Enterprise SaaS Strategies Track

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.

Mark has responsibilities across several functions at Switch. He will be maintaining his industry thought leadership activities and will also be working with the Switch team on new data center technologies, partnership development and cloud. Switch (http://www.switchlv.com) builds and operates the world’s most powerful data center and technology ecosystem. The Switch campus environments were constructed by the company including the world’s highest density, ultra-scale and most efficient data center - the 407,000 square foot Switch SuperNAP. Before coming to Switch Mark was VP of Data Center Strategy at ServiceMesh, the leading cloud management platform company. He is also Founder and President of Data Center Pulse, a not-for-profit group focused on improving efficiency in data centers and providing a voice for the owner/operators.

Mark brings significant IT infrastructure and data center experience to the Switch team, which was developed over the years working with leading organizations like VMware, Brocade, Gilead, & HP. He is a globally recognized leader in efforts to improve the business readiness and efficiency of IT and is very active with industry groups like The Green Grid, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and Infrastructure 2.0. Mark is an advisor to venture firms and startups and a globally recognized speaker at premier industry events.

Kevin Dobbs is the founder and CEO of Montclare, a leading advisory firm exclusively focused on building profitable SaaS businesses. His firm recently acquired the leading SaaS social community site Dreamsimplicity, and the combination of these two companies will result in a new firm that is being launched in Spring 2013. This new company will deliver rich content, business services and an active community, all focused exclusively on SaaS.

Montclare is also the publisher of the SaaS Top 250. Launched in 2010, the SaaS Top 250 provides deep insight into market trends, major fundings, notable M&A deals and information on hot start-ups. Recently the SaaS Top 250 has mentioned multiple times in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, and MarketWatch. Many leading SaaS firms have endorsed the SaaS Top 250 including Adaptive Planning, DocuSign, Concur, and Eloqua.

Kevin is active in the SaaS community, a frequent speaker and has published several white papers including Building a High Value SaaS Business and Challenges & Best Practices Associated with Transitioning to a SaaS Model. He also is the author of the popular Smart SaaS blog and has participated many SaaS and Cloud Computing industry events.