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Lakshmiprasad A
Description Lakshmiprasad is a seasoned IT consultant at Prodapt, a global leader in providing IT, product, network and operational services for the digital service providers (DSPs). He has over 15 years of experience in leading strategic architecture transformation, product design, UX design and enterprise wide DevOps and CI/CD initiatives.
Description Lakshmiprasad is a seasoned IT consultant at Prodapt, a global leader in providing IT, product, network and operational services for the digital service providers (DSPs). He has over 15 years of experience in leading strategic architecture transformation, product design, UX design and enterprise wide DevOps and CI/CD initiatives.
Philippe Abdoulaye
Description Philippe Abdoulaye is the founder of ITaaS Now LLC, a digital transformation research and advisory business in Raleigh, NC. He is a thought leader and a seasoned digital transformation expert with expertise in DevOps and IT as a Service (ITaaS). He is the author of the best selling "Cloud computing: Advanced Business and IT Strategy" and "The Complete ITaaS Delivery: The Art of Integrating AWS, DevOps and ITIL into ITaaS Delivery Models." Philippe is the originator of "The Complete ITaaS Delivery Modelâ„¢," a digital transformation framework guiding all aspects of IT organization transitions to cloud, DevOps, and ITaaS.
http://www.itaasnow.com/
Description Philippe Abdoulaye is the founder of ITaaS Now LLC, a digital transformation research and advisory business in Raleigh, NC. He is a thought leader and a seasoned digital transformation expert with expertise in DevOps and IT as a Service (ITaaS). He is the author of the best selling "Cloud computing: Advanced Business and IT Strategy" and "The Complete ITaaS Delivery: The Art of Integrating AWS, DevOps and ITIL into ITaaS Delivery Models." Philippe is the originator of "The Complete ITaaS Delivery Modelâ„¢," a digital transformation framework guiding all aspects of IT organization transitions to cloud, DevOps, and ITaaS.
http://www.itaasnow.com/
Moazzam Adnan Raja
Description Moazzam Adnan Raja is the Vice President of Marketing at Atlantic.Net. During Raja’s tenure, the Orlando-based, privately held hosting company has grown from having a primarily regional presence to garnering and developing attention nationwide and internationally. In collaboration with a skilled and dedicated team, Raja has successfully led a full spectrum of marketing campaigns, as well as handling PR work with major news outlets and the formation of key strategic alliances.
https://www.atlantic.net/
Description Moazzam Adnan Raja is the Vice President of Marketing at Atlantic.Net. During Raja’s tenure, the Orlando-based, privately held hosting company has grown from having a primarily regional presence to garnering and developing attention nationwide and internationally. In collaboration with a skilled and dedicated team, Raja has successfully led a full spectrum of marketing campaigns, as well as handling PR work with major news outlets and the formation of key strategic alliances.
https://www.atlantic.net/
Claire Agutter
Description Claire Agutter is the lead tutor for ITSM Zone (www.itsm.zone), providers of high quality, accredited online training for IT professionals. Claire uses her background in service management operations and consultancy to blend old and new best practice to give organizations the toolkit they need to deliver business value. From ITIL to DevOps, OBASHI and Agile Service Management, Claire believes in sharing knowledge and experience between organizations, and hosts the popular ITSM Crowd hangouts that provide practical advice to professionals around the world.
Description Claire Agutter is the lead tutor for ITSM Zone (www.itsm.zone), providers of high quality, accredited online training for IT professionals. Claire uses her background in service management operations and consultancy to blend old and new best practice to give organizations the toolkit they need to deliver business value. From ITIL to DevOps, OBASHI and Agile Service Management, Claire believes in sharing knowledge and experience between organizations, and hosts the popular ITSM Crowd hangouts that provide practical advice to professionals around the world.
Shamim Ahmed
Description Shamim is currently the CTO for Continuous Delivery business unit at CA Technologies, where he is responsible for innovating DevOps solutions using on CA's industry leading technologies. A key transformative solution he is developing is Intelligent DevOps that drives smarter and adaptive CD by exploiting the power of analytics, autonomics and other cognitive technologies. Prior to joining CA, Shamim was the lead for Digital Assurance, QA product and platforms, and other emerging quality engineering and testing solutions at Cognizant Technologies.
Description Shamim is currently the CTO for Continuous Delivery business unit at CA Technologies, where he is responsible for innovating DevOps solutions using on CA's industry leading technologies. A key transformative solution he is developing is Intelligent DevOps that drives smarter and adaptive CD by exploiting the power of analytics, autonomics and other cognitive technologies. Prior to joining CA, Shamim was the lead for Digital Assurance, QA product and platforms, and other emerging quality engineering and testing solutions at Cognizant Technologies.
