Insightful conversations. Less snark.

Guy Raz is a senior systems engineer at ExtraHop, makers of cloud-native cybersecurity solutions. Prior to joining ExtraHop in 2017, Guy worked as a network engineer at Cox Communications and a software consultant and professional services team lead at AirWatch. He holds a master of science degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech and is a AWS certified solutions architect. Join Corey and Guy as they talk about what exactly ExtraHop does, how too many organizations treat security as an afterthought in the cloud, how most organizations have a ton of network data sitting there but few analyze it, the delicate balance between minimizing the attack surface and understanding and reacting to damage as quickly as possible, how Corey’s opinion of ExtraHop has evolved over time, how long it takes for ExtraHop to learn what anomalies look like in your environment, and more.

Austin Parker is a principal developer advocate at LightStep. Prior to this position, he worked as a software architect at Apprenda, an adjunct instruction and researcher at the University of Albany, a telecommunications specialist at Alltech, and as a support specialist for Verizon and Sprint. Join Corey and Austin as they discuss how the rise of distributed workforces has made observability a top concern for organizations, the many lives Austin led before getting into DevRel and how he ended up in DevRel in the first place, how Deserted Island DevOps came to be during the pandemic, what Austin believes many companies get wrong about developer marketing, why Austin believes teams don’t talk enough, the importance of biasing toward openness and transparency, and more.

Donnie Berkholz, Ph.D., is VP of Products at Docker. Prior to this position, he was an executive in residence at Scale Venture Partners, VP of IT Service Delivery of CWT, director of development, DevOps, and IT operations at 451 Research, an open-source leader at Gentoo Linux, a senior analyst at RedMonk, and a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic, among other positions. He earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry and biophysics from Oregon State University in 2009. Join Corey and Donnie as they talk about the new iteration of Docker and how the company has reinvented itself in the past year and a half, the blurring line between developers and operations, how no container runs in isolation, why multi-cloud is possible but not realistic, how Docker doesn’t want to be the runtime platform in production, what Donnie thinks Docker will look like 15 years from now, and more.

Owen Rogers wears many hats at 451 Research; he’s the vice president of cloud transformation and digital economics, the research director for the firm’s digital economics unit, and a senior analyst for digital economics. Prior to these positions, Owen was a doctoral researcher in cloud computing at the University of Bristol, completing his PhD thesis in 2013; a product portfolio manager at Claranet; and an independent product management and cloud computing consultant, among other positions. Join Corey and Owen as they talk about what it’s like when two cloud economists meet at an event but only one has a PhD, what exactly an industry analyst does, how 451 Research found that 53% of companies increased cloud spend during the pandemic and what resources they’re investing in, the Law of Cloud Entropy and why Owen believes the cloud will only get more disordered in the future, why it’s easy for cloud costs to spiral out of control, how organizations are trying to rein in cloud spend despite using more cloud services, why Owen doesn’t believe we’ll reach cloud commoditization anytime soon, and more.

Chadd Kenney is the VP of Product at Clumio, makers of a backup as a service solution for enterprise cloud environments. Previously, he worked as VP of Products and Solutions at Pure Storage, field CTO and divisional systems engineering manager at Dell EMC, and team lead, production services at CaseCentral, among other positions. He was also a board advisor for Rubrik, Inc. Join Corey and Chadd as they talk about what Clumio does, how no one’s been able to truly provide backup services for cloud environments, why someone should choose to work with Clumio instead of using AWS Backup, the shortcomings of AWS Backup, how no one cares about backups until the minute they need them, how backups are never really strategic for businesses but are necessary regardless, how Clumio Discover gives teams much better visibility into their environments than AWS Backup, how to get started with Clumio, and more.

Aviad Mor is the CTO and co-founder of Lumigo, a serverless intelligence platform that helps developers understand and troubleshoot serverless applications. Prior to this role, he wore many hats at Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. over the course of 12 years, rising to the group manager of R&D for next generation architecture by the end of his tenure. Aviad Mor is the CTO and co-founder of Lumigo, a serverless observability platform that helps developers understand and troubleshoot serverless applications. Prior to this role, he wore many hats at Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. over the course of 12 years, rising to the group manager of R&D for next generation architecture by the end of his tenure. Join Corey and Aviad as they talk about what Lumigo does, how the most interesting serverless environments are in AWS, what a hybrid serverless environment might look like, what the true promise of serverless is, why observability is really just hipster monitoring, what sets Lumigo apart from other players in the serverless space, how the serverless space continues to grow and diversify, why the future of serverless is exciting, and more.

