The Speaker Lineup That Delivers
There are many interconnected elements that make up the Cloud—and these are the expert speakers that will guide you through them.
Highlight Speakers
These legends come to CloudFest 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.
Ralph Echemendia
Founder
The Ethical Hacker
Spain
David Cattler
Founder and Principal
Ironhelm Works
United States
Reese Tuttle
Threat Researcher
AP2T Labs
United States
Rebecca Hinds
Author
Your Best Meeting Ever
United States
Radia Perlman
Fellow
Dell Technologies
United States
Brewster Kahle
Founder and Digital Librarian
Internet Archive
United States
Jesse Tuttle
Hacker
AP2T Labs
United States
Ram Mohan
Chief Strategy Officer
Identity Digital
United States
Roger Rohatgi
Chief AI Officer
Chai
United States
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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 brings you meaningful conversations, daring ideas, and insights that matter.
Alain Schlesser
Technologist & Agentic Engineer
alainschlesser.com
Germany
Alexander Troshin
Product Marketing Manager – EMEA
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Martin Dion
SVP, Corporate Security
BCV Bank
Switzerland
Thomas Kitz
Owner
Thomas Kitz Consulting
Germany
Stephan Koch
HPE OpsRamp Solution Architect
HPE
Germany

Borja Cruz Ballesteros
MSP and MSSP Email Security Sales Manager
Check Point Software
Spain

Rene Oldenbeuving
SVP Sales Group.one & COO Benelux
Group.one
Netherlands

Mark Williams
Head of Sales
LA Micro (Bytestock)
United Kingdom

Sameer Thakar
Vice President, Product Management
Verisign

Dominik Graef
Team Lead – Channel
AvePoint
Germany

Joost de Valk
CEO
Progress Planner
Netherlands
Marco Bellini
Director
C41.ch SAGL
Switzerland

Rafael Biermann
CTO
Hardwareluxx Media
Germany
Ebrahim Keshavarz
Senior Vice President, Marketing, Product, and Channel Management
Verisign

Sean Varley
Chief Evangelist, VP of Business Development
Ampere Computing
United States

Julian Chesterfield
CTO / Co-Founder
hosted·ai
United Kingdom

Antoine Boucher
Vice President
WildFire Storage
United States

Arto Minasyan
Co-Founder & President
10Web.io
United States

Georgios Kardaras
EMEA Sales Director, Datacenter & Edge
INTEL
Poland

Siobhan McKeown
COO
Patchstack
United Kingdom

Mark Weisbrod
CEO
Greyd GmbH
Germany

Bernhard Schimpl
Alliance Director
NVIDIA
Austria
Luke Langford
CEO
Monarx
United States

Stefan Schäfer
Head of Marketing Central & Eastern Europe
OVHcloud
Germany

Anton Akhtyamov
Director of Product Management
WebPros
Germany

Andie Yen
Deputy Director, Data Center Infrastructure and Advanced Cooling Technology Business Development Head
Giga Computing
Taiwan

Anton Skornas
Head of Product
Blackwall
Estonia

Johann Strauss
Field CTO in the global AI Solutions Organization
Dell Technologies
Germany

John-Erik Horn
CEO
difesa GmbH & Co. KG
Germany
Milos Krasojevic
Manager of Product Management for GPU Systems
Supermicro
Netherlands

Ash Lomberg
Vice President GTM – EMEA
Chargebee
Netherlands

Vito Peleg
CEO
Atarim
United Kingdom
Kamal Bhatt
Head of Value Driven Software Delivery
STORDIS GmbH
Germany

Levent Akyil
CEO & CTO
co-mind.ai
Germany
Ryan Horjus
VP of Deployments
Hydra Host
United States

Rahul Bansal
Founder & CEO
rtCamp
India
Sabrina Breidert
Head of Sales
Yorizon GmbH & Co KG
Germany

Sandra Kurze
COO / CMO
Greyd GmbH
Germany

Christopher Luft
Partner Account Manager
Hornetsecurity GmbH
Germany

Dima Tsaripa
NVIDIA Alliance Manager in HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Germany

