Screaming in the Cloud

About ClintClint is the CEO and a co-founder at Cribl, a company focused on making observability viable for any organization, giving customers visibility and control over their data while maximizing value from existing tools.Prior to co-founding Cribl, Clint spent two decades leading product management and IT operations at technology and software companies, including Splunk and Cricket Communications. As a former practitioner, he has deep expertise in network issues, database administration, and security operations.Links:Cribl: https://cribl.io/Cribl.io: https://cribl.ioDocs.cribl.io: https://docs.cribl.ioSandbox.cribl.io: https://sandbox.cribl.io

About AlexAlex holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from UC San Diego, and has spent over a decade building high-performance, robust data management and processing systems. As an early member of a couple fast-growing startups, he’s had the opportunity to wear a lot of different hats, serving at various times as an individual contributor, tech lead, manager, and executive. Prior to joining the Duckbill Group, Alex spent a few years as a freelance data engineering consultant, helping his clients build, manage and maintain their data infrastructure. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.Links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexras/Personal page: https://alexras.infoOld Consulting website with blog: https://bitsondisk.com

About AidanAidan is an AWS enthusiast, due in no small part to sharing initials with the cloud. He's been writing software for over 20 years and getting paid to do it for the last 10. He's still not sure what he wants to be when he grows up.Links:Stedi: https://www.stedi.com/GitHub: https://github.com/aidansteeleBlog posts: https://awsteele.com/Ipv6-ghost-ship: https://github.com/aidansteele/ipv6-ghost-shipTwitter: https://twitter.com/__steele

About DavidDavid is an AWS expert who likes to design and build scalable solutions that are fully automated and take care of themselves. Now he is focusing on selling his own products on the AWS Marketplace.Links:0x4447: https://0x4447.com/Products page: https://products.0x4447.com

About SethSeth Vargo is an engineer at Google. Previously he worked at HashiCorp, Chef Software, CustomInk, and some Pittsburgh-based startups. He is the author of Learning Chef and is passionate about reducing inequality in technology. When he is not writing, working on open source, teaching, or speaking at conferences, Seth advises non-profits.Links:Twitter: https://twitter.com/sethvargo

About BrookeBrooke is the Head of Enablement - AI/ML and Data at Blackbook.ai, an Australian based consulting firm and AWS Partner. Brooke has degrees in Mathematics and Data Engineering and they specialise in developing technically robust solutions that help “non-data people” harness the power of AI for their industry, and communicate this effectively.Outside of their 'day job', Brooke speaks at Data, AI, Software Engineering, UX and Business conferences and events to Australian and international audiences, and has guest lectured at the University of Queensland Business School and Griffith University. Brooke is proudly a volunteer member of the Queensland National Science Week Committee, and is always on the lookout for new ways to promote STEM pathways to young people, especially young women and members of the LGBTIQA+ community from regional Australia.Links:Blackbook: https://blackbook.ai/Twitter: https://twitter.com/brooke_jamiesonTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brookebytesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brookejamieson/

About LizLiz Rice is Chief Open Source Officer with cloud native networking and security specialists Isovalent, creators of the Cilium eBPF-based networking project. She is chair of the CNCF's Technical Oversight Committee, and was Co-Chair of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in 2018. She is also the author of Container Security, published by O'Reilly.She has a wealth of software development, team, and product management experience from working on network protocols and distributed systems, and in digital technology sectors such as VOD, music, and VoIP. When not writing code, or talking about it, Liz loves riding bikes in places with better weather than her native London, and competing in virtual races on Zwift.Links:Isovalent: https://isovalent.com/Container Security: https://www.amazon.com/Container-Security-Fundamental-Containerized-Applications/dp/1492056707/Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizriceGitHub: https://github.com/lizriceCilium and eBPF Slack: http://slack.cilium.io/CNCF Slack: https://cloud-native.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-11yzivnzq-hs12vUAYFZmnqE3r7ILz9A

About EmilyEmily is an Android engineer by day, but makes tech jokes and satires videos by night. She lives in San Francisco with two ridiculously fluffy dogs.Links:Uber: https://eng.uber.com/Blog: https://www.emilykager.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyKagerTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shmemmmy

About KellyKellyAnn Fitzpatrick is a Senior Industry Analyst at RedMonk, the developer-focused industry analyst firm. Having previously worked as a QA analyst, test & release manager, and tech writer, she has experience with containers, CI/CD, testing frameworks, documentation, and training. She has also taught technical communication to computer science majors at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow.Holding a Ph.D. in English from the University at Albany and a B.A. in English and Medieval Studies from the University of Notre Dame, KellyAnn’s side projects include teaching, speaking, and writing about medievalism (the ways that post-medieval societies reimagine or appropriate the Middle Ages), and running to/from donut shops.Links:RedMonk: https://redmonk.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/drkellyannfitz

About AnnaAnna has nearly ten years of experience researching and advising organizations on cloud adoption with a focus on security best practices. As a Gartner Analyst, Anna spent six years helping more than 500 enterprises with vulnerability management, security monitoring, and DevSecOps initiatives. Anna's research and talks have been used to transform organizations' IT strategies and her research agenda helped to shape markets. Anna is the Director of Thought Leadership at Sysdig, using her deep understanding of the security industry to help IT professionals succeed in their cloud-native journey.Anna holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Michigan, where she developed computational methods to study solar cells and rechargeable batteries.How do I adapt my security practices for the cloud-native world?How do I select and deploy appropriate tools and processes to address business needs?How do I make sense of new technology trends like threat deception, machine learning, and containers?Links:Sysdig: https://sysdig.com/“2022 Cloud-Native Security and Usage Report”: https://sysdig.com/2022-cloud-native-security-and-usage-report/Twitter: https://twitter.com/aabelakLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aabelak/Email: anna.belak@sysdig.com