Industry-Leading Speakers
There are many interconnected elements that make up the Cloud—and an all-star roster of expert speakers will guide you through them.
Highlight Speakers
Legends are coming to CloudFest Global to help you think outside the box and bring fresh insights to your business strategy. When you need to change the game, it’s best to learn from proven game-changers like these. This is who commanded the stage in 2026: we can’t wait to reveal who you’ll meet in 2027!
Brewster Kahle
Founder and Digital Librarian
Internet Archive
United States
Radia Perlman
Fellow
Dell Technologies
United States
Ralph Echemendia
Founder
The Ethical Hacker
Spain
David Cattler
Founder and Principal
Ironhelm Works
United States
Rebecca Hinds
Author
Your Best Meeting Ever
United States
Ram Mohan
Chief Strategy Officer
Identity Digital
United States
Jesse Tuttle
Hacker
AP2T Labs
United States
Roger Rohatgi
Chief AI Officer
Chai
United States
Reese Tuttle
Threat Researcher
AP2T Labs
United States
Key Theme for 2027
Expert Speakers: The Leading Voices in the Cloud
Set yourself up to profit from the insights of these recognized industry leaders—and learn from them directly in focused masterclasses. CloudFest Global brings you meaningful conversations, daring ideas, and insights that move your bottom line. These experts shared their deep pool of knowledge in 2026: soon we’ll reveal the 2027 lineup!
Hugo Bergmann
Senior Product Marketing Manager for Cloud
Seagate Technology
Germany

Paul Sultana
Technical Specialist for Sales Department
WEDOS

Milos Krasojevic
Manager of Product Management for GPU Systems
Supermicro
Netherlands

Soeren von Varchmin
Chief Evangelist
CloudFest
Spain

Sruthi Yalaka
VP, Marketing
WebPros

Jesse Tuttle
Hacker
AP2T Labs
United States
Rafael Biermann
CTO
Hardwareluxx Media
Germany
Samy Farza
Head of Hybrid Cloud Infra & SAP
Stefanini
Romania
Boyan Krosnov
CTO and Co-Founder
StorPool Storage
Bulgaria

Abhishek Majithia
CEO
Mental Fitness Seminars
India
Martin Wielomski
VP of Product
phoenixNAP
Netherlands
Pete Urmson
CEO
Spotzer Digital
Netherlands
Liza Newell
Storyteller
Stories from the Well of Life
United States
Nikolai Graf-Rüssel
Partner Manager, DACH
Elementor
Germany

Georgios Kardaras
EMEA Sales Director, Datacenter & Edge
INTEL
Poland

Reese Tuttle
Threat Researcher
AP2T Labs
United States
Lauro Rizzatti
Technical MKTG
VSORA
United States

Phil Cutrone
SVP & GM Service Providers, OEM Solutions, and Telco Infrastructure Server Business
HPE
United States

John-Erik Horn
CEO
difesa GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
Martin Helmich
Head of Developer Relations
mittwald
Germany
Narek Torosyan
CEO
10Web.io
United States
James Lee
Group Product Manager
WebPros
Malaysia

Kimberli Lewis
General Manager and Board Member
Siinda
Switzerland

Laurent Allard
Board Advisor
L.A. Advisory
France
Sascha Nemeth
COO
HEJUBA GmbH
Germany
Patrick Dewald
CEO
GeoGen
Belgium
Marcel Wilnicki
Software Engineer
Ampere Computing
Poland

Brooke Edge
Expert
Open Eye
United States
Peter Roybal
Director of Product Management
Sectigo
United States

Michael Fowler
VP, Partner Growth – Americas
WebPros
United States

Ylona LI
Senior Presales Engineer
KAYTUS SYSTEMS PTE. LTD
France

Andy Simpson
Vice President, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
Verisign

