April Hickel is Vice President of Product Strategy for Control-M, which was recently named as an industry-leading service orchestration and automation platform (SOAP). A known technology evangelist, she possesses an uncanny blend of strategic vision and a passion for operational excellence alongside a deep understanding of emerging technologies. She’s committed to fostering a culture of innovation and disruption—something she’s done time and again in her almost 20 years at BMC. In her most previous role, she was Vice President of the Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation team dedicated to unlocking new opportunities in the mainframe landscape—and shepherding the very popular annual BMC Mainframe Survey, now in its 19th year.