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John Rhoton
John currently works as an independent strategy consultant assisting multinational corporations in their adoption of emerging technologies. He is a frequent speaker at technical conferences, such as Microsoft Tech Ed, RSA or the HP Technology forum and is widely recognized in the industry as the author of five books, including his most recent “Cloud Computing Explained”. His career in IT covers over twenty-five years spread across nine countries on three continents. John’s responsibilities have ranged from software engineering, solution architecture and program management to business development and strategic consulting. Until recently, he worked in the Office of the CTO of HP Enterprise Services where he drove initiatives in Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and Business Consulting. In the role of HP Distinguished Technologist, he led the technical strategy for cloud services, virtualization, mobility and next-generation networking and oversaw several key corporate knowledge management and community-building programs. John holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Missouri-Rolla and an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. He lives with his family in Vienna, Austria, and is actively engaged with clients around the world.
