Speaker Details

Ben Cherian is the Director of Partnerships, Alliances, and Channel in the Storage Business Unit at Red Hat. He came over to Red Hat as part of the Inktank acquisition where he served as Vice President of Strategic Development and was responsible for partnerships, strategic alliances, and corporate development. Previously, he served as Chief Strategy Officer of Midokura, a network virtualization company. Prior to Midokura, he was the General Manager of Emerging Technologies at DreamHost, where he ran the cloud business unit. Prior to DreamHost, he started several successful technology companies: a cloud-focused managed services company, a CIO consultancy, an ERP implementation firm, and a systems / network integration firm. Ben loves burgers.