Christopher O'Malley


Christopher O'Malley is the current President and CEO of Compuware Corporation, an American software company headquartered in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. He is best known for his advocacy of the mainframe platform, as well as enabling Agile software development and DevOps toolchains in managing the mainframe.

Career

Christopher O’Malley became President and CEO of Compuware in December 2014 after serving as its President of mainframe operations for six months. His nomination came soon after the acquisition of the company by Thoma Bravo for $2.5 Billion and its split of the mainframe business into a new company. O'Malley led the turnaround of Compuware and the introduction of ground-breaking Compuware tools to enable Agile and DevOps on the mainframe.
O'Malley has held senior management and board member positions in a number of IT companies, including Compuware, Bluenog, Nimsoft, Inc., YJT Solutions, and VelociData, Inc.. He has also founded Christopher Ventures LLC established in July 2012.
From October 1988 to July 2012, O’Malley served at CA Technologies as Senior Vice President of Sales, General Manager and Executive Vice President of Mainframe Business Unit, Executive Vice President of Cloud Products and Solutions Business Line, General Manager of Growth Markets and CEO of Nimsoft.
O'Malley has been interviewed on national radio and by the Wall Street Journal for his thought leadership within IT and is a featured interviewee and contributor of podcasts, articles and columns to technology, business and government focused publications. And, O'Malley was honored as one of the top 50 names to know in IT by Crain's Detroit Business in 2017, named best DevOps evangelist by DevOps.com in 2019 and selected by Sigma Chi Fraternity as a Significant Sig in 2017.
O'Malley is the founder & board member of the O'Malley Foundation, a charitable organization that grants college scholarships to deserving students, as well as, supports various youth arts programs & Catholic charities.