Anand Akela
Description Anand Akela is the Sr. Director of Product Marketing for DevOps and Cloud Solutions at CA Technologies. Prior to his current role, Anand was Sr. Director of Product Marketing for Application Performance Management (APM) and Infrastructure Visibility Solutions at AppDynamics. Earlier Anand worked at CA Technologies, Oracle and HP in various product marketing, product management, and engineering roles in the systems management, servers, data center energy efficiency and enterprise software areas. Anand has more than 20 years of experience in product marketing, product management, strategic planning and software development. Anand received his MBA from The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and a B.S. in Computer Science from Pune University in India.
Description Anand Akela is the Sr. Director of Product Marketing for DevOps and Cloud Solutions at CA Technologies. Prior to his current role, Anand was Sr. Director of Product Marketing for Application Performance Management (APM) and Infrastructure Visibility Solutions at AppDynamics. Earlier Anand worked at CA Technologies, Oracle and HP in various product marketing, product management, and engineering roles in the systems management, servers, data center energy efficiency and enterprise software areas. Anand has more than 20 years of experience in product marketing, product management, strategic planning and software development. Anand received his MBA from The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and a B.S. in Computer Science from Pune University in India.
Zohar Alon
Description Alon is the Founder and CEO of Dome9 Security, and a veteran in networking security. He helped shaped the early days of network security while at Check Point Software (NASDAQ:CHKP) where he built Provider-1, Check Point’s service provider’s management solution, which is still used today by the world’s largest MSPs and enterprises. Alon graduated from Tel Aviv University, and holds several leadership and advisory roles in venture-backed companies.
http://www.dome9.com
Description Alon is the Founder and CEO of Dome9 Security, and a veteran in networking security. He helped shaped the early days of network security while at Check Point Software (NASDAQ:CHKP) where he built Provider-1, Check Point’s service provider’s management solution, which is still used today by the world’s largest MSPs and enterprises. Alon graduated from Tel Aviv University, and holds several leadership and advisory roles in venture-backed companies.
http://www.dome9.com
Josh Althauser
Description Josh Althauser is an entrepreneur with a background in design and M&A. He's also a developer, open source advocate, and designer.
Description Josh Althauser is an entrepreneur with a background in design and M&A. He's also a developer, open source advocate, and designer.
Amit Anan
Description Amit Anan is an SME on Atlassian suite and SCM tools. He is experienced in process improvements and DevOps consulting and implementation capabilities of toolkits. He has worked in the areas of Jira administration, CI and CD practices and software configuration management.
Description Amit Anan is an SME on Atlassian suite and SCM tools. He is experienced in process improvements and DevOps consulting and implementation capabilities of toolkits. He has worked in the areas of Jira administration, CI and CD practices and software configuration management.
Steven Anderson
Description Steven is the co-founder of Sendachi and an experienced CEO, CTO and COO, having held each of these roles several times over the past two decades. After a career (ages ago) at Microsoft as a software developer and Program Manager, Steven entered the start-up domain and has since successfully launched, funded, grown and sold more than a few industry leading companies responsible for creating several new technology sectors. Steven is an active mentor in the Seattle entrepreneurial community as well as a practicing large scale software/systems architect, product/solutions designer, software developer and technology evangelist.
Description Steven is the co-founder of Sendachi and an experienced CEO, CTO and COO, having held each of these roles several times over the past two decades. After a career (ages ago) at Microsoft as a software developer and Program Manager, Steven entered the start-up domain and has since successfully launched, funded, grown and sold more than a few industry leading companies responsible for creating several new technology sectors. Steven is an active mentor in the Seattle entrepreneurial community as well as a practicing large scale software/systems architect, product/solutions designer, software developer and technology evangelist.
