Among other topics, Bill discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Bill Graff is the Chief Information Officer of Cerner, a $4.8 billion health care information technology solutions company. He has global responsibility for the organization’s physical and logical security programs and corporate IT. Bill’s team also supports remote hosting and cloud datacenter operations in seven countries.
Bill joined Cerner in 2005 as a senior manager of Infrastructure Operations. Before becoming CIO in 2016, Bill held a variety of executive positions within the enterprise. Prior to joining Cerner, Bill spent 17 years in various IT roles spanning retail, nuclear, and fossil power generation industries.
Bill has been recognized by Computerworld as a Premier 100 IT Leader. He serves on the board of advisors for Hewlett Packard Enterprises and Intel Corporation.
Bill graduated from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture & Economics.
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Among other topics, Sheila discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Sheila Jordan is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Symantec, $4 billion security and information management software company. She is responsible for driving Symantec’s IT strategy and operations. Shelia also oversees Symantec’s Global Security Office.
Prior to Symantec, Sheila was the Senior Vice President of Communication and Collaboration IT at Cisco Systems. She also worked at Walt Disney World as the Senior Vice President of Destination Disney.
Sheila serves on the Board of Directors of FactSet, a $1.2 billion revenue global company that delivers insight and information to investment professionals.
Sheila holds a BA in accounting from the University of Central Florida and an MBA from the Florida Institute of Technology.
Among other topics, Taso discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Taso Du Val is the CEO and co-founder of Toptal, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed company that connects innovative companies with engineering, design, and finance talent. Taso is also a founding member and serves as an advisor for Artsy, an online database of art, architecture, and design images.
Prior to co-founding Toptal and Artsy, Taso was a lead engineer at photo-sharing startup Fotolog and a lead engineer at the social media company Slide.
Taso was selected for the Forbes 30 under 30 as a leader in Enterprise Technology, in 2015.
This is the first episode of our “What is?” series, where we tackle topics of rising importance in technology and business, more generally speaking. We will tackle, “What is artificial intelligence?,” “What is Blockchain?,” “What is robotics?,” “What is 3d printing?,” and the like. Today, my question is: “What are microservices?” To answer that question, I will speak with a prominent venture capitalist who is investing in this space, and a leading founder/CEO of a business that focuses on microservices.
Matt Miller, Partner at Sequoia
Among other topics, Matt discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Matt is a partner at Sequoia focused on growth stage investments in technology companies. An avid nerd from an early age, Matt started building computers and writing code at 12 years old in his mother’s kitchen. He has worked as an entrepreneur, an advisor and now an investor. At Sequoia, Matt has worked closely with Barracuda Networks, Carbon Black, Confluent, Docker, Hirevue, Nimble Storage, Okta, Simplisafe and SkyHigh Networks. Prior to Sequoia, Matt worked at Goldman Sachs and graduated from Brigham Young University. In his spare time, Matt is wrangling two young kids with his wife and looking for people with whom he can practice his Swedish.
Jay Kreps, Co-Founder & CEO of Confluent
Among other topics, Jay discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Jay Kreps is the co-founder and CEO of Confluent, the company behind the popular Apache Kafka streaming platform. Prior to founding Confluent, he was the lead architect for data infrastructure at LinkedIn. He is among the original authors of several open source projects including Project Voldemort (a key-value store), Apache Kafka (a distributed streaming platform) and Apache Samza (a stream processing system).
Among other topics, Alan discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Alan is the founder and CEO of Pegasystems, a $750 million provider of strategic applications. Since founding the company in 1983, Alan has grown the organization to more than 4,000 employees, in 30 global offices.
Alan is also the author of “Build for Change, Revolutionizing Customer Engagement through Continuous Digital Innovation.” The book describes a new generation of customers that have the unprecedented power to make or break brands and discusses the changes businesses must embrace to succeed in today’s digital world.
Alan and his wife Pam established the Trefler Foundation, in 1996. The Foundation’s mission is to improve opportunities for young people from urban neighborhoods by helping them develop the skills, knowledge, and values they need to lead productive lives.
Alan holds a degree in Economics and Computer Science from Dartmouth College.
Among other topics, Julia discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Cynthia Stoddard is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Adobe Systems Incorporated, a $6 billion software company. Cynthia spearheads Adobe’s global strategy for delivering services that form the mission-critical backbone of the company.
Cynthia has held information technology and technical leadership positions in diverse industries including supply chain, retail, and technology development. Before joining Adobe, Cynthia was the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at NetApp, a data storage and management company.
In 2016, Silicon Valley Business Journal named Cynthia a Women of Influence. She is also a recipient of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders Award.
Cynthia holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Western New England University and an MBA from Marylhurst University.
Among other topics, Eash discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Eash is Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Technology Officer of JetBlue Airways, a $6 billion US-based airline. Eash is also the Chair of JetBlue Technology Ventures, a venture capital subsidiary of JetBlue Airways.
Prior to joining JetBlue, Eash served as Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain and as Chief Information Officer at Pall Corporation. He held leadership positions at McKesson-PSS World Medical and i2 Technologies, as well.
Eash serves as the board director of SITA, a global information technology company that provides services to the air transport industry. He is also on the board of Champ CargoSystems, which delivers IT solutions and distribution services to the air cargo industry.
Eash holds a Master of Science in Transportation Management from the State University of New York, and a bachelor’s degree in Science & Engineering from MK University, in India.
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Among other topics, Jeff discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Jeff Pashalides is the Head of Corporate at Sequoia Capital, a global venture capital firm. Jeff joined Sequoia in 2014 to establish, build, and lead Sequoia’s corporate practice. His team works closely with founders, investors, and C-level executives on a broad range of strategic projects.
Before joining Sequoia, Jeff led finance and corporate development at TrueCar and led Blackstone’s software as a service advisory practice.
Jeff has a computer science degree from Brown University.
Among other topics, Stuart discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Stuart Sackman is the Corporate Vice President of Global Product and Technology for ADP, a $12 billion human capital management company. Stuart oversees both client-facing product development and internal technology operations.
During Stuart’s 25-year tenure at ADP, he has held positions with broad-ranging responsibilities across several ADP business units. He led product and marketing initiatives, developed strategy for ADP’s international expansion efforts, and steered eBusinness solutions. Most recently, Stuart was the Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Multinational Corporations Services.
Stuart holds a bachelor of arts in Computer Science from Brandeis University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Among other topics, Ken discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:
Ken Xie is the Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer of Fortinet, a cyber security solutions firm. Ken founded Fortinet in 2000 with the goal of making an impactful change in the network security space. Ken has grown the company to nearly 5000 team members and $1.3 billion in revenue.
Ken started his first network security company, SIS, in 1993, while studying at Stanford University. In 1996, he founded NetScreen, which developed network security and access products for enterprises and carriers. NetScreen was acquired by Jupiter Networks for $4 billion, in 2004.
Ken earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University and a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
