Bernard Golden

Bernard Golden is Vice President, Strategy at ActiveState. Named in Wired.com as one of the ten most influential persons in cloud computing, Bernard has extensive experience working with organizations to help them adopt and integrate cloud computing effectively. He helps companies apply best practices and meet their goals as they leverage the cloud with Stackato. Prior to joining ActiveState, Bernard was Senior Director, Cloud Computing, for Dell Cloud Manager. Bernard joined Dell as a result of its acquisition of Enstratius where he served as Vice President, Enterprise Solutions. Before joining Dell Enstratius, Bernard founded and led HyperStratus, a global cloud computing consultancy serving customers like Korea Telecom, BMC, Pepsi and Unilever. Bernard acts as an advisor for organizations that leverage his cloud computing expertise to accelerate their success, such as Nirmata and the Cloud Network of Women (CloudNOW). He is the author or co-author of four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies, the most popular book on the topic ever published, and Amazon Web Services for Dummies. Bernard also serves as the cloud computing advisor for CIO Magazine; his blog has been named to over a dozen “best of cloud computing” lists and is read by tens of thousands of persons each month. He is a highly regarded speaker, and has keynoted cloud conferences around the world.