Nathen Harvey is a developer advocate at Google. Prior to this position, he worked as vice president of community development and community director at Chef Software, web operations manager at Custom Ink, senior director of operations at VisualCV, and director of CRM applications at Software AG, among other positions. He’s also the co-author of 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts. Join Corey and Nathen as they talk about how Custom Ink is more of a company that sells experiences than one that sells T-shirts, the pros and cons of hiring several employees from your community, what inspired Nathen to join Google, how simply taking the State of DevOps survey gives teams insights into how they can improve, why everyone wants to have written a book but no one wants to be writing a book, how Nathen ended up with an e in his name, and more.

Sanjay Poonen is the former Chief Operating Officer at VMware, a position he held for nearly eight years. He’s also an investor affiliate with the Webb Investment Network and a board member for Dell Boomi. After beginning his career as a software engineer at Microsoft and Apple, Sanjay has held a number of different positions over the years, including SVP of Marketing and Corporate Officer at Informatica, VP of Strategic Operations at Symantec, and President and Corporate Officer at SAP, among other positions. He’s also served on the board for Zoom and DocuSign. Join Corey and Sanjay as they talk about the role VMware played in the development of the first iteration of the cloud and how the company has pivoted since then, how the partnership between AWS and VMware was forged and what it means for customers, what VMware will focus on over the next decade, how VMware is the Switzerland of the cloud, why Sanjay believes more and more customers are opting for multi-cloud, why every company is becoming a software company at its core, how there’s never been a more exciting time to write software coming out of college, and more.

Join Jesse and Amy as they about the four-item cloud cost management starter kit, how to explain being a cloud economist to someone else, why you should turn on the AWS Cost and Usage Report immediately, why you need to get to know your account manager and build rapport with them, how that relationship is designed to be mutually beneficial, how it’s important to know about the contracts and reservations that exist across your organization (not just in your department), why you need to think about the non-technical parts of cloud projects (e.g., people and process costs), and more.

Denise Yu is a senior software engineer at GitHub based in Toronto. Prior to this position, she worked as a senior software engineer at Pivotal, Inc., a full-stack developer at Mergermarket, and a Ruby on Rails developer at Third Space Learning. Denise earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and philosophy from Columbia University and a master’s degree in social policy and planning from the London School of Economics. Join Corey and Denise as they talk about what exactly it is that Denise does at GitHub, why Corey believes Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub will be seen as a transformational moment in five years, how GitHub has shaped the way Denise thinks about software collaboration, how GitHub uses GitHub across its operations, how GitHub’s site looks better every time Corey looks at it, how Denise can’t wait to check out GitHub HQ but hasn’t been able to because of the pandemic, what it was like adjusting from working in Pivotal’s pairing culture to GitHub’s asynchronous one, how GitHub solves version control problems, how to decide whether to speak at an event, advice for speaking at a conference, and more.

Brad Stone is a senior executive editor at Bloomberg, where he focuses on tech. He’s also the author of several books, including two about Amazon: The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon and Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire. Earlier in his career, Brad worked as a senior technology writer for Bloomberg Businessweek, a technology correspondent for the New York Times, and a Silicon Valley correspondent for Newsweek. Join Corey and Brad as they talk about the inspiration that led to the decision to write two books about one of the world’s most secretive companies, how all roads lead back to Bezos when writing about Amazon—including telling the AWS story, the philosophy behind why some AWS services are given the AWS moniker while others are given the Amazon moniker, how Amazon gives us time back vs. extracting it like other tech companies, how Amazon was a lifeline during the pandemic, Brad’s biggest criticisms about Amazon, and more.

Wesley Faulkner is a developer advocate at Daily, makers of a real-time video API for developers. He’s also a board member at The Experience Firm. Previously, Wesley worked as a technical community manager at MongoDB, a developer relations advocate at IBM, and a product development engineer at AMD, among other positions. He also ran social media at Atlassian. A resident of Austin, Texas, Wesley has served on the Interactive Advisory Board for SXSW for more than a decade. Join Corey and Wesley as they talk about how companies that can afford to buy vowels are hard to Google, the problems Daily is solving around video, how Wesley ran unsuccessfully for office in Austin, how South by Southwest has evolved over the years and how Wesley can’t wait to meet people face-to-face once the pandemic is over, how Wesley is interested in neurodiversity and what that means, the importance of accessibility and the hidden benefits of posting transcripts with podcasts, how to get over the awkwardness of networking, the importance of thinking about long-term relationships instead of short-term transactions, and more.