Cloud Connect
Santa Clara , 2010
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara Convention Center
ORACLE: Bridging the Gap Between Enterprise Datacenters and Public Clouds
Cloud Computing IT Workshops | Developer Workshops
Attend full-day Workshops to dive deep into key cloud computing topics the day preceding the Conference and Expo. BEST VALUE–Register for a Flex Pass to attend the Conference plus your choice of Workshops.
| 9:00 AM–5:00 PM | |
|---|---|
An Introduction to Cloud Computing
Are you an IT professional or a business leader who wants to understand what cloud computing can do for your company? This full day workshop will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the foundational elements of the cloud environment from both a business and technical perspective. Led by Judith Hurwitz and Marcia Kaufman, two of the authors of the best-selling book, Cloud Computing for Dummies, this workshop will define the many terms and concepts that are fundamental to developing an understanding of cloud computing. In addition, you will learn about the economics of public and private cloud environments as well as management, governance and security in the cloud. You will also learn how to get started with the development of a cloud services strategy that works for your company. The workshop will include the following sessions: Session I: What is cloud computing? This session will define the key concepts in cloud computing such as multi-tenancy, elasticity, self-service provisioning and deprovisioning, billing, metering, standardized interfaces, and virtualization. We will examine virtualization as a core requirement of the cloud and discuss the importance of characteristics such as partitioning, isolation, and encapsulation. This session will introduce the key delivery models for cloud services and examine the business value of each. Session II. The Economics of the highly scaled data center This session will define the characteristics of a cloud data center and describe how it differs from a traditional data center. This analysis will include a look at the cost structures of traditional versus cloud data centers. In addition, we will define the types and characteristics of workloads and review issues surrounding the management of data in a cloud environment. Session III. Discovering Private and Hybrid Clouds This session will define private clouds and examine the evolving strategies of companies that are implementing private clouds in combination with public cloud services. We will cover the economics of public and private clouds and how you choose when each model is appropriate. Session IV. Examining the Cloud Elements This session will use vendor and end-use customer examples to examine cloud delivery models in detail: Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service. We will look at the role of process as service and examine trends in best practices and standards. Session V. Managing the cloud Who is in charge of your cloud? All cloud computing environments (public, private, and hybrid) need to be well managed to deliver the benefits you expect. This session will provide an overview of cloud security and cloud governance issues. In addition, this session will help you understand the complexities involved in managing cloud environments, particularly if you find your company working with a combination of private clouds and several different public cloud providers. Session VI. Planning for the cloud This session will help you get started with planning your cloud strategy. We will view look at how companies evaluate how implementing cloud services will satisfy overall business goals and objectives. Issues to be considered include: selecting the right cloud models, selecting partners, managing organization issues, planning to scale, and following best practices.
Instructor - Judith Hurwitz, President, Hurwitz & Associates LLC Judith S. Hurwitz is President and CEO of Hurwitz & Associates, Inc., a strategy consulting and research firm focused on distributed computing technologies. A pioneer in anticipating technology innovation and adoption, Judith advocates for a pragmatic adoption of an architectural and business approach to the emerging market for cloud computing, service orientation, and service management. She has served as a trusted advisor to many industry leaders over the years. Judith has helped these companies make the transition to a new business model focused on the business value of emerging platforms.