Andrei Anisimov
Description Andrei Anisimov is a technology leader and architect with experience developing technologies in several industries and international markets. He is passionate about translating business problems to technological solutions, and leading teams of engineers to deliver on time and on target. He is currently VP of Technology at 8base, an application development platform and ecosystem that leverages blockchain technology to allow software authors, contributors and users all over the world to work in concert to rapidly and cost-effectively develop and launch enterprise-class software. Previously, he founded and served as Chief Architect of Dukesoft, an enterprise software development company for the gaming, hospitality and tech industries. He also served as the Director of Technology at Orbtec and was a Quantitative Developer at Kore Capital. Andrei wrote his first code at the age of 9. At 15, he won the Regional Programming Olympics in Russia. He graduated with a master’s degree in mathematics and computer security from Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University. He is also a former rock musician who toured Russia and Eastern Europe as the lead guitarist of the Russian rock band Stigmata. He composed music, recorded albums and performed for hundreds of thousands of fans.
http://www.8base.com
Description Andrei Anisimov is a technology leader and architect with experience developing technologies in several industries and international markets. He is passionate about translating business problems to technological solutions, and leading teams of engineers to deliver on time and on target. He is currently VP of Technology at 8base, an application development platform and ecosystem that leverages blockchain technology to allow software authors, contributors and users all over the world to work in concert to rapidly and cost-effectively develop and launch enterprise-class software. Previously, he founded and served as Chief Architect of Dukesoft, an enterprise software development company for the gaming, hospitality and tech industries. He also served as the Director of Technology at Orbtec and was a Quantitative Developer at Kore Capital. Andrei wrote his first code at the age of 9. At 15, he won the Regional Programming Olympics in Russia. He graduated with a master’s degree in mathematics and computer security from Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University. He is also a former rock musician who toured Russia and Eastern Europe as the lead guitarist of the Russian rock band Stigmata. He composed music, recorded albums and performed for hundreds of thousands of fans.
http://www.8base.com
Kristin Apgar
Description Kristin is responsible for technical sales cycles from online demonstrations to security proposals at xMatters. She has over 15 years in the technical software sales industry. Previously, Kristin was an engineer with Skytap and ResultsPositive.
Description Kristin is responsible for technical sales cycles from online demonstrations to security proposals at xMatters. She has over 15 years in the technical software sales industry. Previously, Kristin was an engineer with Skytap and ResultsPositive.
Brook Appelbaum
Description Brook Appelbaum is a Sr. Principal Product Marketing Manager for CA Agile Central. Prior to this role, Brook held digital marketing and product marketing positions across organizations in the mobile application and rapid application development space. She also spent a significant portion of her career focusing on server, storage and virtualization technology marketing strategies for large enterprises. Brook holds a Master’s in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s in Advertising from the University of Texas.
Description Brook Appelbaum is a Sr. Principal Product Marketing Manager for CA Agile Central. Prior to this role, Brook held digital marketing and product marketing positions across organizations in the mobile application and rapid application development space. She also spent a significant portion of her career focusing on server, storage and virtualization technology marketing strategies for large enterprises. Brook holds a Master’s in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s in Advertising from the University of Texas.
Justin Arbuckle
Description Justin Arbuckle is Vice President of Worldwide Transformation and Chief Enterprise Architect at Chef Software, an IT automation company that helps enterprises use DevOps to build and deliver quality software quickly. He is a passionate proponent of the transformative potential of Agile, Lean and DevOps in large enterprises. Previously, he was Chief Architect at GE Capital where he introduced and sponsored DevOps. He has been an executive on three continents; working in Financial Services for the last 20 years in diverse areas such as innovation, venture capital and consulting. Justin’s focus at Chef is in helping large enterprises grow a high velocity software product development capability.
Description Justin Arbuckle is Vice President of Worldwide Transformation and Chief Enterprise Architect at Chef Software, an IT automation company that helps enterprises use DevOps to build and deliver quality software quickly. He is a passionate proponent of the transformative potential of Agile, Lean and DevOps in large enterprises. Previously, he was Chief Architect at GE Capital where he introduced and sponsored DevOps. He has been an executive on three continents; working in Financial Services for the last 20 years in diverse areas such as innovation, venture capital and consulting. Justin’s focus at Chef is in helping large enterprises grow a high velocity software product development capability.
Alberto Arias Maestro
Description Alberto is the Cofounder and CTO of ElasticBox. He has over 12 years experience in architecting and developing large scale distributed software systems. Prior to ElasticBox, as the VP of Architecture at DynamicOps, Alberto led the design of the enterprise-scale platform to automate the private cloud infrastructure used by several Fortune 500 companies. Alberto has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, and is working towards his Ph.D. in Computer Science (pending dissertation). In his spare time, he loves cycling, mountain biking, and pampering his infant twin daughters.
Description Alberto is the Cofounder and CTO of ElasticBox. He has over 12 years experience in architecting and developing large scale distributed software systems. Prior to ElasticBox, as the VP of Architecture at DynamicOps, Alberto led the design of the enterprise-scale platform to automate the private cloud infrastructure used by several Fortune 500 companies. Alberto has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, and is working towards his Ph.D. in Computer Science (pending dissertation). In his spare time, he loves cycling, mountain biking, and pampering his infant twin daughters.
