Philippe Magne is CEO and Founder of ARCAD Software, global ISV specializing in DevOps, IBM i Modernization and Data Masking. Philippe originally launched the ARCAD software lifecycle management project as QA manager in 1988 at the European Space Agency, then created his company in 1992 to assure the development and marketing of the software. Since that date, Philippe has steered ARCAD Software to become international technology leader in DevOps and Modernization on IBM i, powering the digital transformation of some of the largest IBM i organizations worldwide. Building on a close technology partnership, the fully integrated ARCAD solution range is now also distributed by IBM. As well as running the company, Philippe is an unceasing champion of IBM i modernization and frequent speaker at events across the world.