Bio

Customer Experience • Product Development • Technical Expertise Engineering Director with a diverse background in software development, product management, user experience, and operations management. Demonstrated leadership in working with cross-functional teams to develop business strategy and deliver high-quality, quick time to value cloud native technologies on time and budget. Strong focus on data-driven decision-making and agile development processes. Committed to creating a collaborative culture in and across teams with an emphasis on inclusion, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement. Architect of several cloud offerings, including Splunk APM, VMware Log Intelligence, VMware Cloud Foundry, Mozy by EMC Cloud Backup, EMC Atmos Online, and ATT Synaptic Storage as a Service. Provided reference architecture and technical guidance in the VCE Vblock architecture and VMware's vCloud Air and OneCloud deployments. Author of SFlanders.net, a technology-centric weblog focusing on various topics, including cloud computing, virtualization, and system administration. Presents regularly at international conferences, including KubeCon and Google Cloud Next.