Holly Cummins | Innovation Leader | In the Open with Luke and Joe

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Holly Cummins is a Senior Technical Staff Member and Innovation Leader at IBM. Holly has used technology to enable innovation, for clients across a range of industries, from banking to catering to retail to NGOs. During her time as a lead developer in the IBM Garage, she has led projects to count fish, help a blind athlete run ultra-marathons in the desert solo, improve health care for the elderly, and change how city parking works. Holly is also an Oracle Java Champion, IBM Q Ambassador, and JavaOne Rock Star. Before joining the IBM Garage, she was Delivery Lead for the WebSphere Liberty Profile (now Open Liberty). Holly co-authored Manning’s Enterprise OSGi in Action and is a regular keynote speaker. She is an active speaker and has spoken at KubeCon (keynote), GOTO, JavaOne, Devoxx, Sonar+D, JavaZone, JFokus, The ServerSide Java Symposium, GOTO, JAX London, QCon, GeeCon, and the Great Indian Developer Summit, as well as a number of user groups.Key Takeaways:[00:05 - 00:23] Intro to the episode[02:51 - 03:57] Intro to Holly[04:29 - 05:56] Holly's PhD in Quantum Information Studies[09:10 - 13:24] Is quantum on the horizon for innovative work[13:38 - 17:36] Sustainability: Do your part for the climate[21:54 - 25:36] What cloud native means to Holly[30:43 - 33:59] The Garage and what Holly does there[35:51 - 37:55] QUESTION: "How do you deal with/anticipate things out of the developer's control? For example, server OS kernel updates that affect the developer?"[40:35 - 43:01] The work at Open LibertyResources:Holly's website: https://hollycummins.comHolly's blog post: https://blog.container-solutions.com/wtf-does-tech-have-to-do-with-the-planetIBM Garage: https://ibm.com/garageIBM Garage Method: https://ibm.com/garage/methodIBM Quantum Computing: https://ibm.com/quantum-computing Quantum Computing Tools: ibm.com/quantum-computing/toolsQuantum Development Roadmap: ibm.com/blogs/research/2021/02/quantum-development-roadmapQiskit: qiskit.orgCode Engine: ibm.com/cloud/code-engineOpen Liberty: openliberty.ioMicroProfile: microprofile.ioHolly's book on OSGI: manning.com/books/enterprise-osgi-in-actionApplication Modernization Podcast Series: developer.ibm.com/podcasts/the-application-modernization-seriesIBM Expert TV: Dr. Holly Cummins, How - and Why - to Modernize Scruffy Old Java Apps: ibm.biz/experttv Employment at IBM: ibm.com/employmentLinux Foundation's new Agriculture project: agstack.org

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