Prior to founding Hurwitz & Associates in 2002, Judith was a co-founder of CycleBridge, a consulting firm focused on life sciences software. In 1992, Judith was the founder of Hurwitz Group. She also served as a senior information technology consultant at John Hancock and Apollo Computer. Instructor - Marcia Kauffman, Partner & COO, Hurwitz & Associates, Inc. Marcia Kaufman, a founding Partner of Hurwitz & Associates, has more than 20 years of experience in business strategy, industry research, service oriented architecture, software quality, information management, and analytics. In addition to publishing a regular technology blog, Marcia has written extensively on SOA, information management, and the business value of information technology. Marcia has worked within the financial services, manufacturing, and services industries. During her tenure at Data Resources Inc. (DRI) she developed sophisticated industry models and forecasts. She holds an AB from Connecticut College in mathematics and economics and an MBA from Boston University. Marcia is a co-author of Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, 2nd Edition (Wiley Publishing 2009), Service Management For Dummies (Wiley Publishing 2009), Cloud Computing For Dummies (Wiley Publishing 2009) and Information on Demand For Dummies (Wiley Publishing 2008). | |
|
Cloud Business Summit
Cloud Business Summit brings together industry leaders to explore, discuss and debate the business models, strategy and future opportunities surrounding cloud computing. It is the definitive executive-level thought leadership program focused on the impact of the cloud as a platform to drive innovation and growth in the market. Top entrepreneurs and executives from software, infrastructure and services companies who are building their cloud strategies will network with venture capitalists, investment banks, law firms and channel partners to explore current and future opportunities in cloud computing. Produced by TechWeb, and hosted by MR Rangaswami of the Sandhill Group, the event carries on the tradition of the Software 200X events in the Silicon Valley. Chairperson - MR Rangaswami, Co-Founder, Sand Hill Group As the creator of the Software 200X Conferences and host of Cloud Summit Executive the Silicon Valley, MR is deeply immersed in the ecosystem that is forming around Cloud Computing. M.R. co-founded Sand Hill Group LLC, and has been a strategic advisor to several fast-growing companies. He has held global VP marketing positions at Baan Company, Avalon Software, and Oracle Corporation. M.R. was profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal and has been named in Forbes' "Midas 100 List" as one of the most influential investors in technology. He holds an MBA from Kent State University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Madras. Speaker - Bruce Richardson, Chief Strategy Officer, Infor Infor Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Bruce Richardson brings with him more than 30 years of experience in the software industry, most recently as Chief Research Officer for AMR Research, where he oversaw all aspects of analysis, including opinions and reporting of key trends and strategies in areas ranging from ERP and supply chain management, to cloud computing, service-oriented architectures, software-as-a-service, and visualization.
A premiere trend-spotter, Richardson is dedicated to understanding the forces shaping the software industry and helping Infor continue to align its business with the needs of its customers.
Speaker - Treb Ryan, CEO, Opsource Since 1996, Mr. Ryan has been instrumental in defining and creating services organizations that improve the quality and reliability of the technology infrastructures businesses depend on for communications and commerce. He is currently considered one of the leading thinkers in SaaS and sits on the Software Executive Board at the SIIA.
Prior to co-founding OpSource in 2002, Mr. Ryan was President of the Americas for Metromedia Fiber Network (MFN). He was responsible for integrating the sales and delivery organizations of the company's Internet businesses-hosting, IP networking, and managed services - providing customers with an integrated network and IT infrastructure solution. Mr. Ryan joined MFN from SiteSmith, a company that he co-founded in 1999 and ultimately sold to MFN in a deal valued at $1.4 billion. Prior to co-founding SiteSmith, Mr. Ryan was Vice President of Professional Services for GlobalCenter, a pioneer in the hosting and Internet services marketplace. Mr. Ryan has been a guest speaker at numerous industry events, including CIO, venture capital, Internet, hosting, and software conferences. He attended UCLA and is an advisor to the UCLA CLAS fund. Speaker - Tony Young, CIO, Informatica Tony Young serves as senior vice president and chief information officer of Informatica with responsibility for the strategic direction of Informatica’s global information systems and technology infrastructure. During his tenure at Informatica, Young and the information technology department have won prestigious industry awards, including the 2006 CIO Decisions Midmarket Leadership Award, the 2006 Ventana Research IT Performance Management Leadership Award and the 2007 100 Best Places to Work in IT by ComputerWorld.
