Speaker Details

John Stanford has been a member in the computing community for 25 years. His first industry job involved cycling TK50s with PDP-11 backups and making video game walls dematerialize when the boss got stuck.  

John has a broad, hands-on background in clouds, software development, systems, networks, storage, and database management, combined with a career-long focus on operational automation.

He has a history of leadership in complex engagements as the owner of a technology consulting business, and as a consultant with Sun Microsystems. He also has a strong technical background in cloud computing, having created, led and participated in elite, agile software development teams at companies such as VMware, RMS, and most recently Solinea.