Elevate Your Apps, Skills, and Contacts
December 1-2 | Free Virtual Conference
Join us online at 9:00 AM EST, December 1-2, to see the latest product developments, learn about Appeon's future plans, and gain insights from Appeon MVPs and the community.
The Elevate 2025 session lineup is now available for your review.
Agenda at a Glance
Get a preview of the agenda. Dive into full session details inside our catalog—specific times to be announced soon.
December 1, 2025 New York Time
Keynote Session
Elevate 2025 Keynote
Armeen Mazda, Appeon; Julie Jiang, Appeon; Chris Pollach, Appeon
Breakout Session
New Features in PowerBuilder 2025 R2
Bruce Armstrong, Integrated Data Services
Breakout Session
From IWA to ICA
Marco Meoni, PBWink
Breakout Session
Display Menu As Ribbon Bar
Chris Pollach, Appeon
Breakout Session
Integrating Python into PowerBuilder
Francisco Martinez, Appeon
Breakout Session
How to Unlock the Power of AI in PowerBuilder 2025 with ChatGPT
Patricia Guzman, EPMAPS Agua de Quito
December 2, 2025 New York Time
Breakout Session
Performance Optimization for Desktop Cloud Apps
Alex Riofrio, DORA Sistemas
Breakout Session
Open-Source PowerBuilder Foundation Classes
Bruce Armstrong, Integrated Data Services
Breakout Session
Query Mode
Mike Searer, SBT
Breakout Session
Leveraging AI to Improve PowerBuilder Code Analysis and Maintenance
Christophe Dufourmantelle, Novalys
Breakout Session
From Thick to Thin in PowerBuilder 2022: A Case Study
Timothy Beck, Scavo's Consulting Company
Breakout Session
Accelerating Web API Development with .NET DataStore
Francisco Martinez, Appeon
Breakout Session
Datawindow Graphical Network Editor
Buck Woolley, Dw-eXtreme
Breakout Session
Using OAuth2 authentication with SmtpClient
Bruce Armstrong, Integrated Data Services
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Featured Presenters
Armeen Mazda
CEO, Appeon
Armeen Mazda is the co-founder and CEO of Appeon. Prior to becoming CEO, Armeen served various other roles in Appeon, including Product Management, Business Development, and Operations. Prior to co-founding Appeon, Armeen was co-founder of NetUpSide, a Silicon Valley-based incubator of high-tech startups. Armeen is a graduate of the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley, and holds 5 U.S. patents in the area of Web application technologies.
Julie Jiang
Product Manager, Appeon
Julie Jiang is the Product Manager of Appeon, driving the product roadmap, feature definitions, and release management. Julie joined Appeon in 2002 and worked closely with Sybase to create the first documentation for PowerServer. Julie’s past work experience includes technical support manager at TUV Rheinland and system analyst at Accela Automation. Julie is a graduate of the University of Science and Technology in China, and holds degrees in both Computer Science and Arts.
Chris Pollach
Director Developer Relations, Appeon
Mr. Pollach joined Appeon in 2016 in the capacity as Director, Developer Relations. He is responsible for developer liaison, PowerBuilder courses, technical presentations and support. Mr. Pollach is a former Technical Solutions Architect and DEVOPS specialist with over 30 years experience in Systems Software Analysis, Development, Maintenance and Technical Support IT areas. Mainly in the areas of GUI Design, MS-Windows Programming, Wireless, Application / Web Server Design, Object Oriented Development Tools, Methodologies, Database and Network application development. He has participated in numerous technical, planning and management roles, as well as consulted and educated in these fields for a diverse clientele.
Bruce Armstrong
Senior Developer, Integrated Data Services
Bruce Armstrong is a senior developer with Integrated Data Services (IDS). Prior to joining IDS in 2004 he spent 15 years as an independent consultant doing PowerBuilder development. He is an Appeon MVP and has done sessions on PowerBuilder at Sybase TechWaves, SAP TechEds, Appeon Elevate conferences, local user group meetings in Columbia, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, England, Italy, Spain and France as well as online webcasts.
Marco Meoni
Appeon MVP, PBWink
Ph.D in Computer Science. Appeon MVP and PowerServer enthusiast since the early days. Lead Appeon expert in dozens of worldwide migration projects to Web and Mobile architectures. Invited speaker at Elevate conferences and national User Groups. Taught PowerBuilder and Appeon development techniques to hundreds of developers. Pioneered the field of interactive Grid computing at CERN, publishing several scientific articles. Broad knowledge in Big Data programming frameworks and predictive models using Machine Learning.
Mike Searer
Developer, SBT
Mike has worked in software development, technical consulting, business consulting, software sales, business management.
