GeekWire Cloud Summit 2019 – GeekWire Special Coverage

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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott sees ‘mind-blowing’ potential for AI, the cloud, 5G and devices

Kevin Scott is the chief technology officer for Microsoft, a company that built its business on software, but he also appreciates hardware and devices. In fact, he has been building… Read More

Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec - GeekWire Cloud Summit 2019

Amazon Web Services’ Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is preparing for a future in which data lives forever

Ridding themselves from the burden of managing hardware is one of the primary reasons why companies are moving their technology infrastructure into cloud computing. But removing that burden also unlocks… Read More

Kubernetes Panel - GeekWire Cloud Summit 2019

Kubernetes at 5: Joe Beda, Brendan Burns, and Craig McLuckie on its past, future, and the true value of open source

At a time when open-source enterprise software is at a crossroads, wracked by debates over licensing and monetization, Kubernetes stands as an unqualified success. First released by three senior engineers… Read More

Inside the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit: Cloud leaders brace for the coming ‘data explosion’

There were several themes running through the sessions of our third annual GeekWire Cloud Summit Wednesday, but one thing is clear: data is the lifeblood of the cloud, from machine-learning… Read More

Is AI overhyped? Cloud startup CEOs call out proliferation of trendy technology

The world’s biggest technology companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing sophisticated artificial intelligence capabilities, but its usefulness in all but the most complex scenarios may be a bit… Read More

Here’s what every developer at every company needs to know, according to Microsoft’s CTO

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are popular concepts in the tech world, but one of Microsoft’s top executives sees the technologies as must-haves for companies of all kinds. Microsoft Chief… Read More

How this woman’s journey to becoming a startup CEO illustrates tech industry’s gender issues

Computer Science 101 ruined Kristen Miller’s perfect GPA. She was close to finishing her degree at the University of Illinois but had been putting off the required class. A psychology… Read More

DevOps is changing the way companies build software. Learn more from five experts at the GeekWire Cloud Summit

As software-as-a-service became the dominant vector for enterprise computing during the last several years, the development velocity required from top-tier software teams skyrocketed. DevOps has been one of the key… Read More

Hear from top speakers in AI, DevOps and Cloud Migration at the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit

One of the biggest tasks facing businesses interested in cloud computing is figuring out how to make the transition without breaking their existing applications, and then unlocking the promise of… Read More

Hear speakers from Slack, Icertis, Solo.io, and SendGrid at the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit

It might be spring break in Seattle, but plans for the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit, presented by F5, are in full swing. We are excited to announce four new speakers… Read More

GeekWire Cloud Summit: Learn where today’s cloud leaders are placing bets at our biggest technical conference

The GeekWire Cloud Summit, our biggest technical conference of the year, is coming up on June 5 at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, featuring some of the top technical and business… Read More

Kevin Scott

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft

Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec

Vice President and General Manager, Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services

Cal Henderson

Co-Founder & CTO, Slack

Preeti Rathi

Partner, Ignition Partners

Idit Levine

Founder & CEO, Solo.io

Sheila Gulati

Managing Director, Tola Capital

J.R. Jasperson

Chief Technology Officer, Twilio-SendGrid

Bindu Thota

VP of Technology, Zulily

Charles Davis

Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Element Data

Samir Bodas

Co-Founder & CEO, Icertis

Kristina Bergman

Founder & CEO, Integris Software

Joe Beda

Principal Engineer, VMware

Tara Hernandez

Engineering Manager, Google Cloud Platform at Google

Akhil Gupta

VP of Engineering, Dropbox

Craig McLuckie

VP R&D, VMware

Brendan Burns

Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft Azure

Nell Shamrell-Harrington

Principal Software Development Engineer, Chef Software

Sudip Chakrabarti

Partner, Madrona Venture Group

Arif Kareem

CEO and President, ExtraHop

Sanjay Parthasarathy

Chief Product Officer, Avalara

Illya Chekrygin

Founding Engineer, Upbound

Hernan Alvarez

VP of Product, Algorithmia

B.J. Moore

Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health

Lee Atchison

Senior Director, Strategic Architecture at New Relic

Thom McCann

Senior Manager, Software Development, T-Mobile

Dr. Demitri Plessas

Lead Data Scientist, Zulily

Chris Emura

Executive Director, Engineering, Vulcan Inc.

Oliver Sharp

Co-Founder & VP of Customer Services, Highspot

Charles Fitzgerald

Angel Investor

Luke Hoban

CTO, Pulumi

Gopala Gaddipati

Senior Member of Technical Staff, Director, T-Mobile

Gretchen O'Hara

Vice President, Go-to-Market for the One Commercial Partner Organization, Microsoft

Anushka Anand

Senior Product Manager, Tableau

Robert Haynes

Principal Technical Marketing Manager – Cloud, F5 Networks