Tarun Chopra is senior vice president and general manager of Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation (IZOT) at BMC Software, Inc. He leads the company's mainframe software business, helping customers modernize and maximize the value of their most critical systems while advancing AI-driven innovation across the portfolio.

Chopra joined BMC with more than two decades of experience at IBM, where he held leadership roles across IBM Z, hybrid cloud, data and AI, product management, engineering, and strategic integration. Most recently, he led the integration of HashiCorp following IBM's acquisition. Earlier, as vice president of Product Management for IBM Data and AI, he helped bring IBM watsonx to market and led product strategy across IBM's data and AI software portfolio. He also served as vice president of IBM Z Hybrid Cloud, focused on modernizing mission-critical applications and connecting the mainframe to hybrid cloud environments.

His experience leading across IBM Z, Automation and Data and AI gives Chopra a distinctive perspective on the convergence of mainframe, cloud, and enterprise AI and the opportunity to bring trusted AI innovation to the world's most critical systems.

Tarun holds a master’s degree in data science from UC Berkeley, a master’s degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an MBA from Pace University. Outside of work, Tarun enjoys spending time with his family and two sons. He is an avid traveler and enjoys painting, writing, and driving cars on the racetrack.