OpenStack for Architects Author Presentation

6:00 - 6:40 PM - Food/Networking

6:40 - 7:30 PM - OpenStack for Architects Presentation

7:30 - 8:00 PM - Q&A/Open Discussion

Ben Silverman has just recently co-authored a fantastic book on OpenStack, called OpenStack for Architects. Ben will discuss how the book was written, why it's relevant, what he's trying to achieve, why he picked the subjects he did and what the next edition might contain.

Here is a link to the Amazon page (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1784395102/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_vEhPyb3SKT7T4)

As the Principal Cloud Architect for OnX Enterprise Solutions, Ben Silverman is responsible for providing strategic and tactical cloud leadership to OnX’s customers. Previously Ben was a Senior Cloud Architect at Mirantis where he developed cloud solutions for many Fortune 100 companies. Ben has been involved with OpenStack for 4 years and is an active technical contributor. Prior to working for Mirantis Ben was the Lead Technical Architect at American Express where he built one of the largest financial services OpenStack clouds at that time. Ben is an exuberant OpenStack evangelist who is often seen speaking at industry events and conventions about OpenStack adoption, scale challenges and cloud operations. In his limited spare time, Ben and a few others have taken on the task of re-writing all of the OpenStack architecture and operations guides that are currently available on the OpenStack Foundation website. Ben has a Master’s degree in Information Management from Arizona State University and lives in Phoenix, AZ.