Richard Barnett
Senior Technical Staff Member, Principal Architect at Rocket Software
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Barnett is a principal architect and senior technical staff member specializing in mainframe migration and modernization, with a career rooted in over 28 years of Rocket/Micro Focus COBOL and IBM mainframe expertise. Based in Montreal, he has led large-scale migrations off z/OS and VSE to Windows, Linux, and UNIX, addressing databases, security, print/content management, and monitoring across pre- and post-sales engagements. His roles at Micro Focus, OpenText and Rocket Software reflect deep hands-on technical leadership, building competency centers, best-practice documentation, and repeatable migration playbooks. Known for translating legacy complexity into practical, auditable solutions, he combines architecture, consulting, and delivery skills to reduce cost and operational risk. An uncommon strength is his long tenure across product, consulting and customer-facing roles, giving him rare end-to-end perspective on both tooling and real-world migration challenges.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'études collégiales DEC Computer Science, Diplôme d'études collégiales DEC Computer Science at Dawson College
French, English
Github Skills (7)
python10
scientific-computing10
numpy10
algorithms8
scipy7
benchmark5
benchmarking4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rharriszzz/beads
Jul 2017 - Jan 2026
Contributions:19 pushes, 3 branches in 8 years 6 months
rharriszzz/zos_python
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:23 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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