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CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Has 10+ Years Of Experience

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Almost 9 years ago

The Cloud Management Platform space is rapidly evolving and changing. There are many players entering the space, consolidation is happening, all while the definition of the space is still different depending on who you ask. The short answer to the question is I would favor…

About 9 years ago

Commented on Applications are modeled as abstract blueprints, and interfaces to external systems are implemented in Python plugins.

Very accurate and informative review by Risk Focus. Cloudify is maturing rapidly in terms of scalability and breadth/depth of the plugins. They are also putting significant resources into traditional Cloud Management Platform (CMP) functions like chargeback, catalog and…

About 9 years ago

Contributed a review of Cloudify: It can be deployed in combinations of cloud environments.

About 9 years ago

Answered a question: When evaluating Cloud Management solutions, what aspects of it are the most important to look for?

I would advise anyone looking for a cloud management platform to first take a checkpoint on their cloud strategy. If you want the ability to manage a hybrid cloud environment from one pane of glass, you need to ensure that the vendor truly supports all cloud platforms (i.e…

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About 9 years ago

Cloudify

It can be deployed in combinations of cloud environments.

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Almost 9 years ago

Cloud Management

Scalr vs BMC CLM

About 9 years ago

Cloud Management

When evaluating Cloud Management solutions, what aspects of it are the most important to look for?

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About 9 years ago

Cloud Management

Applications are modeled as abstract blueprints, and interfaces to external systems are implemented in Python plugins.

About me

Internationally experienced technology business executive and entrepreneur. Twenty-five years industry experience in software and consulting businesses from startup to $100M in annual revenue.

Specialties:
• Founded two consulting and software integration companies, specializing in Enterprise Application Software and Data Center Automation/ Hybrid Cloud.
• Ran an $100M global professional services organization for a major software company
• Built a US Federal Government business unit
• Grew the EMEA services division of a major software company to €70M
• Track record of leveraging relationships in Fortune 500 IT into sales of enterprise software and consulting services
• Experience with M&A and private equity
• Strengths include strategy development, execution, operations and team building

Education

University of Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island