Prior to joining Informatica in 2002, Young served at Mindcrossing and Converge where he was responsible for overseeing product development and product management. Young began his career at HP where he served for 11 years in a number of information technology and marketing roles. A major milestone at HP included building the first partner portal, as well as building an enterprise portal and e-commerce infrastructure.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in information systems and a master’s degree in business administration from Santa Clara University. Speaker - Byron Deeter, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners Byron Deeter is a Partner in BVP's Menlo Park office after having previously been a successful entrepreneur, investor, and consultant. At Bessemer, he focuses on investments in the software, Software as a Service (SaaS), Internet, and gaming sectors. Speaker - Bill McNee, Founder and CEO, Saugatuck Technology Mr. McNee is the President and CEO of Saugatuck Technology, a strategy consulting and subscription research and advisory firm focused on emerging IT markets. Most recently, Mr. McNee has helped spearhead the firm's research into evolving business models as a result of the shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing and open.
Prior to founding the firm in 1999, Mr. McNee spent eleven years with Gartner, Inc., most recently as Group Vice President and Research Fellow, responsible for guiding the firm's overall research strategy. A recognized expert in enterprise software and related business/IT services, Mr. McNee spent five years leading Gartner's Business/IT Management practice as its Director of Research, focusing on CIO governance, IT sourcing models and e-commerce management strategies. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. McNee has published hundreds of articles and consulted with thousands of user and vendor clients over the years, throughout the world.
Prior to Gartner, Mr. McNee held strategic planning, business development and marketing positions at CBS, HBO, Comshare and the Institute for Social Research. Mr. McNee is a Board or Advisory Board member for a number of emerging and established technology companies as well as the Westport Public Library. Mr. McNee is a University of Michigan alumnus and has completed graduate work in economics at New York University.
Mr. McNee is the President and CEO of Saugatuck Technology, a strategy consulting and subscription research and advisory firm focused on emerging IT markets. Most recently, Mr. McNee has helped spearhead the firm's research into evolving business models as a result of the shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing and open. Prior to founding the firm in 1999, Mr. McNee spent eleven years with Gartner, Inc., most recently as Group Vice President and Research Fellow, responsible for guiding the firm's overall research strategy. A recognized expert in enterprise software and related business/IT services, Mr. McNee spent five years leading Gartner's Business/IT Management practice as its Director of Research, focusing on CIO governance, IT sourcing models and e-commerce management strategies. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. McNee has published hundreds of articles and consulted with thousands of user and vendor clients over the years, throughout the world. Prior to Gartner, Mr. McNee held strategic planning, business development and marketing positions at CBS, HBO, Comshare and the Institute for Social Research. Mr. McNee is a Board or Advisory Board member for a number of emerging and established technology companies as well as the Westport Public Library. Mr. McNee is a University of Michigan alumnus and has completed graduate work in economics at New York University.Mr. McNee is the President and CEO of Saugatuck Technology, a strategy consulting and subscription research and advisory firm focused on emerging IT markets. Most recently, Mr. McNee has helped spearhead the firm's research into evolving business models as a result of the shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing and open. Prior to founding the firm in 1999, Mr. McNee spent eleven years with Gartner, Inc., most recently as Group Vice President and Research Fellow, responsible for guiding the firm's overall research strategy. A recognized expert in enterprise software and related business/IT services, Mr. McNee spent five years leading Gartner's Business/IT Management practice as its Director of Research, focusing on CIO governance, IT sourcing models and e-commerce management strategies. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. McNee has published hundreds of articles and consulted with thousands of user and vendor clients over the years, throughout the world. Prior to Gartner, Mr. McNee held strategic planning, business development and marketing positions at CBS, HBO, Comshare and the Institute for Social Research. Mr. McNee is a Board or Advisory Board member for a number of emerging and established technology companies as well as the Westport Public Library. Mr. McNee is a University of Michigan alumnus and has completed graduate work in economics at New York University.Mr. McNee is the President and CEO of Saugatuck Technology, a strategy consulting and subscription research and advisory firm focused on emerging IT markets. Most recently, Mr. McNee has helped spearhead the firm's research into evolving business models as a result of the shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing and open. Prior to founding the firm in 1999, Mr. McNee spent eleven years with Gartner, Inc., most recently as Group Vice President and Research Fellow, responsible for guiding the firm's overall research strategy. A recognized expert in enterprise software and related business/IT services, Mr. McNee spent five years leading Gartner's Business/IT Management practice as its Director of Research, focusing on CIO governance, IT sourcing models and e-commerce management strategies. