Screaming in the Cloud

About Rachel StephensRachel Stephens is an industry analyst with RedMonk, the developer focused industry analyst firm, covering a broad range of developer and infrastructure products. At RedMonk she has worked with vendors such as Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft.Rachel arrived at RedMonk with a background in finance, including an MBA with a Business Intelligence specialization, along with broad exposure to a variety of enterprise database systems. Her analysis and work leverages a variety of programming and statistical modeling languages including Python and R. At RedMonk she has covered everything from Infrastructure-as-a-Service pricing patterns and trends to explorations of serverless definitions and usage.In her free time, Rachel enjoys skiing and spending time in the mountains of Colorado, where she lives with her family.Links ReferencedTwitter: @rstephensmeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelstephens/Company site: redmonk.com/rstephens

About Pete CheslockPete is Professionally Unaffiliated, but spends his time consulting and advising companies such as CHAOSSEARCH and CloudTruth.Previous he was the VP of Product for CHAOSSEARCH, and before that he has been running large scale infrastructure on Amazon Web Services since 2009Links Referencedre:Invent Expo Nature Walk Twitter ThreadTwitter Username: @petecheslockLinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petecheslock/Personal site: https://pete.wtfCompany site: https://pete.wtfCHAOSSEARCH

About Chloe CondonChloe is a Bay Area based Cloud Advocate for Microsoft. Previously, she worked at Sentry.io where she was an advocate for their open-source & hosted error monitoring tool, and created the award winning "Sentry Scouts" program. Her unique demos and projects with Microsoft Azure have ranged from fake boyfriend alerts to Mario Kart "astrology", and have been featured in VICE, The New York Times, as well as SmashMouth's Twitter account. Chloe holds a BA in Drama from San Francisco State University and is a graduate of Hackbright Academy. She prides herself on being a non-traditional background engineer, is likely one of the only engineers you'll meet who has played an ogre princess, crayon, and the back-end of a cow on a professional stage (a true "triple threat"), and is passionate about bringing folks with non-traditional backgrounds into tech.LinksTwitter: @ChloeCondonLinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloecondon/Personal site: https://dev.to/chloecondonCompany site: https://azure.microsoft.com

About Cody OgdenA product designer at heart, Cody has been crafting experiences for the web since he was ten years old. He’s best known for his open source website and its cheeky Twitter account, Killed by Google, which Fast Company called “an informational fever dream,” and one netizen praised as “an ignorant meme.” His project tracks news of Google’s product decisions until they are laid to rest in the Google Graveyard.Cody works remotely as a software engineer at Cannabiz Media. He's a fan of hard cider, winters in Minnesota, and sees himself moving into a product design role at some point in the future.LinksTwitter: @killedbygoogleLinkedIn URL: https://linkedin.com/in/codyogdenPersonal site: https://codyogden.comCompany site: https://killedbygoogle.com

About Russ SavageRuss Savage is a Product Manager at InfluxData where he focuses on enabling DevOps for teams using InfluxDB and the TICK Stack. He has a background in computer engineering and has been focused on various aspects of enterprise data for the past 10 years. Russ has previously worked at Cask Data, Elastic, Box, and Amazon. When Russ is not working at InfluxData, he can be seen speeding down the slopes on a pair of skis.Links Referencedruss@influxdata.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/russellsavage/https://www.influxdata.com/

About Tiffany FarrissTiffany is the CEO and co-owner of Palantir.net. Along with George DeMet, she provides the vision and values for Palantir. She has over 20 years of internet consulting and development experience and extensive experience providing information architecture and usability consulting for a wide variety of clients. Tiffany has a BA in Mathematics from Northwestern University, where she focused on mathematical modeling and human-computer interaction, and was a member of the Drupal Association Board from 2009–2017.Links ReferencedSponsors AWS SolutionsInflux DataTwitter: @farrissLinkedIn URL: www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyfarrissCompany site: Palantir.net

About Sasha RosenbaumSasha is a Program Manager on the Azure DevOps engineering team, focused on improving the alignment of the product with open-source software.Sasha is a co-organizer of the DevOps Days Chicago and the DeliveryConf conferences, and recently published a book on Serverless computing in Azure with .NET.Links Referenced: Sponsor: Snark.cloud/AWSsolutionsTwitter Username: @DivineOpsLinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sasha-rosenbaum/Personal site: https://www.sasharosenbaum.com/Youtube channel: Azure DevOpsCompany site: microsoft.com

About Tanya JancaTanya Janca is the co-founder and CEO of Security Sidekick. Her obsession with securing software runs deep, from starting her company, to running her own OWASP chapter for 4 years and founding the OWASP DevSlop open-source and education project. With her countless blog articles, workshops and talks, her focus is clear. Tanya is also an advocate for diversity and inclusion, co-founding the international women’s organization WoSEC, starting the online #MentoringMonday initiative, and personally mentoring, advocating for and enabling countless other women in her field. As a professional computer geek of 20+ years, she is a person who is truly fascinated by the ‘science’ of computer science.LinksTwitter Username: @shehackspurpleLinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-janca-60ab0998/Personal site: https://dev.to/shehackspurpleCompany site: https://securitysidekick.devSponsor:  www.manifold.co

About Josh DoodyJosh is a salary negotiation coach who helps experienced software developers negotiate job offers from big tech companies like Google and Amazon.Links Referenced: Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshdoodyLinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdoody/Personal site: https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/My Coaching Site:: https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/coach/A detailed article on how to answer the salary expectations question: https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/the-dreaded-salary-question/

About Paul DixPaul Dix is the creator of InfluxDB. He has helped build software for startups, large companies and organizations like Microsoft, Google, McAfee, Thomson Reuters, and Air Force Space Command. He is the series editor for Addison Wesley’s Data & Analytics book and video series. In 2010 Paul wrote the book Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails for Addison Wesley’s. In 2009 he started the NYC Machine Learning Meetup, which now has over 7,000 members. Paul holds a degree in computer science from Columbia University.Links Referenced: Twitter Username: @pauldixLinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldix/Personal site: pauldix.netCompany site: www.influxdata.com