Rob has innovated edge, cloud and infrastructure space for 20 years and has done everything from working with early ESX betas to serving four terms on the OpenStack Foundation Board and as an executive at Dell. He's also the host of the Cloud2030 podcast focused on cloud, industry, edge and related topics.

As CEO and co-founder of RackN, Rob created a new generation of Infrastructure Automation platforms to leverage the containers and service-oriented ops. He believes that the technology of running data centers and applications cannot work without also addressing process and people challenges. He trained as an Engineer from degrees from Duke (BS Mechanical) and LSU (MS Industrial).