Rich Smrcina

Rich Smrcina is a seasoned Sr. Systems Engineer at Velocity Software, Inc. since February 2010, specializing in performance tools for z/VM and Linux on System z operating systems. With extensive experience, Rich has served as Project Officer and Deputy Director of Operations at SHARE Inc. since August 2006 and is a longstanding member of CAVMEN. Rich has held various roles in organizations such as WAVV, SHARE, VM Resources, and VM Assist, contributing to conference planning, technical steering committees, and consulting services focused on mainframe systems. Rich holds an Associate's degree in Data Processing from Milwaukee Area Technical College and has a foundational education from Marquette University High School.