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Sulagna Saha is a writer at Gestalt IT where she covers all the latest in enterprise IT. She has written widely on miscellaneous topics. On gestaltit.com she writes about the hottest technologies in Cloud, AI, Security and sundry.
A writer by day and reader by night, Sulagna can be found busy with a book or browsing through a bookstore in her free time. She also likes cooking fancy things on leisurely weekends. Traveling and movies are other things high on her list of passions. Sulagna works out of the Gestalt IT office in Hudson, Ohio.
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Sulagna Saha is a technology writer. She covers all the latest things in enterprise tech. For the last three years, she has focused on cloud computing, AI, cybersecurity, application development, data storage and networking. These are deeply technical subjects. So she likes to dig into the details, and help readers break through the jargons and consume information easily. Her stories talk about how IT solutions can help their intended users navigate the day-to-day responsibilities at work, and why companies should adopt a certain technology over the other. Sulagna talks to company leaders, software engineers, SMEs and spokespeople to bring new research and insider perspective to her work. In her free time, Sulagna can be found spending time with her toddler, browsing a book or experimenting in the kitchen. Traveling and movies are other things that she is passionate about.
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Krishna Sai is the SVP of Technology & Engineering at SolarWinds. He has over two decades of experience in scaling & leading global teams, innovating and building winning products in a variety of technologies & domains such as ITSM/ITOM, E-Commerce, Enterprise Software, SaaS, AI & Social Networking. Prior to SolarWinds, Sai held technology & engineering leadership roles in Atlassian, Groupon, and Polycom and was the co-founder/CTO of two successful startups. He has a graduate degree in computer engineering from Louisiana State University.
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Ed Saipetch is virtualization practice lead and systems engineer. He has been and both the end user and value added reseller space with a focus on application infrastructure and web architecture scalability.
Avril Salter
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Wireless Systems Technologist and Architect
Jeremy Schulman
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With over 20 years in the networking industry, Jeremy Schulman is a technology pioneer and active contributor in the field of modern network automation with a background in software engineering, technical sales, and business development. He loves to build sophisticated network automation solutions that reduce operational risk, increase service velocity, and provide measurable improvements in network experience for the business.
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Sean Sebring is the solutions engineering manager for SolarWinds. Some people call him Mr. ITIL - actually, nobody calls him that - But everyone who works with Sean knows how crazy he is about ITIL and the wonderful world of IT service management best practices! With a background in IT support, project management, and process improvement, Sean's passions are observing, dissecting, building, and growing the service management processes and practices of anyone who will lend him their ear.
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Palani is a long time IT advisor to some of the leading business brands across the globe. At present, he holds a leadership role at Qualitest group as EVP, Enterprise and Transformation. Prior to Qualitest, Palani held delivery and business transformation roles at Cognizant, HCL and TCS. Having lived in the US, UK and Australia, Palani’s assignments have taken him to over 15 countries. He brings a global perspective and a nuanced approach to balancing customer aspirations and their limitations. Palani holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the College of Engineering, Guindy (Chennai). In his spare time, Palani enjoys cycling, trekking and traveling.
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Willy Sennott is the EVP of FinOps at Vega Cloud.
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Elkhan Shabanov, CEO of DIGICODE, Americas, with his extensive 20+ years of experience, stands at the forefront of defining innovative strategies for IT outsourcing, multinational team management, and synchronization. His expertise in structuring enterprise and cloud technology solutions paves the way for startups and Fortune Global Companies to navigate the complexities of global team coordination.
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Ali Shaikh, Chief Product Officer, Graphiant
Ali Shaikh, CPO, is responsible for the strategic direction for Graphiant, technical alliances, and driving the product roadmap. He led Systems Engineering for Meraki & Viptela at Cisco and was the first Solution Architect and Customer Success Engineer at Viptela. He was responsible for designing and deploying the largest SD-WAN implementations globally.
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Eric Shanks is a Senior Solutions Architect with over 15 years of data center experience focusing on hybrid cloud and automation. He has some of the industry’s highest distinctions including two VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX #195) certifications as many others across a variety of solutions including Microsoft, Cisco, Amazon Web Services, etc.
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Eyvonne Sharp is a network architect for a Fortune 100 healthcare enterprise. She's a co-founder of Network Collective, a bi-weekly video roundtable where network engineers talk about industry trends, challenging projects, and what it takes to do network engineering day-to-day. Before working in the enterprise, she spent 10 years working for small VARs and integrators in the SMB space.
You can find her on twitter @SharpNetwork and she blogs intermittently at http://esharp.net.
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Guy Sheetrit is an accomplished business executive with 14 years of success across the technology, marketing, and software development industries. He has extensive experience providing customized business solutions through his firm OTT Inc for companies, including WhiteSands Treatment and Victoria Secrets amongst others.
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Igor Sheiko is the Managing Partner at Digicode, where he works with top clients like Microsoft, Cisco, BlaBlaCar, etc, to deliver innovative technology solutions and foster long-term relationships. With a strong background in consulting and technology, Igor leads major IT transformation programs that help companies scale their software development lifecycles. Ihor is a Google-certified Professional Cloud Architect and Professional Data Engineer.