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. McNee has published hundreds of articles and consulted with thousands of user and vendor clients over the years, throughout the world. Prior to Gartner, Mr. McNee held strategic planning, business development and marketing positions at CBS, HBO, Comshare and the Institute for Social Research. Mr. McNee is a Board or Advisory Board member for a number of emerging and established technology companies as well as the Westport Public Library. Mr. McNee is a University of Michigan alumnus and has completed graduate work in economics at New York University.Mr. McNee is the President and CEO of Saugatuck Technology, a strategy consulting and subscription research and advisory firm focused on emerging IT markets. Most recently, Mr. McNee has helped spearhead the firm's research into evolving business models as a result of the shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing and open. Prior to founding the firm in 1999, Mr. McNee spent eleven years with Gartner, Inc., most recently as Group Vice President and Research Fellow, responsible for guiding the firm's overall research strategy. A recognized expert in enterprise software and related business/IT services, Mr. McNee spent five years leading Gartner's Business/IT Management practice as its Director of Research, focusing on CIO governance, IT sourcing models and e-commerce management strategies. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. McNee has published hundreds of articles and consulted with thousands of user and vendor clients over the years, throughout the world. Prior to Gartner, Mr. McNee held strategic planning, business development and marketing positions at CBS, HBO, Comshare and the Institute for Social Research. Mr. McNee is a Board or Advisory Board member for a number of emerging and established technology companies as well as the Westport Public Library. Mr. McNee is a University of Michigan alumnus and has completed graduate work in economics at New York University. Speaker - Mark Trang, Director of Global Parnter Marketing and AppExchange, Salesforce Speaker - Umberto Milletti, InsideView, Founder and CEO Umberto Milletti is the cofounder and CEO of InsideView, the pioneering on-demand Sales 2.0 application for the enterprise, and he has been a thought leader in the convergence of technology and content for the last decade. Since joining InsideView he has brought the company to a prominent place in the enterprise tech space; in addition to harnessing the latest from the social Web for use in the enterprise, the company is now partnered with CRM solutions from salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, NetSuite, Sugar and Landslide. Prior to founding InsideView, he was co-founder of DigitalThink, where he led the company to a successful IPO, growing annual revenues to $60 million, and ultimately to its sale to Convergys in 2004. Umberto holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California-Berkeley. Speaker - Jay Hallberg, Co-Founder & VP Marketing, Spiceworks Speaker - James Barrese, VP of Architecture, Platforms and Systems, eBay Moderator - Jim Parsons, SRM, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank Moderator - Stephen Gillespie, Partner, IP Group, Fenwick & West LLP Speaker - William Soward, President and CEO, Adaptive Planning Bill is a seasoned enterprise software executive with 25 years of experience in technology management and operational finance roles. Speaker - Brian Stolle, Partner, MDV Bryan Stolle, a former entrepreneur, founder and chief executive officer, brings significant company building expertise to MDV. He focuses on and invests in people, ideas, and companies that are trying to solve important business problems using new technologies, business models, or processes.
Stolle co-founded MDV-backed Agile Software in March 1995. He then served as a member of the Agile board of directors and as Agile CEO through April 2006, and as Chairman of the Board until Oracle acquired the company in July 2007.
Prior to founding Agile, Stolle served in various executive marketing roles at Sherpa Corporation, a developer of enterprise product data management software and Rexcom Systems, a software company he co-founded. He started his career at EDS.
Stolle holds a B.A. in Business Administration and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Stolle is a visionary and pioneer in the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) industry, and is a popular speaker on the topics of PLM, enterprise product strategy, and outsourcing. He also serves on the advisory boards of the Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business and the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, as well as the board of the San Jose Children's Discovery Museum.
