What Happened?
Islandia, NY-based CA Technologies has Promoted John Michelsen as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
CA Technologies creates software that fuels transformation for companies and enables them to seize the opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart of every business, in every industry. From planning to development to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide to change the way we live, transact and communicate. CA software and solutions help our customers drive enterprise-wide productivity, offer differentiated user experiences and open new growth opportunities. And, we are able to deliver this value across multiple environments – mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe. Our goal is to be recognized by our customers as their critical partner in the new application economy.
About the Person
As the chief technology officer of CA Technologies, John is responsible for technical leadership and innovation, further developing the company’s technical community, and aligning its software strategy, architecture and partner relationships to deliver customer value. He is also leads the team that is responsible for delivering the company's common technology services, ensuring architectural compliance, and integrating products and solutions. John holds multiple patents including market-leading inventions delivered in database, distributed computing, virtual/cloud management, multi-channel web application portals and Service Virtualization (LISA). In 1999, John founded ITKO, and built LISA from the ground up to optimize today's heterogeneous, distributed application environments. Under his leadership, LISA’s platform for agile development grew in breadth and depth. The company was acquired by CA Technologies in 2011. CA LISA’s suite reshapes customers’ software lifecycles with dramatic results. Today, it delivers 1000%+ ROI for customers and is a lead offering in the Service Virtualization market. Prior to ITKO, John led SaaS and E-commerce transformations for global enterprises at Trilogy and Agency.com. He also founded a boutique custom software firm that focused on distributed, mission-critical application development projects for customers like American Airlines, Citibank and Xerox. John earned degrees in business and computer science from Trinity University and Columbus University. He has authored a best practices book, “Service Virtualization: Reality is Overrated.” He has contributed to dozens of leading technical journals and publications on topics ranging from hierarchical database techniques and agile development to virtualization.
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