Published by Michael Elliott
Michael Elliott is a thought leader, cloud strategist and enterprise data center evangelist focusing on data center evolution with particular emphasis on private and hybrid clouds.
Michael previously worked as Dell’s Cloud Evangelist representing Dell’s cloud portfolio and vision at customer meetings, media briefings, and industry conferences. Prior to that, Michael held marketing and consulting roles in the storage and telecom industry. Michael currently works for NetApp as their cloud strategist and evangelist.
Michael started his career as a mainframe programmer for General Electric and held the role of adjunct professor of marketing at the University of Akron. Michael has a mathematics degree from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Pennsylvania State University.
Michael’s recent work includes:
• Participation in cloud industry panels and private equity discussions relating to the vision of cloud.
• Business development activities with a focus on the enterprise data center.
• Sales enablement and training on cloud positioning and how cloud impacts hardware and software sales.
• Industry conference presentations including the Consumer Electronics Show, Cloud Computing East, Educause, and the Cloud Computing Association.
• Presentation at the International Forum on Innovation and Emerging Industries Development in Shanghai, China
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