Screaming in the Cloud

About Matt StrattonMatt Stratton is a Transformation Specialist at Red Hat and a long-time member of the global DevOps community. Back in the day, his license plate actually said “DevOps”. Matt has over 20 years of experience in IT operations, ranging from large financial institutions such as JPMorganChase to internet firms including Apartments.com. He is a sought-after speaker internationally, presenting at Agile, DevOps, and ITSM focused events, including DevOps Enterprise Summit, DevOpsDays, Interop, PINK, and others worldwide. Matt is the founder and co-host of the popular Arrested DevOps podcast, as well as the global chair of the DevOpsDays set of conferences.He lives in Chicago and has three awesome kids, whom he loves just a little bit more than he loves Doctor Who. He is currently on a mission to discover the best phở in the world. You can find him on Twitter at @mattstratton.Links Referenced: Red HatArrested DevOpsArrested DevOps podcast about DevOpsDays ChicagoFollow Matt on TwitterConnect with Matt on LinkedInSpeaking EventsDevOpsDay Chicago 2020

About Shelby SpeesShelby Spees has been developing software professionally since 2015 in a range of domains, which has made her appreciate the importance of learning how to learn and creating support systems for lifelong skill development. When she’s not helping teams level up their observability practice, you can find her at home playing on her Switch or singing karaoke with her rescue pitbull Nova.Links ReferencedFollow Shelby on TwitterConnect with Shelby on LinkedInShelby’s Personal SiteEmail Shelby directly at shelby@hey.com

About Alfonso CabreraAlfonso Cabrera is the Director of Platform Engineering at Red Ventures, where he helps manage and optimize the extensive AWS footprint. He also spent time at AWS as a Solutions Architect and worked as a DevOps Engineer at a few startups. Alfonso enjoys fostering community and has organized DevOpsDays Charlotte for the past 5 years. Outside of work, he tries to stay in shape by playing sports of all kinds, and gets his adrenaline fix by riding motorcycles.Links ReferencedRed VenturesFollow Alfonso on TwitterConnect with Alfonso on LinkedIn

About Richard SeroterRichard Seroter is Director of Outbound Product Management at Google Cloud, with a master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Colorado. He’s also an instructor at Pluralsight, the lead InfoQ.com editor for cloud computing, a frequent public speaker, the author of multiple books on software design and development, and a former 12-time Microsoft MVP for cloud. Richard maintains a regularly updated blog on topics of architecture and solution design and can be found on Twitter as @rseroter.Links ReferencedConnect with Richard on LinkedInFollow Richard on TwitterRichard’s Personal Blog

About Peter CooperFounder and editor-in-chief of Cooper Press. Programmer, indexer of all the programming links, former O'Reilly conference chair, and general nerd.Links ReferencedCooper PressJavaScript WeeklyRuby WeeklyArticle, “How to use AWS SimpleDB from Ruby”Follow Peter on TwitterConnect with Peter on LinkedIn

About Divanny LamasDivanny Lamas is the CEO of Transposit, the DevOps automation company. Divanny and the Transposit team are creating a world where humans interact with machines successfully to manage today’s complex technology stacks. Divanny is also a managing director at leading venture capital firm Sutter Hill Ventures. She is passionate about working with entrepreneurs to tackle ambitious technical challenges. Prior to Transposit, she began her career at Google and spent seven years at Splunk, where she saw the rise of big data and was one of the early product managers working on building out visualizations and analytics. She was responsible for product strategy, roadmap, and execution for Splunk's marquee product, Splunk Enterprise. She also served as a senior director of customer success and the head of new product introduction at Splunk. Divanny obtained a bachelor’s degree in government and computer science at Harvard University.Links ReferencedTranspositSutter Hill VenturesFollow Divanny on TwitterConnect with Divanny on LinkedIn

About Brooke MitchellBrooke is an analytical IT professional skilled at team building, data collection and evaluation, cloud computing as well as cross-functional collaboration. She is proficient at scripting and creating CI/CD pipelines to automate workflows to increase efficiency while reducing the chance of error.Links ReferencedConnect with Brooke on LinkedInFollow Brooke on TwitterA Cloud Guru Blog post, “Automating CI/CD With AWS CodePipeline”

About Liz ZalmanLiz Zalman is the Co-Founder & CEO of strongDM. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of the cross-device profile company Media Armor. After its acquisition, she served as VP of Analytics at the acquirer, Nomi. With over 15 years of experience leading data-driven organizations, she is an expert in analytics, data privacy, and security.Links ReferencedstrongDMConnect with Liz on LinkedIn

About Thomas DullienThomas Dullien / Halvar Flake is a security researcher / entrepreneur known for his contributions to the theory and practice of vulnerability development and software reverse engineering. He built and ran a company for reverse engineering tools that got acquired by Google; he also worked on a wide range of topics - like turning security patches into attacks turning physics-induced DRAM bitflips into useful attacks. After a few years of Google Project Zero, he is now co-founder of a startup called http://optimyze.cloud that focuses on efficient computation -- helping companies save money by wasting fewer cycles, and helping reduce energy waste in the process.Links Referencedoptimyze.cloudQuoted TweetFollow Thomas on TwitterConnect with Thomas on LinkedInThomas’ personal site

About Jam LeomiJam Leomi is a penmaker who just so happens to computer. When not found ranting on equality and equity in #infosec and beyond on twitter, they're found doing their day job as Lead Security Engineer at Honeycomb.Links ReferencedHoneycombJam's Personal BlogFollow Jam on TwitterConnect with Jam on LinkedIn