Team
Legacy depth. Modern vision.
SHIFT combines decades of legacy systems knowledge with modern software architecture, AI-assisted development and financial-services experience — the expertise to preserve what works and open it to what comes next.
From the creator of Hercules
Deep knowledge of mainframe architecture, instruction sets and operating environments — the systems expertise behind SHIFT's native approach.
Years in financial services
Experience building and delivering technology in financial services — where resilience, data integrity and regulatory scrutiny are non-negotiable.
Legacy depth. Modern engineering.
Mainframe internals, enterprise software, modern C++ and Linux, cloud architectures and AI-assisted development — brought together in one platform.
The people
Lance Borvansky
Founder / CEO / Architect
Founder of Velia and SHIFT. Former Head of Development at LzLabs, leading international engineering teams in mainframe modernization. Background spanning enterprise software, financial technology and modern software architecture, with a focus on applying AI to development and legacy modernization.
Roger Bowler
Developer
Creator of the Hercules mainframe emulator and a specialist in IBM mainframe architecture and z/OS systems. Former Senior Developer at LzLabs, bringing decades of systems-level knowledge to running legacy workloads on modern platforms.
Jürgen Bartels
Head of Customer Success & Project Delivery
Jürgen brings decades of expertise in enterprise mainframe applications and large-scale IT transformations. Focus on orchestrating complex migrations, building high-performing delivery teams, and bridging legacy depth with modern delivery through SHIFT.
Thomas Bosshard
Business Development
Founder and former CEO of Adviscent, the Zürich WealthTech company. Brings financial-services, entrepreneurship and business-development experience to connecting SHIFT with enterprises facing complex modernization challenges.
Judith Raymakers
Adviser — People & Organizational Change
Judith Raymakers is a co-founder of Motivators@Work and works with organizations on leadership, teams and culture through transformation. She advises Velia and SHIFT on the human side of modernization — helping connect progressive technology change with the dialogue, participation and ownership that allow organizations to move with it.