Speakers

Maurice Blackwood, Director: STG Maurice Blackwood  Director: STG
Director: STG
Maurice Blackwood, Director: STG

Maurice joined IBM SA on assignment from the US effective 1 August 2013.

Max von Bonin, Enterprise Storage Leader, IBM Middle East Africa Max von Bonin  Enterprise Storage Leader, IBM Middle East Africa
Enterprise Storage Leader, IBM Middle East Africa
Max von Bonin, Enterprise Storage Leader, IBM Middle East Africa

Mr. von Bonin leads the Storage Infrastructure Sales Team for IBM across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.

 Amit Dave  Distinguished Engineer, CTO Technical Sales, IBM Systems, IBM Middle East Africa
Distinguished Engineer, CTO Technical Sales, IBM Systems, IBM Middle East Africa

CTO, IBM Systems Hardware - MEA.

Nicholas Eayrs, Vice president: professional services EMEA, Hortonworks Nicholas Eayrs  Vice president: professional services EMEA, Hortonworks
Vice president: professional services EMEA, Hortonworks
Nicholas Eayrs, Vice president: professional services EMEA, Hortonworks

Nick is responsible for leading the Professional Services organisation in Europe, Middle-East and Africa (EMEA) at Hortonworks.

 Willie Engelbrecht  Solutions engineer, Hortonworks
Solutions engineer, Hortonworks

Passionate about open source technologies and building large-scale IT infrastructure around it, Willie Engelbrecht started in pre-sales scoping and architecture. His previous role was to build, train and maintain installations of Red Hat solutions, including clusters, storage, virtualisation and cloud and Hadoop infrastructure, as well as systems monitoring with Nagios.

 Kenneth Habson  Business Segment Leader - Analytics, IBM Middle East Africa
Business Segment Leader - Analytics, IBM Middle East Africa

Ken Habson leads IBM Cloud Platform and Analytics Business Unit for MEA.

Kevin McKerr, Senior sales specialist, IBM South Africa Kevin McKerr  Senior sales specialist, IBM South Africa
Senior sales specialist, IBM South Africa
Kevin McKerr, Senior sales specialist, IBM South Africa

Kevin McKerr is an internationally recognised cyber security expert with thought-leadership in cyber crime and defence.

Nanda Padayachee, Head: group IT data services, Standard Bank of South Africa Nanda Padayachee  Head: group IT data services, Standard Bank of South Africa
Head: group IT data services, Standard Bank of South Africa
Nanda Padayachee, Head: group IT data services, Standard Bank of South Africa

Nanda Padayachee is passionate about using technology to radically transform businesses and create value.

Paul Power, Vice-president, Hortonworks Paul Power  Vice-president, Hortonworks
Vice-president, Hortonworks
Paul Power, Vice-president, Hortonworks

Paul Power has been in the IT industry since 1998 and has a wealth of experience from some of the biggest players, such as SAS Institute, MongoDB and Oracle, to name a few.

Jaen Swart, Senior AppDev Architect, Red Hat Jaen Swart  Senior AppDev Architect, Red Hat
Senior AppDev Architect, Red Hat
Jaen Swart, Senior AppDev Architect, Red Hat

Jaen Swart (@jaenswart) is a Senior AppDev Architect at Red Hat and well known for being a frequent speaker, contributor and open-source enthusiast.

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