Technology is evolving faster than most IT teams can keep up. Organizations are under pressure to modernize, tackle technical debt, and adopt new platforms like automation, AI, and cloud-native solutions, all while maintaining business-critical systems. Meanwhile, IT professionals are eager to develop new skills and gain hands-on experience, but often lack structured opportunities to practice and grow.
Join Red Hat experts for this engaging discussion on how continuous learning can help your teams close the skills gap and create measurable business impact.
You will learn how:
- Continuity of learning delivers access to courses, hands-on labs, and practice environments for a full year—not just a one-time class.
- Practical, real-world alignment enables curated learning paths tied to today’s most pressing IT challenges, including automation, cloud-native workloads, and modernization.
- Confidence through practice helps teams reinforce skills in authentic Red Hat environments to prepare for real-world success.
Whether your organization is tackling modernization projects, advancing automation, or preparing for what's next, continuous training equips your workforce with the skills and confidence to accelerate change and reduce risk.
Live event date: Thursday, January 22, 2026 | 11:00 a.m. EST (UTC -5)
On-demand event: Available for one year afterward
Matt Smith
Chief Technology Officer, Red Hat, North America
Matt is the Chief Technology Officer for Red Hat North America, working with customers to understand their needs and accelerate innovation through the use of open source technologies, modern architectures, and collaborative models. Matt and his team of Chief Architects work with a global audience, including Fortune 100 enterprises across diverse industries, to engage in initiatives around emerging use-cases, practices, and strategy. Matt brings 25 years of IT practitioner and leadership experience spanning development, infrastructure/operations, architecture, organizational management, and strategy. He has deep knowledge across many areas of technology, with particular interests in building resilient systems and managing the risk of change. A committed open source advocate, Matt is passionate about building cost-effective, sustainable, and innovative solutions based on open standards and open collaboration.
Maria Bracho
Chief Technology Officer, Red Hat, Americas
Maria Bracho is the Chief Technology Officer for Red Hat Americas, bringing over two decades of experience leading multinational technology initiatives and harnessing cutting-edge innovations to drive business growth. In this role, her team collaborates with customers, partners, communities, and Red Hat teams to shape the company's technology vision, enhance experiences, and advance the adoption of open source solutions. Maria is passionate about using technology and collaboration to create lasting impact and move the world forward through open source.
Christopher Schunke
Senior Product Manager - Online Learning, Red Hat
Christopher Schunke is the product manager for the Red Hat Learning Subscription. He has spent his career specializing in user experience design, primarily focused on IT training. His goal is to bring Red Hat Training and Certification students a world-class learning experience platform.
