Cloud Nirvana Conference

Note: Attendance limited to practitioners. No sales, acct mgrs etc from consulting, product or service firms. We reserve right to cancel your registration

Welcome to Cloud Nirvana, a new, vendor-neutral conference on Cloud Computing where we are working to build a community of practice to drive Cloud adoption, awareness and cross-discipline ability.  Born out of the IT Leaders Community, with leadership from the CIO Forum, Cloud Nirvana acknowledges that Cloud is complex and requires a different mindset; it requires technology leaders that value collaboration and community.  In Cloud Nirvana, there is no single destination, but we share a common journey and a common purpose.  Let’s seize this moment as a community, come together and share that journey together. Join local thought leaders and your peers as we discuss

• Cloud Sustainability – Enterprises should make sustainability a top business priority and take a holistic view by balancing all three dimensions: Environmental, Economic, and Social Equity
• Cloud Security – How do you confidently move into the cloud and keep our data and applications secure?
• Why Cloud? (“What is the Board conversation?”) – How do you “sell” cloud to the business? Why adopt the cloud? Why is it transformational from a business perspective?
• App Dev, Agility & Innovation in Cloud – Just because you are “running” in cloud, doesn’t mean you are cloud-native.
• Strategic Optimization - How do you strategically manage the cost/capability equation

We hope to see you there,

Sean Erikson - Conference Chair – VP, Enterprise Architecture - Grange

Agenda

• 12:00 - 12:15 Grab a sandwich, take a seat (lunch provided)
• 12:15–12:25 Welcome / greeting
• 12:30–1:00 Keynote – Sustainability on the Cloud
• 1:00 – 1:45 Panel discussion – Why Cloud?
• 1:45–2:00 Break
• 2:00–2:45 Panel discussion – App Dev, Agility & Innovation in the Cloud
• 2:45–3:15 Strategic Cost Optimization
• 3:15–3:30 Break
• 3:30–4:15 Panel – Cloud Security
• 4:15–4:45 Closing Presentation – Cloud Nirvana!
• 5:00 Adjourn / Happy Hour

Speakers/Moderators

• Chris Judd – CTO Manifest Solutions
• Doug Hoke – Principal App Sec Engr – Cardinal Health
• Jana Moore – CISO Belron NA
• Jim Shingler – Director Tech Product Mgmt – Silicon Valley Bank
• Matt Keller – VP IT Platforms and Security – Quantum Health
• Patrick Farrell – Sr Cloud Architect and Distinguished Engr - Grange
• Ray Bajaj – SVP CTO – Cardinal Health
• Sean Erikson – Conf chair – VP, Enterprise Architecture - Grange
• Srini Koushik – CTO Rackspace
• Ursula Laveck – Director Cloud Operations Optimization
• Ben Blanquera – VP Rackspace
• Steve Gruetter - Director Expedient
• Nathan Case - Security Advocate Data Dog

Big Thanks to our Creative Sponsor - Zoco DesignZoCo is the UX and product design studio for customer-centric software companies.