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Jenn Spykerman (she/her)

Tanzu Executive Advisor, VMware Canada

Jenn Spykerman is a Tanzu Executive Advisor at VMware in its Modern Applications Business Unit where she partners with customers to address transformation initiatives utilizing an agile approach, focusing on the economic value delivered at all levels of the organization. She draws on her more than 20 years’ experience in software, systems, aerospace, and manufacturing to utilize a systems’ approach to modernization and transformation.

Jenn is responsible for the planning and delivery of several modernization projects with a large US Aerospace and Defense contractor that incorporated the use of cloud technologies, modern application DevOps practices while meeting critical government quality requirements. These projects resulted in $100M in cost avoidance and millions in savings for the US Government while reducing risk and meeting mission objectives for several space/ground systems.

She holds a Master of Science in Computer Systems Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a minor in math.

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Bringing Together Technology, People and Processes: Meeting Citizens Expectations Online

Business critical applications, mission critical IT infrastructure, cloud, analytics data science and agile DevSecOps are often impeded by multi-platform dependency, heritage systems and processes which can present a challenge trying to keep up with the pace of service delivery demands on Government. See More.