Speaker - Jason Green, General Partner, Emergence Capital Partners Jason is a founder of Emergence Capital and has over a dozen years of experience in the venture capital business as a General Partner with Emergence, a General Partner with USVP and as an associate and Kauffman Fellow with Venrock, the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family. Earlier in his career, Jason served as VP of Muzertechnika, the largest private computer and Telecommunications Company in Eastern Europe. Prior to this, he served as a strategic consultant with Bain & Company and with the investment firm of Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe. Jason has led successful early-stage venture investments in past companies such as DoubleClick (DCLK), aQuantive (AQNT), Visual Networks (VNWK), SuccessFactors (SFSF) and Ask Jeeves (ASK) and currently serves on the boards of private companies such as Lotame , TouchCommerce , Goodmail Systems, ServiceMax, Inc., ResponseLogix and Yammer .
Jason is Chairman Emeritus and on the Board of the Center for Venture Education and the Kauffman Fellows Program , the leading educational fellowship in venture capital. Jason serves as Chairman of the West Coast Research Center for Harvard Business School and is on the Global Advisory Board. He is also a Founding Board member of Endeavor, a non-profit serving the needs of entrepreneurs in emerging markets.
Jason graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard with Distinction. Upon graduation, Jason was selected for the Charles Williams Fellowship at Harvard Business School for post-graduate research in Entrepreneurship and Finance. Jason is married with two children. The most unique trivia about Jason is that he is a twin married to a twin.
Speaker - Eric Chiu, President and CEO, HyTrust, Inc. Eric is CEO and co-founder of HyTrust, Inc. Eric has over 13 years of experience in high tech management and finance. Most recently, Eric was VP of Sales and Business Development for Cemaphore Systems, a leader in disaster recovery for Microsoft Exchange. At Cemaphore, Eric built the sales effort from the ground up and consistently delivered significant quarter-over-quarter growth in sales as well as put in place a key OEM partnership with EMC. Prior to Cemaphore, he led business development activities at MailFrontier (acquired by SonicWALL) and mySimon (acquired by CNET Networks). In these roles, Eric spearheaded OEM partnerships, technology alliances and new product initiatives. In addition to his start-up management experience, he was a venture capitalist for Brentwood Venture Capital (now Redpoint Ventures) and Pinnacle Ventures, a venture fund he co-founded. Prior to Brentwood Venture Capital, Eric served in the M&A Group for Robertson, Stephens and Company. Eric holds a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley. Speaker - Geoffrey Moore, Author: Dealing with Darwin – How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of their Evolution, Managing Director, TCG Advisors and Venture Partner, Mohr Geoffrey Moore is a best-selling author, a Managing Director at TCG Advisors and a venture partner at MDV. Recognized as a leading business consultant to large companies facing formidable strategic challenges, Geoffrey works with established enterprises in his role of Managing Director of TCG Advisors. In this role, he divides his time between consulting on strategy and transformation challenges with senior executives and developing mental models to support the practice. With this focus in mind he has written Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution. Also recognized for his expertise in market development and business and investment strategies, as a Venture Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures he serves as an advisor to many of their portfolio companies by drawing upon best practices derived from his extensive background working with technology startups.
Geoffrey has made the understanding and effective exploitation of disruptive technologies the core of his life's work. His books, Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, The Gorilla Game, and Living on the Fault Line are best sellers and required reading at leading business schools. Highly regarded as a dynamic public speaker, Geoffrey is the founder of The Chasm Group and currently is the managing partner of TCG Advisors. Earlier in his career, he was a principal and partner at Regis McKenna, Inc., a leading high tech marketing strategy and communications company, and for the decade prior, a sales and marketing executive in the software industry.