Benedykt Marciniak
Commercial Account Executive, DAC
Wasabi
Germany

Markus Leberecht
Principal Engineer
Intel
Germany

Tom Webb
VP Product Innovation
Team Internet
United Kingdom

Brooke Edge
Expert
Open Eye
United States
Kevin MA
BEEHE Business Development Director (EU)
Beehe Electric
China

Rachel Sterling
CMO
Identity Digital
United States

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

Abhishek Majithia
CEO
Mental Fitness Seminars
India
Paul Hoecherl
Technologist DataCenter Member of the CTO Organization
Lenovo
Germany

Andy Simpson
Vice President, Business Intelligence and Data Analytics
Verisign

Christian Helmholz
Business Developmet & Product Marketing
Ampere Computing
United States

Sebastian Overhage
Managing Director | Co-Founder
utilacy GmbH
Germany
Lukáš Kršek
Business development manager
WEDOS
Luxembourg

Narek Torosyan
CEO
10Web.io
United States

Tony Tang
CTO, Chief architect and Senior Director
Huawei Global Storage Solution
United States
Liza Newell
Storyteller
Stories from the Well of Life
United States
Jordan Yerman
Senior Copywriter and Content Lead
CloudFest
Canada

Rainer Kaese
Senior Manager
Toshiba
Germany

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

Toygar Cinar
Managing Director
RheinWest HR Solutions GmbH
Germany
Hessel Mulder
Enterprise Account Executive
Chargebee
Netherlands

Michiel Grotenhuis
CEO
Brandforge.com
Netherlands
Adam Wien
Product Manager
Comet Backup
United States

Darius James
Technology Advisor
MYCLOUDSME
India
Jens Fröhner
CIO/CDO
BWIHK
Germany
Alex Segeda
Director, Business Development
Western Digital
United Kingdom

Adam Weeks
Owner
Cirrus Influence
United States
Peter Groth
VP & GM, SP & OEM
HPE
United States

Salvador Aguilar
Threat Research Manager
Monarx.com
Mexico

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

Roman Agabekov
CEO
Releem, Inc.
Armenia
Mike Anderson
Global MSP Channel Manager
EasyDMARC
United States

Isao Yamamoto
Chief Specialist, SSD Division
KIOXIA Corporation
Japan

Linus Banse
CEO
JUNG&BANSE GmbH
Germany
Lino Brenner
Security Expert / Developer / Freelancer
byteinspect
Germany
Antoine Coetsier
COO and co-founder
Exoscale
Switzerland
Taco Verdonschot
Chief Community Officer
Progress Planner
Netherlands
Robert Jacobi
CXO
Blackwall
United States

Sandy Edwards
Senior Marketing Manager
Bluehost
United States

Thierry Muller
VP of Products, AI
WP Engine
Switzerland
Andre Meij
CTO
Soverin
Netherlands

Aleksandar Relic
Chief Engineer
KIOXIA Europe GmbH
Germany

Giuseppe Spadafora
Channel Manager
Provectus Software GmbH
Germany
Sascha Tezak
Partner Sales Manager, MSP/MSSP Email Security
Check Point Software Technologies
Germany

Boyan Krosnov
CTO and Co-Founder
StorPool Storage
Bulgaria

Patrick Burgess
Technical Director
Nutbourne Ltd
United Kingdom
Sebastian Schreiber
Managing Director
SySS GmbH
Germany

Juergen Domnik
Founder and CEO
JuDoCon
Germany
Giedrius Zakaitis
Chief Product Officer
Hostinger
Lithuania
David Dornieden
Senior EMEA CSP Account Executive
Lenovo
Germany

Arlindo Vogli
Senior Solution Manager
ZTE Deutschland GmbH
Germany

Ivan Milenkovic
VP of Cyber Risk Technology
Qualys
United Kingdom

Markku Räsänen
CEO and Co-founder
ConfidentialMind
Finland
Sebastian Barone
Channel Manager
Provectus Software GmbH
Germany
Sönke Strahmann
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Talentship GmbH
Germany
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