java, web services, and infrastructure security — he has consistently delivered robust, end-to-end solutions across complex enterprise environments. An IBM Certified Solution Designer on WebSphere, Safwat career is defined by a methodical approach to solving challenging technical problems and a deep commitment to engineering excellence.

Bob has been in the MultiValue community since its early days. He ran the Pick education group while also involved in selling integrated manufacturing and distribution application software for a Microdata VAR.

He was the IBM Product Manager for the IBM mainframe implementation of Pick from the Ultimate Corporation.

Bob joined Sequoia Computer Systems and worked with VARs selling fault tolerant computers to the Pick Marketplace. Sequoia was purchased by General Automation where he was involved with major account sales.

For the past 20+ years Bob has worked for various member companies of Mpower1 where he is the Director - Modernization Strategies.

A veteran of the Multivalue world, Enrique has spent two decades driving innovation within the MV ecosystem. As Senior Software Architect at Aleator Software, Enrique spearheaded the development of the Aleph MV Framework, a solution designed to infuse modern design patterns and AI-readiness into established MV environments. He is a passionate advocate for re-imagining Multivalue applications for the next generation of computing—specifically focusing on how Agentic AI serves as the ultimate evolution of UI/UX, turning "legacy" constraints into autonomous, AI-driven opportunities for global enterprises.

Using the Excel‑generation example published in the Innovation Library, this session demonstrates how Python can enhance MultiValue solutions and support modernization efforts without disrupting existing environments. Attendees will see how JSON created within a MultiValue application, when processed through Python, can produce modern, user‑friendly outputs. This pattern highlights how Python can extend reporting, automation, and integration capabilities, offering a practical and incremental path toward modernizing MultiValue applications.

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Mike is a MultiValue Product Evangelist with deep roots in the MultiValue community, bringing a blend of technical grounding and a modern, forward‑looking perspective to MV modernization. He specializes in translating complex technologies across UniVerse, UniData, and MVIS into clear, actionable guidance that helps organizations strengthen their mission‑critical MV applications while adopting contemporary integration patterns. Mike is known for creating practical frameworks that simplify modernization journeys and align product, engineering, and customer-facing teams around consistent, value‑driven messaging.

Throughout his career, Mike has combined strategic clarity with hands‑on experimentation, developing AI‑augmented enablement models, building structured knowledge hubs, and pioneering approaches that make MultiValue expertise easier to discover and operationalize. His work helps the community honor a long legacy of trusted MV systems while confidently embracing the innovations shaping its future.

Modernizing MultiValue systems begins by treating JSON as a strategic interoperability layer that aligns platform‑native metadata with EVA and modern architectural patterns to deliver clean, consistent, AI‑ready data. When JSON reflects the platform’s intent, structure, and operational semantics, it dramatically improves DevEx by making MV data easier for developers, services, APIs, and AI agents to consume without rework or rewrites. This metadata‑aligned approach preserves the power of MultiValue while enabling seamless integration into modern platforms, accelerating automation, and forming a durable foundation for AI infusion across the enterprise.

SPEAKER ABOVE (Mike Rajkowski)

This tutorial introduces Rocket MultiValue developers to integrating Python with BASIC to extend and modernize existing applications. Participants will learn the core vocabulary of Python—such as scripts, modules, methods, functions and Python objects —and how these concepts map to BASIC variables and program structures. The course demonstrates how to call Python from BASIC, pass data between the two languages, and retrieve results in a predictable way. Emphasis is placed on understanding when to use Python versus BASIC, with practical examples showing how Python functions can simplify complex logic, data manipulation, and external integrations while preserving existing MultiValue systems.

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Dan is a Senior Solution and Enablement Architect at Rocket Software specializing in MultiValue technologies and enterprise system enablement. With more than 45 years of hands‑on experience spanning UniVerse, UniData, jBASE, OpenQM and related platforms, Dan brings deep technical insight shaped by real‑world customer environments.

Before joining Rocket Software in 2021, Dan spent over two decades at Zumasys, where he supported and implemented MultiValue systems for a wide range of organizations. Before that Dan was a vendor of MultiValue systems and created and sold systems for everything from golf course management to warehouse management.

In addition to engineering, Dan has a strong passion for knowledge‑sharing and technical education, holding a formal instructional design certification and contributing to Rocket Software eLearning and customer enablement initiatives.

Dan is known for translating complex technical concepts into practical, approachable guidance, making him a trusted speaker on MultiValue modernization and best practices.

In four different roundtable sessions, customers of Rocket Software databases will have an opportunity to chat with the vendor regarding these products and feature sets: UniVerse, UniData, jBASE, with the forth one for D3, OpenQM, and more. Take the opportunity to speak directly with Rocket and also hear from other customers of these products.

SESSION GUIDED BY ROCKET

Take the opportunity to chat with the author of PRC and with other PRC customers regarding the product and its features.

