Arpit Joshipura is an executive leader and open source software evangelist across carriers, cloud and enterprise IT - spanning technology areas like networking, orchestration, operating systems, security, AI, edge, hardware and silicon. He was voted “Top 5 Movers and Shakers” in the Telecom Industry. At the Linux Foundation, Arpit leads open source projects in Networking (ONAP, OPNFV, ODL, FDIO, OvS, DPDK, OpenSwitch, DENT and others) as well as Edge/IOT (Akraino, EdgeX, EVE and others). As an industry thought leader, he is driving major disruptions including 5G, Edge, AI, Cloud Native (VNFs to CNFs). Arpit brings 30 years of networking expertise and vision to The Linux Foundation, with both technical depth and business breadth across IP, broadband, optical, mobile, routing, switching, L4-7, cloud, disaggregation, SDN/NFV, Cloud Native, open networking, and has been an early evangelist for open source. Arpit has served in CMO/CTO, VP, and Engineering leadership roles within both startups and larger enterprises.
Zac and Jacob are twins, born an hour and a half apart. Jacob went to Carnegie Mellon University to study engineering. Zac joined a Linux hosting company in 2001 after meeting someone on the internet.
Jags Kandasamy is a co-founder and CEO at Latent AI, an early stage venture dedicated to building solutions that enable the adaptive edge to transform AI processing. In this episode, Jags explains why the edge needs AI and AI needs the edge. Plus, we talk about what brings a Liverpool F.C. fan to the Bay Area and what leaders can learn from Jürgen Klopp.
Jason Shepherd is VP of Ecosystem at ZEDEDA. Prior to joining ZEDEDA, Jason was CTO for the Dell Technologies Edge and IoT Solutions Division.
Jim is an entrepreneurial, collaborative, and dedicated executive with 15+ years of progressive experience in designing corporate strategy, developing strategic alliances, and building business partnerships for the fast-paced software industry. He’s an intuitive leader with sound business acumen and proven ability to plot business strategies using reciprocal team insights and competitive intelligence. Since 2019, Jim has been the founder and general partner at the 5G Open Innovation Lab.
Jim has over 25 years of experience in software development for IoT Edge systems, enterprise application integration and mobile applications. Most recently, Jim was a Distinguished Engineer and Director of the IoT Platform Development Team within the IoT Solutions Division of Dell Technologies, where he was the chief architect for Dell’s largest open source effort to date, EdgeX Foundry™. Jim will continue to serve as Vice Chair of the EdgeX Technical Steering Committee. Prior to Dell, Jim was a partner at Intertech, specializing in Java and .NET application development. Jim is co-author of ‘Java2 Micro Edition: Java in Small Things’, a Lynda.com author, and a frequent conference speaker.
Michael Clegg is the VP & GM for 5G, Embedded and IOT at Supermicro, a leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency converged server and IOT solutions. Prior to that he was COO for Morro Data, a provider of Cached Cloud File Storage-as-a-Service. Michael served as Advisor and Board Member of Amino Technologies, PLC. and full-time as EVP of Cloud Video Solutions and Services. Before that he was SVP and GM for NETGEAR’s Service Provider BU growing that business more than tenfold with a global customer base across Mobile, Cable, Telco and Home Monitoring, achieving number 1 market share in Wi-Fi gateways.