Esa Pihkola
Product Development Manager, CGI
Bio:
As a Product Development Manager, Esa is responsible for the development of CGI Profio360 ERP system. Mastering the roadmap, development processes and software architecture is an essential part of his role. He has a ramped up offshore operation, currently leading a team of 10 developers in India. Previously he has been widely involved in developing EAI solutions as part of his various roles in the development of the same product line since 1990. All 29 years of pure Progress of course!
Sessions:
Tue, 07 May | 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Case Study: CGI's OpenEdge Modernization Journey
CGI Finland has been developing Progress-based ERP application for more than 30 years. Throughout that history they have run three modernization projects. The latest took place several years ago when CGI changed the technical architecture to support RESTful APIs, modern web UIs, native mobile applications and Power BI analytics in addition to the traditional Windows client. To be able to do that CGI adopted PASOE, Kendo UI and Progress Developer Studio, and enhanced their development process to enable the use of both local and offshore resources (designers and developers) outside the core team. This strategy accomplished the task both in time and in budget only in two years. How did CGI manage to do it and how did it change the application? Come listen and find out for yourself!