SESSION GUIDED BY SJ+

Speak with the team supporting MVsharp and with other customers in this product chat.

SESSION GUIDED BY RDM Infinity

Real customers, real results. Adrea Vega moderates a discussion with MultiValue leaders who've modernized their U2 environments using Informer. Learn practical strategies for implementing automated reporting, interactive dashboards, and secure AI analytics.

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Andrea Vega is a technology professional with a strong interest in user experience and software development. She holds a Master of Science and Bachelor of Computer Science from NC State and has spent the past 18 years at Entrinsik, a software company in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she currently serves as Vice President of Informer Engineering. Andrea started at Entrinsik as a software engineer and has grown with the company over the years, working to balance technical implementation with user-centered design principles. She has been fortunate to contribute to the development of Informer, a business intelligence tool that strives to be both functional and accessible to users.

Andrea works alongside a talented team of engineers who utilize technologies such as React, Node, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and artificial intelligence to address complex challenges. She values creating an environment where the team can collaborate effectively and continue learning, with the goal of delivering quality solutions that serve users well.

MultiValue systems run some of the most mission-critical business processes in the world — but the operational infrastructure around them often hasn't kept pace. MultiValue Central (MVC), a professional services and software company built exclusively for the MV ecosystem, provides deep, focused expertise in the technology you rely on every day. In this session, we’ll walk through the real-world challenges MV shops face when managing background job scheduling, time synchronization across distributed systems, and the growing pressure to integrate with modern platforms. You'll see how purpose-built tools like MVC Job Orchestrator and MVC TimeSync address these gaps directly — without requiring you to abandon the MV platform you've invested in and trust.

Whether you're an administrator tired of babysitting overnight jobs, a developer tasked with modernizing aging processes, or a manager looking to reduce operational risk, this session delivers practical, immediately applicable strategies. The session is structured to give you both a clear framework and real product demonstrations you can take back to your team on day one.

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John Nunziato is a seasoned Senior Project Manager and the President & CEO of MultiValue Central, LLC, bringing over two decades of leadership, technical expertise, and strategic vision to the enterprise software and database management space. With a career rooted in MultiValue database technologies, John has built a reputation for driving complex projects to success, optimizing business processes, and delivering scalable solutions for clients across diverse industries.

As the founder and chief executive of MultiValue Central, LLC, John has positioned the company as a trusted partner for organizations leveraging MultiValue platforms. Under his leadership, the firm has grown into a hub for technical consulting, custom development, system integration, and long-term support solutions. His deep knowledge of MultiValue environments—including platforms like Rocket D3, UniVerse, and OpenQM—has empowered clients to modernize legacy systems while maintaining performance and reliability.

Artificial intelligence is driving new expectations around how organizations use and connect their core systems. In the MultiValue world, the technology remains business-critical, but the skills around it are evolving. From a recruitment perspective, this session looks at how roles are changing, why hybrid skills such as integration and data access are becoming more valuable, and the talent challenges facing the MV community. We’ll also explore practical ways organisations can attract, develop and retain the next generation of MultiValue professionals while modernizing around their core systems.

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Elkie Holland is the founder of Prospectus IT Recruitment, a specialist firm focused on the MultiValue technology market. With over 40 years’ experience in recruitment and nearly four decades working within the MultiValue ecosystem, she has placed professionals across the UK, US, Europe and Australia and has developed a unique market-wide perspective on hiring trends, salary movements and the evolving skills landscape. As a working recruiter, Elkie regularly advises organisations on talent strategy, including whether projects are best delivered through permanent hires, contract specialists or fixed-price teams, and has helped assemble teams for major system upgrades, migration, transformation and modernisation programmes. In addition to her recruitment work, she has developed an AI Talent Partner solution for the recruitment industry, consults with organisations on the practical use of AI in talent acquisition, and is a podcast guest and speaker on AI and recruitment.

This session demonstrates how developers can use Visual Studio Code with U2 to create a modern development environment while continuing to work with proven MultiValue systems. Attendees will see how VS Code can improve productivity through features such as syntax highlighting, code navigation, extensions, and debugging tools tailored for U2 development. The presentation will walk through configuration, workflow examples, and practical tips that help MultiValue developers adopt modern development practices without abandoning the stability of their existing platforms.

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Abraham is a MultiValue developer focused on modernizing development workflows for the U2 platform. His work focuses on integrating contemporary development tools with traditional MultiValue environments, including the use of Visual Studio Code for improved productivity, debugging, and code management. Abraham enjoys helping developers bridge the gap between classic MultiValue systems and modern development practices.

Saul is the CIO at ACE Tech, where he focuses on the practical side of keeping MultiValue systems sustainable. He is currently working on the ACE Tech Mentor program, an initiative designed to build clear career paths for IT professionals within the MV community. His goal is to create better onboarding and support structures that help the next generation of talent find long-term success in the industry.