Wayne Ariola
Description Wayne Ariola, CMO of Tricentis, is a recognized thought leader on software testing topics such as continuous testing, risk-based testing, service virtualization, and API testing. Wayne has created and marketed products that support the dynamic software development, test, and delivery landscape. He has driven the design of many innovative technologies and received several patents for his inventions. He has been a contributor to the software testing space for fifteen years and in the software industry for more than 20 years. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
Description Wayne Ariola, CMO of Tricentis, is a recognized thought leader on software testing topics such as continuous testing, risk-based testing, service virtualization, and API testing. Wayne has created and marketed products that support the dynamic software development, test, and delivery landscape. He has driven the design of many innovative technologies and received several patents for his inventions. He has been a contributor to the software testing space for fifteen years and in the software industry for more than 20 years. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
Ritesh Arora
Description Ritesh Arora is CEO of BrowserStack and a serial entrepreneur who has started multiple companies alongside co-founder Nakul Aggarwal. Prior to BrowserStack, they co-founded QuarkRank (one of the first AI powered sentiment engines), QuarkBase (in the top 8,000 websites by traffic globally at the time) and Downcase (a consulting company with global clients). While building the website for Downcase, they became frustrated with the inability to test what they were building across a range of devices and browsers. To solve this problem, they built the first version of BrowserStack. The rest of the history is still being written.
http://www.browserstack.com
Description Ritesh Arora is CEO of BrowserStack and a serial entrepreneur who has started multiple companies alongside co-founder Nakul Aggarwal. Prior to BrowserStack, they co-founded QuarkRank (one of the first AI powered sentiment engines), QuarkBase (in the top 8,000 websites by traffic globally at the time) and Downcase (a consulting company with global clients). While building the website for Downcase, they became frustrated with the inability to test what they were building across a range of devices and browsers. To solve this problem, they built the first version of BrowserStack. The rest of the history is still being written.
http://www.browserstack.com
Matt Asay
Description Matt Asay runs Marketing, Business Development and Corporate Strategy at MongoDB, a modern database company. Prior to MongoDB, Matt was Vice President of Business Development at Nodeable (acquired by Appcelerator), a provider of real-time data stream processing for big data applications, and also at Strobe (acquired by Facebook). He was Chief Operating Officer at Canonical, ran the Americas for Alfresco and founded the Open Source Business Conference. Matt writes a regular column for ReadWrite and The Register. He has a B.A. from Brigham Young University in English and Political Science, an M.A. from the University of Kent and a J.D. from Stanford University.
Description Matt Asay runs Marketing, Business Development and Corporate Strategy at MongoDB, a modern database company. Prior to MongoDB, Matt was Vice President of Business Development at Nodeable (acquired by Appcelerator), a provider of real-time data stream processing for big data applications, and also at Strobe (acquired by Facebook). He was Chief Operating Officer at Canonical, ran the Americas for Alfresco and founded the Open Source Business Conference. Matt writes a regular column for ReadWrite and The Register. He has a B.A. from Brigham Young University in English and Political Science, an M.A. from the University of Kent and a J.D. from Stanford University.
Mitchell Ashley
Description Mitchell Ashley is VP of Information Technologies at CableLabs where he and a talented team support a wide variety of cable industry innovation, research, lab, infrastructure and IT initiatives. A reputation for innovation and bringing new technologies to market, Mitchell is recognized for creating multiple products and online services, broadband networks and successful businesses throughout his career. Mitch has also held CIO, CTO and leadership positions at StillSecure, Jato Communications, US West, EDS, Absolute Performance. He co-founded several successful businesses including BoldTech Systems, Vozle LLC, Converging Network LLC and The CISO Group. An early adopter of social media for business, Mitch began professionally blogging and podcasting in 2006, appearing in numerous media and online publications including Network World, Computer World, USA Today and CIO.com. Mitch also blogs at http://ConvergingNetwork.com where he covers cloud, mobility, collaboration, software development and IT transformation.
