Bio

Ian Pratt is currently Global Head of Security at HP Inc. He heads a new security business unit that is building on HP's strengths in hardware, systems software, ML/AI, and ability to deploy at massive scale, to create industry-leading endpoint security solutions that are deployed on millions of machines and used by some of the most security-conscious organizations in the world. Ian was Co-Founder and President/CEO at Bromium, where he is focused on the continued rapid growth of the business through delivering the superb security provided by Bromium's products to mainstream Enterprises. He previously led the team that created the innovative technology behind Bromium's products. He is also Chairman Emeritus of The Xen Project, the organization that leads development of the open source Xen hypervisor. He co-founded the Xen project in 2001, and has played a key role in both the architecture of Xen and the formation of industry partnerships that led to the emergence of Xen as the leading open source virtualization technology, used in millions of servers around the world and a key technology behind ''cloud computing''. Ian was co-founder and Chief Scientist of XenSource, which built enterprise-class virtualization products based on Xen and was acquired by Citrix in 2007 for $500M. He served for over three years as VP of Advanced Products at Citrix, and was a CTO panel member. He was the technical and business driving force behind the creation of innovative new products and technologies such as XenClient. . He was previously a member of Senior faculty at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, where he led Systems Research for almost 10 years. Ian was also a founder of Nemesys Research, acquired by FORE Systems, and has consulted widely in the technology industry. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, and was elected a Fellow of Kings College in 1996. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and was awarded the society's Silver Medal in 2009. Specialties: computer architecture, security, networking, operating systems, virtualization, open source, engineering leadership