Keiran Shelden
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With 10 years and counting of working in the IT industry starting out as a school administrator to a System Engineer in the fast-paced cloud industry. Keiran has gained experience and skill from working with desktops and laptops right up to designing and implementing cloud infrastructure.
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Enrico has 25+ years of industry experience in technical product strategy and management roles. He has advised Mid-Market and Large Enterprises across a numerous industries and software companies ranging from small ISVs to large providers.
Enrico is an internationally renowned visionary author, blogger and speaker on Storage. He has tracked the changes in the Storage industry as a Gigaom Research Analyst and contributor to the Register.
Anand Singh
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Anand Singh is a Senior Content Marketing Expert - SNVC Marketing
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Amitabh Sinha has more than 20 years of experience in enterprise software, end-user computing, mobile, and database software. Amitabh is the CEO of Workspot, and co-founded the company along with Puneet Chawla and Ty Wang in August 2012. Prior to Workspot, Amitabh was the general manager for enterprise desktops and Apps at Citrix Systems. In his five years at Citrix, Amitabh was vice president of product management for XenDesktop and vice president of engineering for the Advanced Solutions Group. Amitabh has a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Terry Slattery
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Terry Slattery is a Principal Architect at NetCraftsmen, an advanced network consulting firm that specializes in high-profile and challenging network consulting jobs. Terry is currently working on network management, SDN, business strategy consulting, and interesting legal cases.
He is the founder of Netcordia, inventor of NetMRI, has been a successful technology innovator in networking during the past 20 years, and is co-inventor on two patents. He has a long history of network consulting and design work, including some of the first Cisco consulting and training. As a consultant to Cisco, he led the development of the current Cisco IOS command line interface. Prior to Netcordia, Terry founded Chesapeake Computer Consultants, which became a Cisco premier training and consulting partner. At Chesapeake, he co-invented and patented the v-LAB system to provide hands-on access to real hardware for the hands-on component of internetwork training classes.
Terry co-authored the successful McGraw-Hill text “Advanced IP Routing in Cisco Networks,” is the second CCIE (1026) awarded, and is a regular speaker at Enterprise Connect and Interop. He blogs at nojitter.com and netcraftsmen.com.
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Vice President and Practice Lead, Channels and Go-to-Market for Futurum Group
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Larry Smith is an experienced senior level professional. Well versed in virtualization, storage, compute, networking, security, automation, DevOps methodologies, BASH scripting, Python dabbling and many other areas.
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Tom is a digital analyst and strategist who writes stories and content to help IT professionals use data and technology to improve UX and CX while reducing costs. He has written more than 1,600 articles on the current and future state of technology.
Tom has worked with thousands of companies in 18 different industries. In addition to interviewing executives and writing articles on the current and future state of technology, he consults with companies to help them develop and implement content and marketing strategies.
Natan Solomon
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Nico Stein is a AVP of IT at Signal Financial FCU, a Maryland based Credit Union with branches in MD, VA and DC. Originally started with IBM Germany, he has over 15 years of IT experiences, managing campus networks and critical systems. He has a passion for all things virtualized and tends to get excited about an ICMP echo reply. Nico holds a CNNA and numerous Microsoft certifications. You can follow Nico on Twitter @nicostein or on his blog https://nicostein.com/
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I’m an IT professional with over 12+ years working in both the public and private sector within the UK. I currently work within the UK financial industry, specialising in infrastructure delivery and integration using products from a host of vendors including Microsoft, Citrix, VMware and EMC to name but a few.
I’ve had an unhealthy interest in all aspects of virtualisation since working on projects deploying VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 and Citrix XenApp. I have followed this up by achieving certifications in a number of these technologies and trying to find the time to continue learning about and spreading the good word of virtualisation.
Hope you find something interesting here at www.gestalit.com
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Paul is Technical Director at a long established UK based IT consultancy Gardner Systems. A technology enthusiast who likes to understand how technology impacts organisations of all types.
He shares his enthusiasm via his BLOG at techstringy.com as well as the Tech Interviews Podcast which can be found at podcast.techstringy.com
Also a member of the NetApp A Team, CRN-A-List, and newly appointed Veeam Vanguard 2018.
Greg Stuart
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A technologist at heart, Greg has spent the last 20 years supporting various information technology projects in both the private and public sector.
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Mike has supported IT infrastructure and messaging services for 19 years for a variety of public and private sector enterprises. He has also held many titles during this time (Senior Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Architect, Security Engineer, Project Manager, Enterprise Architect to name a few) but has always focused on providing high-availability solutions to meet or exceed client requirements. Mike excels in high-pressure, break-fix situations, and strives to provide the highest quality technical documentation for his projects.
Krishna Subramanian
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Krishna Subramanian is COO, president and co-founder of Komprise. In her career, Subramanian has built three successful venture-backed IT businesses and was named a “2021 Top 100 Women of Influence” by Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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Mahesh Kumar Swayamprakasam has a wealth of experience across diverse domains in software development. More than just a developer, he has earned a reputation as a fantastic storyteller, weaving narratives that captivate and educate.
His journey includes being an alumnus of IIM-Calcutta (Indian Institute of Management), along with certifications as a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), ICC-ACP Certified Agile Coach, and SAFe 6.0 Agilist. These credentials reflect his commitment to mastering agile methodologies and coaching others towards success in their agile journeys.
