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Paul Speciale is a data storage and cloud industry veteran, with over 20 years experience with small and large companies. Paul is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for Scality, leading the team across activities ranging from building awareness to content development and lead generation, as well as being a spokesperson for the company.1 Articles
Paul Scott-Murphy is Chief Technology Officer at Cirata, the company that enables data leaders to continuously move petabyte-scale data to the cloud of their choice, fast and with no business disruption. He is responsible for the company’s product and technology strategy, including industry engagement, technical innovation, new market and product initiation and creation. This includes direct interaction with the majority of Cirata’s significant customers, partners and prospects. Previously Vice President of Product Management for Cirata, and Regional Chief Technology Officer for TIBCO Software in Asia Pacific and Japan, Scott-Murphy has a Bachelor of Science with first class honors and a Bachelor of Engineering with first class honors from the University of Western Australia.1 Articles
Senior Vice President, Product and Strategy, with over 33 years at Altair, Mr. Yen currently develops the strategy and vision of Altair products and solutions with the primary goal to facilitate the development, sales and delivery of products that generate value to both customers and the business. Mr. Yen has held various leadership roles within Altair, including product management of Altair’s flagship modeling and visualization software, engineering consulting operations, marketing and business development. Prior to the current role, he led the Industry Verticals and Sales Enablement Team identifying the major trends, challenges and requirements of various industries globally, formulating go-to-market strategy, and enabling sales by aligning Altair’s technologies to maximize business opportunities, and values to customers. His diverse assignments include global centers of excellence and overseas business expansion in Japan, Greater China, Asia-Pacific and European regions.1 Articles
Nick Martino is Product Manager, Managed Services for Verinext, a transformative business technology solution provider with over 15 years in providing data protection and data resiliency managed services for medium and large enterprises.1 Articles
Since 1995, Mike has served as President, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Director of Corporate Services, and Consultant for Paperclip Incorporated. In his current role, he is responsible for strategic direction, operations, and corporate communications. Prior to joining Paperclip Incorporated, Mike was the Executive Vice President and co-founder of CMF Design System, a custom software and systems integration firm. Mike received a Bachelor of Science from Rowan University and served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps.1 Articles
Michael Cubeddu is the Co-Founder and VP of R&D at Aliro, a quantum networking company spun out of Harvard University in 2019. At Aliro, he focuses on research, IP, and customer and partner relations. Cubeddu is a published author in quantum research, and a co-inventor of several patents in quantum computing software, error correction, and quantum network protocols -- all driving deployment of commercial-grade product lines at Aliro. He is actively involved in the Quantum Economic Development Consortium and serves as the liaison between the QED-C and the ITU-T for quantum key distribution standards development.1 Articles
As VP of Research and Development at Netwrix, Mike is responsible for the organization’s development and quality assurance teams. Mike works across all the companies’ products to ensure that they meet the rigorous processes and policies defined for the organization as well as supporting teams as they architect new solutions. Mike has a software development background with more than 10-years of experience across several languages and platforms.1 Articles
Lars Thomsen is one of the world's leading futurologists. Born in Hamburg in 1968, the trend and futurologist is considered one of the most influential experts on the future of energy, mobility and smart networks. He advises entrepreneurs, companies, institutions and government-related bodies in Europe on the development of future strategies and business models. His personal list of references now includes more than 800 companies.1 Articles
Martin Verges founded croit GmbH in 2017 to develop innovative, stable, and reliable Ceph-based storage solutions to help businesses scale. Since then he has been building up the company as CEO with robust growth without external financing. In 2022, he also took over the establishment of the US branch of the company and is responsible for its worldwide success. Today croit employs employees and freelancers worldwide and offers excellent follow-the-sun support to its customers. croit GmbH is a founding member of the Ceph Foundation and an active member of the Ceph community.1 Articles
Mark Allen was appointed Identiv General Manager, Premises in January 2016. Mr. Allen has been with Identiv since 2003, most recently in a product manager role. He has more than 29 years of practical experience in technology at start-ups and public companies, ranging from programming, software development, and engineering to business development, R&D, and operations. Prior to joining Identiv, Mr. Allen was Founder and President at Preferred Business Solutions Inc. from June 1999 to September 2003. Prior to Preferred Business Solutions, he served as VP Engineering at Access 360 from August 1994 to June 1999. His previous positions also include Software Development Manager at The Orange County Register and Lead Programmer Analyst at Security Pacific Financial Services. Mr. Allen majored in Computer Science, Math, Commerce, and Physics at Kings Norton in the United Kingdom.1 Articles