Diego Bessone got immersed in the mainframe world in 1987 when he started working at the data center of Aerolíneas Argentinas, the flag carrier of Argentina. During 10 years he enjoyed the opportunity to work on all sorts of mainframe systems including DOS/VSE, VM/ESA and MVS, running Db2 and IMS applications, supporting the largest airline reservation and check-in system in Latinamerica. With this experience he also worked as a technical consultant for the IT departments of multinational companies, finance, utility and government agencies in Argentina.
Diego Bessone joined IBM in 1998 and is currently an IBM zSystems Global Sales Director. During his career at IBM he has led the sales strategy for IBM's systems management portfolio in Argentina, moving to Austin, TX in 2001 to lead the Latinamerica team, adding to his role business operations management when he moved to Miami, FL in 2003, and then leading software sales at a worldwide level since 2009, managing the IBM Z software middleware portfolio. In July 2022 was promoted to IBM Z Sales Director, managing global sales of IBM's High End platform.
Email: dbessone@us.ibm.com
Twitter: DiegoBess1
Linked In: linkedin.com/in/diegobessone