He holds a bachelor's degree in literature from Stanford University and a doctorate in literature from the University of Washington. Speaker - Matt Thompson, West Region General Manager, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Speaker - Tarkan Maner, President and CEO, Wyse Technology Tarkan Maner is the President and CEO at Wyse Technology, the global leader in zero client-centric virtual, green and cloud computing solutions. He leads all aspects of Wyse's global business operations and organization. Tarkan is a leading industry visionary around virtual and cloud-based hardware and software technology solutions which bring the most innovative, secure, green and rich user experience along with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership for enterprises and consumers. He globally evangelizes the cloud computing gospel as the ultimate solution to break the monopoly of the "fat" PC and its devious ecosystem of unnecessary, unsecure and expensive "so-called" technologies. Tarkan is regarded as one of the leading experts in the ICT industry for democratizing the innovation process at Wyse by involving its global customers and partners into the technology development lifecycle. His and his team's focus and leadership in the technology innovation, customer intimacy, operational excellence, and most importantly, team building perfection have been crucial for Wyse's consistently solid growth and profitability, since he joined the company, especially throughout the economic up-down cycles of the last decade.
Tarkan was named President and CEO of Wyse in February, 2007. He joined Wyse in May, 2005, as the Chief Marketing Officer. He was appointed as the President, Worldwide Field Operations in 2006, leading Wyse's global sales, marketing, channels, business development and customer service organizations and programs. Prior to joining Wyse, he led marketing, product management, business development, and strategic alliance initiatives at Computer Associates (CA). He was instrumental in developing CA's corporate vision, strategy, product roadmap, and its global brand. Earlier, at IBM, Tarkan led global product marketing and business development initiatives for the company's innovative Internet Security, Network Computing, and eCommerce divisions. Before IBM, he held senior product management and marketing roles in the eCommerce Software Group at Sterling Software and later, Sterling Commerce, after its spin-off and IPO.
Tarkan graduated from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey with a B.S. degree in Engineering Management. He received his MBA degree from Midwestern State University, in Wichita Falls, Texas. Tarkan also attended the invitation-only Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School along with several business and political leaders of today. Tarkan currently serves on the board of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a coalition of senior executives to improve the quality of life for all citizens of the region and the world through its advocacy around public and private policy issues. Tarkan is regarded as one of the most globally-networked business leaders of our time, and is a sought-after speaker/commentator on current ICT, business, economic and social issues, globally. Speaker - Tom Fisher, Vice President, Cloud Computing, SuccessFactors Tom Fisher joined Success Factors as Vice President of Cloud Computing. SuccessFactors is one of the fastest growing software companies in the world. Tom is responsible for the company’s Cloud initiatives including supporting technology alliances and Cloud integration. Tom, in his current role, is widely published and a popular speaker on both the technology and the business of the Cloud.
Tom joined SuccessFactors from DriveCam the global leader in improving driver risk behavior. Tom served as CIO and Senior Vice President of Engineering responsible for all engineering activities at DriveCam, the Software as a Service (SaaS) solution as well as the business systems that integrated customer service and advanced subscription management. Tom was recognized as the San Diego Technology Executive of the Year in 2008 for his accomplishments at DriveCam. Tom collaborated on the development of a Cloud company designed to develop and deploy multi-tenant solutions for Enterprise customers across a number of Cloud providers at Stratoform.
Previously Tom was Vice President of IT for QUALCOMM and CIO for QUALCOMM’s CDMA Technologies (QCT) Group – the largest fabless semi-conductor in the world. Tom had worldwide responsibility for the business and engineering systems that supported QUALCOMM’s semiconductor and global positioning businesses. Tom was instrumental in creating the ‘fabless five’ a regularly scheduled meeting of the five largest fabless semi-conductors in the world. He was recognized, worldwide, as a technology and thought leader in IT.
Prior to joining QUALCOMM, Tom was vice president for architecture and technology strategy and acting Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at eBay. His responsibilities at eBay included helping to redesign and manage the delivery of the Web site after several massive outages. He was also responsible for establishing the firm’s technology strategy to support the massive scale and shifting business requirements. Tom was responsible for significant business development strategies at eBay including the creation and establishment of eBay’s Developers Program, eBay’s StoreFront initiative and eBay’s internationalization as the company expanded globally.