This session examines the full lifecycle of talent in the MultiValue ecosystem, from attracting new developers to an “old-but-not-legacy” or (Legendary) technology to onboarding them effectively and helping them build long-term careers. We will explore practical strategies for writing job descriptions that resonate with younger developers, building training pathways for new hires, and creating a culture where experienced MV professionals mentor the next generation instead of burning out. The session will also discuss how to position MultiValue roles as innovative, future-facing careers rather than simple maintenance positions.

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Roy is President of Ace Tech Resources and has spent more than 25 years helping organizations build and sustain technical teams within the Pick MultiValue ecosystem. Through his work as a recruiter, staffing partner, and industry advocate, Roy has worked with hundreds of companies that rely on MultiValue systems to run mission-critical operations. He is a strong advocate for mentorship-driven workforce development and has partnered with Rocket Software to help create training pathways that introduce new developers to the MultiValue platform. Roy frequently speaks about talent pipeline development, succession planning, and strategies for revitalizing the MultiValue workforce.

Armando serves as the Chief Operating Officer of ACE Tech Resources, where he leads the company’s day-to-day operations with a strong focus on strategy, efficiency, and client success. In his role, he is responsible for aligning internal processes with the company’s mission of connecting top technical talent with meaningful opportunities, while also supporting the growth and execution of initiatives like the ACE Tech Mentorship Program. Known for driving operational excellence and fostering long-term relationships, Armando plays a key role in ensuring both clients and candidates receive high-quality service. His leadership helps sustain ACE Tech’s collaborative culture and commitment to developing talent within the MultiValue and Uniface ecosystem.

Samantha serves as the Director of Operations at ACE Tech Resources, where she plays a key role in overseeing project execution, workforce development initiatives, and internal operations. With a background in project management and IT staffing, she specializes in connecting businesses with skilled professionals within the MultiValue ecosystem, helping to address critical talent gaps in niche technologies. Samantha brings a structured approach to managing initiatives, ensuring alignment between client needs and candidate development while supporting the growth of the ACE Tech Mentorship program. Her leadership emphasizes organization, efficiency, and building sustainable pathways for both emerging talent and industry partners.

Explore how organizations can preserve MultiValue expertise as experienced professionals transition out. This panel will cover practical strategies for capturing institutional knowledge, developing new MV talent, and ensuring long-term continuity through mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning.

FACILITATOR: Roy Contreras

OTHER PANELISTS:

Elkie Holland

Dan Ell

Engage in a deep dive into record locking strategies across MV systems. The panel unpacks real-world issues such as contention, phantom locks, recovery patterns, and how locking design affects both performance and user experience. WHAT IS ON THE SCHEDULE IS: Q&A for the Nitty Gritty, Expert panel wit topics such as Locking options, Error Handling, Excel integration, exports/normalization for SQL and any questions you have.

FACILITATOR: Jay LaBonte

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Jay is a 40-year veteran of the MultiValue database community and a recognized leader in enterprise MV architecture, performance engineering, and long-term systems strategy. With a Master of Science in Information Systems Management and early academic study in neural networks, Jay combines disciplined architectural thinking with practical enterprise experience.

As President of Paradigm Systems, he has worked with Fortune 500 organizations to strengthen and optimize mission-critical MultiValue environments. His professional background spans aerospace manufacturing, aerospace metals, employment and staffing, and real estate—industries where operational precision, compliance, and data integrity are essential. He is also certified in Employment Law, bringing additional perspective to governance and enterprise accountability.

Jay is the Founder and Chairman of the MultiValue World Foundation, a global nonprofit dedicated to preserving MultiValue’s history, expanding professional education, and cultivating the next generation of MV leaders. A consistent advocate for recognizing MultiValue as the original NoSQL architecture, he brings authoritative insight shaped by decades of hands-on experience.

Grant is the CTO of Prosol Group (Pty) Ltd. He has 40+ years experience in the Multi Valued world. Starting in the early 80's with R83/Advanced Pick/AP Pro etc. Was the distributor for VMARK's Universe in South Africa gaining knowledge of various 'Pick' implementation's. Prosol Group developed various technologies around Multi Value and integration and he is the author of the MVsharp product set.

Neil is an experienced Multivalue Solutions Architect who specializes in designing and implementing robust technical solutions for database and systems administration. He is dedicated to partnering closely with clients to understand their unique challenges, ensuring the solutions provided are not only effective but also perfectly aligned with their specific business objectives. His client-centric approach focuses on delivering stability, efficiency, and long-term value.

Neil's expertise is built upon a deep foundation of cross-platform systems administration, with extensive experience in both UNIX and Windows environments. This comprehensive background allows him to architect and manage solutions that seamlessly integrate with modern IT infrastructures. He is adept at leveraging advanced cloud architecture to build scalable, secure, and resilient systems for his clients.