
Kelly Ryan
Director of Development in B2B for IBM Software Group,
IBM
Title: A Software Development Career
Summary:: This is a story of what a career in Software Development has been over the past 25 years.
Bio: Kelly has more than 25 years experience in software development. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario, Kelly joined IBM in 1984 as a developer in databases (DB2 for VSE & VM, then DB2 Linux, UNIX Windows). Kelly moved into management, managing several teams over the years from technical support, quality assurance, information development, development and release management covering most aspects of software development. Kelly spent 2 years in Software Group Strategy as Director of Technical Support Strategy and Quality Management system before moving back into product line development as the Director of WebSphere Commerce development in Smarter Commerce.