http://convergingnetwork.com
Description Mitchell Ashley is VP of Information Technologies at CableLabs where he and a talented team support a wide variety of cable industry innovation, research, lab, infrastructure and IT initiatives. A reputation for innovation and bringing new technologies to market, Mitchell is recognized for creating multiple products and online services, broadband networks and successful businesses throughout his career. Mitch has also held CIO, CTO and leadership positions at StillSecure, Jato Communications, US West, EDS, Absolute Performance. He co-founded several successful businesses including BoldTech Systems, Vozle LLC, Converging Network LLC and The CISO Group. An early adopter of social media for business, Mitch began professionally blogging and podcasting in 2006, appearing in numerous media and online publications including Network World, Computer World, USA Today and CIO.com. Mitch also blogs at http://ConvergingNetwork.com where he covers cloud, mobility, collaboration, software development and IT transformation.
http://convergingnetwork.com
Sridhar Asvathanarayanan
Description Sridhar Asvathanarayanan is a VP and Senior IT Manager at XL Catlin. He has been developing the strategy and leading IT Operations, DevOps, Cloud initiatives, Infrastructure and Application Services, for several years. With over 20 years of global IT experience in a variety of industries such as Insurance, Reinsurance, Banking, Finance sector and IT Services, Sridhar has spearheaded the efforts for application modernization and automation driving operational efficiency through the use of cloud, DevOps, tools and technology.
Description Sridhar Asvathanarayanan is a VP and Senior IT Manager at XL Catlin. He has been developing the strategy and leading IT Operations, DevOps, Cloud initiatives, Infrastructure and Application Services, for several years. With over 20 years of global IT experience in a variety of industries such as Insurance, Reinsurance, Banking, Finance sector and IT Services, Sridhar has spearheaded the efforts for application modernization and automation driving operational efficiency through the use of cloud, DevOps, tools and technology.
Dor Atias
Description Dor Atias is a Principal Software Engineer at CA BlazeMeter. He has 6 years of experience in backend development and also has vast knowledge in DevOps, Python, cloud environments and frontend development.
Description Dor Atias is a Principal Software Engineer at CA BlazeMeter. He has 6 years of experience in backend development and also has vast knowledge in DevOps, Python, cloud environments and frontend development.
Josh Atwell
Description Josh Atwell is a Developer Advocate for NetApp, focused on building a developer community and enabling customers and partner success. Over the last 15+ years he has worked very hard to allow little pieces of code to do his work for him through various automation tools. Josh is a contributing author to the popular Mastering vSphere series and the DevOps for VMware Administrators book. He is a serial community builder and loves getting people together to talk technology or tell stories of pain and success. Never known for lacking an opinion, he blogs at vtesseract.com and tweets at @josh_atwell.
Description Josh Atwell is a Developer Advocate for NetApp, focused on building a developer community and enabling customers and partner success. Over the last 15+ years he has worked very hard to allow little pieces of code to do his work for him through various automation tools. Josh is a contributing author to the popular Mastering vSphere series and the DevOps for VMware Administrators book. He is a serial community builder and loves getting people together to talk technology or tell stories of pain and success. Never known for lacking an opinion, he blogs at vtesseract.com and tweets at @josh_atwell.
Vishal Augustine
Description Vishal Augustine has 18 years of hands-on experience in BSS/OSS domain of ICT, playing different roles such as Solution Architect, Technical Program Management, Technical Director etc. He has engaged customers from early lead stage all the way through delivery and to managed services. The opinions expressed here are only his. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of his current or past organizations.
Description Vishal Augustine has 18 years of hands-on experience in BSS/OSS domain of ICT, playing different roles such as Solution Architect, Technical Program Management, Technical Director etc. He has engaged customers from early lead stage all the way through delivery and to managed services. The opinions expressed here are only his. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of his current or past organizations.
Tej Aulakh
Description Tej Aulakh is managing consultant, Security Consulting, at Spirent Communications, where he leads the source-code analysis team at SecurityLabs, Spirent’s ethical hacking and security research group. Tej Aulakh has more than 15 years of experience in software development and source-code analysis for a variety of enterprise, finance, Industrial control systems and IT solutions companies. Prior to Spirent, Tej worked at Pacific Life Insurance, Mercer Advisors, Safetran Systems and Oracle (formerly SeeBeyond Technology) where he was in charge of product development with focus in agile Software Development and Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes.
Description Tej Aulakh is managing consultant, Security Consulting, at Spirent Communications, where he leads the source-code analysis team at SecurityLabs, Spirent’s ethical hacking and security research group. Tej Aulakh has more than 15 years of experience in software development and source-code analysis for a variety of enterprise, finance, Industrial control systems and IT solutions companies. Prior to Spirent, Tej worked at Pacific Life Insurance, Mercer Advisors, Safetran Systems and Oracle (formerly SeeBeyond Technology) where he was in charge of product development with focus in agile Software Development and Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes.