Hein Matthee
Solutions Architect
OpenNebula Systems
Spain

Benedykt Marciniak
Commercial Account Executive, DAC
Wasabi
Germany

Lukáš Kršek
Business development manager
WEDOS
Luxembourg

Toygar Cinar
Managing Director
RheinWest HR Solutions GmbH
Germany
Holger Nicolay
Director Business Development
firstcolo Datacenters GmbH
Germany

Yuri Slukhai
EMEA Team Leader & BDM Servers
ASBISc Enterprises Plc
Cyprus

Kim Barnes-Dallas
EMEA Server Channel Sales Manager
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Roger Corell
Sr. Director of AI and Leadership Marketing
Solidigm
United States

Bernhard Schimpl
Alliance Director
NVIDIA
Austria
Jeff Wittich
Chief Product Officer
Ampere Computing
United States

Jesse Asklund
Jesse Asklund
WebPros
United States

Matt Russell
Former Chief Cloud Officer & Private Investor
Namecheap
United Kingdom
Vincent Oostlander
Director Europe Solution Sales
Seagate Technology
Spain


Christian Jaeger
CEO
CloudFest
Germany

Rahul Bansal
Founder & CEO
rtCamp
India
Sebastian Barone
Channel Manager
Provectus Software GmbH
Germany
Christian Dawson
Executive Director
i2Coalition
United States
Isao Yamamoto
Chief Specialist, SSD Division
KIOXIA Corporation
Japan

Isabelle Steinhauser
Senior AI and Machine Learning Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Germany

Ebrahim Keshavarz
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Product, and Channel Management
Verisign

Miriam Wiesner
Sr. Security Research Program Manager
Microsoft
Germany
Ben Gabler
Chief Product Officer
hosting.com
United States
Patricia Hillebrand
Technical Alliances Manager
RNT Rausch GmbH
Germany

Andreas-Joachim Peters
EOS Storage Project Lead – CERN
CERN
Switzerland
Stephen Nyhan
Director of Sales Engineering
Sectigo
Ireland

Mark Weisbrod
CEO
Greyd GmbH
Germany

Reinhold Nawroth
Founder
DSLAM
Germany
Rene Oldenbeuving
SVP Sales Group.one & COO Benelux
Group.one
Netherlands

Event Tickets
Community Pass
Only for CloudFest’s core audience of CSPs, hosters, MSPs, enterprise IT, web agencies, and WordPress developers.
- Welcome to the friendliest and most engaged community in the industry!
- Access to the entire CloudFest Global venue at Europa-Park
- Access to all main party networking events
- Event bag with CloudFest Global documentation
- Attendee in Keynote, Breakout, Masterclass tracks, and Exhibition Hall
- Free shuttle from Offenburg Central Station to Rust and back
- Participation in State of the Cloud survey
VIP Pass
Only for CloudFest’s core audience of CSPs, hosters, MSPs, enterprise IT, web agencies, and WordPress developers.
- All benefits from the Community Pass
- Chauffeured luxury car service between venues and EP hotels
- Exclusive high-level networking events
- Hotel VIP treatment and concierge service (Book your hotel separately)
- Access to VIP Lounge
- Special lunch restaurant with gourmet catering
Vendor Pass
This pass is for professionals who sell to CloudFest’s core audience.
- Access to the entire CloudFest Global venue at Europa-Park
- Access to all main party networking events
- Event bag with CloudFest Global documentation
- Attendee in Keynote, Breakout, Masterclass tracks, and Exhibition Hall
- Catering, including lunch and coffee breaks
- Free shuttle from Offenburg HBF to Rust and back
- The ability to book 1on1 Meeting Tables
- Badge scanning to create downloadable lead lists with your smartphone
- Inclusion in a dedicated Vendor Register so attendees can find and connect with the vendors they want to meet
Vendor VIP Pass
This pass is for professionals who sell to CloudFest’s core channel.
- All benefits from the Vendor Pass
- Chauffeured luxury car service between venues and EP hotels
- Exclusive high-level networking events
- Hotel VIP treatment and concierge service (Book your hotel separately)
- Access to VIP Lounge
- Special lunch restaurant with gourmet catering
