Rob Anderson is Vice President of Marketing and Product for Application Modernization at Advanced. He has spent the better part of the past decade developing, marketing, and selling mainframe modernization solutions, and has had a front-row seat in the transformation of the industry and its surrounding ecosystem. Prior to application modernization, Rob worked in product development in the telecom industry, overseeing cloud security and long-haul fiber network deployments. His greatest accomplishments include traversing the Grand Canyon from rim to rim in a day while wearing a kilt and placing second in a standup comedy competition for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He has a BS in Technical Marketing and Computer Science from Clemson University, is an avid runner and backpacker, and currently resides in Charlotte, NC.