John Rhodes

As a founder and chief technologist, John is focused on delivering best-in-class technologies and services to ensure successful outcomes for customers’ application modernization projects. With decades of hands-on experience in software development, he provides technology leadership and oversees the company’s engineering projects. John is a recognized expert in the automated discovery and migration of software components to modernize IBM i/z Series applications using a variety of technologies across mainframe, desktop, cloud and mobile platforms. Prior to founding CM First, John had significant experience with CA Technologies both as a business partner and as an advanced practices manager.

Before starting CM First, John spent several years as a principal architect and consulting manager for CA Technologies (and prior with Synon and Sterling Software). He was responsible for the design and implementation of enterprise-scale software projects across a variety of industries. Earlier in his career, he was an architect and project manager at Kraft Foods and Philip Morris.

John holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M and a master’s degree in Management from New York University.