Prior to eBay, Tom served as the chief architect and vice president of global architecture, security and vendor management for Gateway Computers. At Gateway, he managed the firm’s major e-commerce initiatives, deployed the company’s financing, ERP, CRM, and SFA applications, and led the technical due diligence for the firm’s venture and strategic activities. In addition, he led Gateway’s IT outsourcing efforts.
Tom has also worked as a senior executive in technology strategy, business development, and M&A for a variety of software and technology companies including IBM, KnowledgeWare, Exactium and Seer Technologies.
Tom is also an Advisor to the Board and Executive team at Spare Backup. He performs similar roles for several Venture Capital firms including Sail Ventures, as well as other private companies.
He graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. He is married to his wife Judy, for over 25 years, has three children and resides in San Diego, California.
Moderator - Art Wittmann, Managing Director, InformationWeek Analytics, UBM TechWeb Speaker - Kash Rangan, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch Kash Rangan is Managing Director and head of software equity research at BofA Merrill Lynch. Kash is based in San Francisco and has been a sell-side analyst covering the software industry for thirteen years. Kash and his team cover over twenty players in the industry, including Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, VMware, Citrix, Salesforce.com, Red Hat, Adobe, Autodesk, Intuit, McAfee, Symantec and Verisign in addition to small cap On Demand companies such as Rackspace, Concur, Taleo, RightNow and Blackboard. Kash takes a thematic approach to identifying long-term winners in the group. Kash was recognized in the top 3 by Greenwich Associates and runner-up by Institutional Investor. Kash collaborates extensively to produce cross-sector thematic reports on Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Services Oriented Architecture and On Demand Computing. Additionally, Kash has worked on over a dozen companies on their IPOs including Salesforce.com, VMware, Rackspace, Taleo, Concur, JD Edwards and Retek over the course of his career. Kash started his career at Robertson Stephens in San Francisco. Kash graduated from Tulane University as a Freeman Fellow in the MBA program and received a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras, India. Speaker - Trina Horner, US Channel Development Strategist, Microsoft Trina Horner is the US SaaS/Cloud Channel Development Strategist for Microsoft US Software plus Services Business. She is responsible for strategy; business plan and programs to help enable companies to sell their services on the web in a hosted model. Trina has held many international and US sales, alliance and business development positions in her over 30 years in the technology at top global companies. In her over 10 years at Microsoft, she has formerly managed the Microsoft partnerships with BearingPoint, CSC and Getronics; and the outsourcing partnerships with Hewlett-Packard, Unisys and IBM. Trina has received a national award for top Women in Technology and she is active in programs in her community mentoring high school and college students for careers in technology and sciences. Speaker - Zorwar Biri Singh, VP, IBM Enterprise Initiatives - Cloud Computing Speaker - Scott McMullan, Google Apps Partner Lead, Google Enterprise at Google Speaker - Peter Sonsini, Investor, Information Technology, NEA Pete joined NEA in 2005, specializing in software, systems and technology-enabled services companies. His current board memberships include Apprenda, Brightkite, Compiere, Conviva, DeviceVM, Engine Yard, and Tintri. Previous investments include Xensource (acquired by Citrix Systems) and Teracent (acquired by Google). Pete also serves on the board of the Software Development Forum.
Prior to joining NEA, Pete was on the executive team at VMware where he built the company’s initial strategic alliances and grew annual sales through OEMs from $0 to $40 million in four years. Prior to VMware, Pete was one of the first hires on the business side at Mirapoint, where he ran product management. Pete also served in various sales and marketing positions in Hewlett-Packard’s server division, including Worldwide Product Manager for the mid-range server business. Pete began his career at Montgomery Securities where he was an Associate in the firm’s Technology Corporate Finance group. Pete received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and his BA in Political Economy from the University of California, Berkeley. Speaker - Ursheet Parikh, Founder and CEO, StorSimple Management Ursheet drives overall strategy and business execution for StorSimple. Prior to StorSimple, Ursheet was the Director of product management for Cisco’s WAN optimization and application acceleration business unit – an advanced technology unit within Cisco that produced the award-winning Wide Area Application Service (WAAS) product. Ursheet drove the cross functional execution for WAAS from concept to product delivery and revenue. During his tenure, the business grew from tens of millions to several hundreds of millions in annual revenue with thousands of customers spanning every industry and vertical. Within 4 years, Cisco WAAS obtained industry leadership with #1 market share and the Best of Interop award for 2008. Speaker - Gordon Ritter, Founder and General Partner, Emergence Capital Partners Gordon Ritter is a Founder and General Partner of Emergence. He has spent over 15 years building companies which pioneered new markets including embedded web-based interfaces, server appliances, "On Demand" services for the SMB market and web-native application development. He led Emergence Capital's first investment, in the On Demand leader Salesforce.com . Gordon was named to the Forbes' Midas List of the top venture capital investors in 2007. He currently sits on the boards of Genius, Ketera, Lithium, PivotLink, SmartTurn, Veeva Systems and Zuberance.
Prior to founding Emergence, Gordon was co-Founder and CEO of Software As Service, a Web services platform company he created with Marc Benioff, the Chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com. Software As Service is the origin of Salesforce.com's Force.com platform. Prior to forming Software As Service, he was Vice President of the $3 billion IBM Global Small Business division, created as a result of IBM's acquisition of his company, Whistle Communications in 1999. Gordon's division was responsible for partnerships with dozens of technology-enabled service companies as part of IBM's On Demand computing strategy. He led IBM's launch partnership with Salesforce.com. Prior to IBM, Gordon was co-Founder and President of Whistle, a pioneering Internet appliance and services platform for small and medium-sized businesses.
Before Whistle, Gordon was co-Founder and President of Tribe Communications, a networking infrastructure company. Tribe pioneered WebManageTM, acclaimed as the first HTML-based network management software. Tribe was acquired by Zoom Telephonics (ZOOM) in 1996. Prior to Tribe, Gordon was a VP of Capital Markets at CSFB in New York, where he headed the Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) group.
Gordon is married and has four young children, including a set of twins, and lives in San Francisco. He is currently a Trustee of Marin Country Day School. He has a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University where he rowed on the heavyweight crew and has continued rowing in the Bay Area. He also enjoys running, cross-country skiing and mountaineering.
| |
|
Cloud Ops Bootcamp
Taught by the operations veterans who run cloud systems today, this day-long series of classes and real-world examples is designed to prepare IT professionals for running applications in cloud environments. If you’re in charge of IT operations, but want to know how to make the switch to on-demand platforms, this is the place to start. You Willl Learn:
Instructor - James Urquhart, Author, CNET Blog Network Instructor - Daniel Koffler, CTO, Syntenic Instructor - Jesse Robbins, CEO and Co-Founder, Opscode Jesse Robbins is CEO of Opscode (makers of Chef) and a recognized expert in Infrastructure, Web Operations, and Emergency Management. Instructor - Jason Hoffman, CTO and Founder, Joyent Instructor - John Willis, Vice President of Training & Services, Opscode Speaker - Bret Piatt, Director, Technical Alliances, Rackspace Hosting Bret Piatt is the primary technical contact for partners of the Rackspace Cloud division. He is also actively involved in the cloud computing community promoting open standards and helping open source projects gain awareness.
Prior to his current role, Bret spent 5 years in product management for both Rackspace and AT&T where he was responsible for launching offerings such as the Rackspace PCI Toolbox and the AT&T Premises-Based Cisco ASA Firewall Service.
A self described "lifelong geek", his professional technical experience comes from 5 years at SBC where he designed monitoring and management systems, optimized networks for enterprise customers, and performed lab testing on new products from potential suppliers and partners.
Speaker - Ben Rockwood, Director of Systems, Joyent | |
