President and Chief Executive Officer at Infoblox
Scott Harrell joined Infoblox in January 2023 as CEO, responsible for the
overall strategy, growth, and continued success of the company. Harrell is a seasoned leader
with extensive portfolio management experience, having spent over two decades in leadership
roles at Cisco Systems and Intel. Prior to joining Infoblox, Harrell was the Senior Vice
President and General Manager for Cisco’s $20B Intent Based Network business unit where he
oversaw the entire portfolio and engineering teams across enterprise, IoT and data center
markets. Prior to that, Harrell led product management for Cisco’s Security portfolio. Earlier
in his career, he held leadership roles at Intel along with several strategic consulting roles
at early-stage start-ups. Scott has an MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flaglar Business School,
and a bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Chief Revenue Officer at Infoblox
Mitch leads the company’s growth strategy across a global organization
encompassing field sales, field engineering, support, professional services, operations, inside
sales, renewals and enablement. He joins Infoblox from Big Switch Networks, a leader in Software
Defined Networks, which he positioned for acquisition by Arista Networks. Prior to joining Big
Switch, Mitch served as SVP of Global Sales for Plexxi Networks, and SVP of Global Sales for
SimpliVity, both of which were acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Mitch also served as SVP
of Sales for North America for Oracle and had a long stint at EMC where he was one of the key
architects of the highly regarded sales culture known for driving high performance and
overachievement. His roles included running Sales for EMC’s Americas Go-To market organization,
SVP of Global Channels and Alliances and SVP of Mid-range Storage Sales.
Executive Vice President, Engineering at Infoblox
Padmini has a strong network security background and brings over 20 years of
extensive experience in leadership engineering management roles, building and leading global
teams. She is responsible for driving Infoblox’s technology strategy and executing the company’s
technology innovations and product development. Padmini started her Infoblox career eight years
ago as senior director of engineering and has been instrumental building a modern cloud-native
architecture and reshaping DDI and security for cloud-first deployments.She previously held
engineering management roles at STEC and Blue Coat Systems (now Broadcom). She holds a Masters
in Computer Science from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer at Infoblox
A diverse marketing leader with expertise in building and scaling world-class
overachieving teams within large enterprise and hyper-growth organizations. Prior to Infoblox,
Brad was the global marketing leader for VMware’s security division, VMware Carbon Black, he
reinvented marketing within FinTech market leader, Eze Software (SS&C), and was a key member
of Akamai’s Global Sales, Services, and Marketing leadership team for 16 years, serving as the
company’s Chief Marketing Officer for 9 years and SVP of Global Partner Sales for 6 years. He
has held pre-sales, sales, sales leadership and marketing roles in the technology industry for
28 years.
Chief Legal Officer; EVP, Government Affairs at Infoblox
Wei is responsible for Infoblox’s legal functions and compliance and governance
programs. Wei is a seasoned legal executive with over 20 years of experience scaling operations,
strengthening compliance, building strong teams and championing innovations. Prior to joining
Infoblox in 2022, Wei served as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Strategic
Transactions at Salesforce. She also previously served as Assistant General Counsel at Sun
Microsystems, Inc. and was a corporate associate at Cooley LLP and Skadden.
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Infoblox
An experienced Finance executive in the software industry, Hoke leads Infoblox’s
Finance, Procurement, IT, and Business Operations functions. Before joining Infoblox in February
2018, he was CFO of Digital River. Prior experience includes divisional CFO roles at Groupon,
Juniper Networks and Microsoft, as well as being a consultant with McKinsey and Accenture. He
holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Economics from the University of Virginia, and
an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer at Infoblox
Anuradha Mayer is a seasoned HR professional with over 20 years of experience
transforming global workplace culture initiatives with C-Suite leaders at B2B technology
companies. At Infoblox, she leads the People and Places team, with a focus on hiring top talent,
while maintaining and cultivating the Bloxer culture of diversity, inclusion and a passion for
innovation. Prior to Infoblox, she held positions at Wind River as the Chief People Officer
where she led all aspects of People and Places at the company. Before that, she spent 13 years
at Cisco as the Head of People & Communities for Customer Experience where she drove people
strategies for over 20K employees globally. Anuradha holds a BS degree in Business Management
and Journalism from San Diego State University.
Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer at Infoblox
As Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer, Mukesh Gupta is responsible
for developing and driving Infoblox’s product vision and strategy to new heights. With his
strong mix and networking and security backgrounds, entrepreneurial vision, and go-to-market
expertise he will drive Infoblox’s long-range vision of uniting networking and security to best
serve the company’s growing customer base.
Mukesh joined Infoblox from Palo Alto Networks where he helped grow the company into a
multi-billion-dollar leader in network security. Prior to Palo Alto Networks, Gupta held senior
product leadership roles at Illumio and Juniper Networks. He also co-founded LocalCircles, India’s
leading community and public pulse aggregation platform.
A prolific inventor, Gupta holds more than two dozen patents and patent applications advancing
networking and security across hybrid cloud applications.
Gupta has an MBA from the University of California Berkeley – Walter A Haas School of Business, a
Master’s of Science in Computer Networking from The University of Toledo, and a Bachelor of
Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from Maulana Azad National Institute of
Technology.
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at Infoblox
Amy Farrow is an award-winning Chief Information Officer who has experience in
scaling organizations that are disruptors in their space, while building high performing and
highly engaged teams. With over 20 years of experience, Amy excels at the intersection of
people, process, and technology to drive outstanding impacts. She is known for leaving
organizations stronger than she found them with a relentless focus on building partnerships,
tackling challenges, and delighting customers. As Senior Vice President and Chief Information
Officer, Amy leads the Information Technology and Security teams in support of the company’s
next critical phase of growth – focused on scaling the business in during Infoblox’s innovative
transformation, focusing on both the customer and employee experience. She joins Infoblox from
Lyft where she served as their first CIO. Amy is also both a mentor and advisor and enjoys
giving back through various organizations such as Marin Humane, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and
ALS TDI.
Chief DNS Architect at Infoblox
Cricket is one of the world’s leading experts on the Domain Name System (DNS),
and serves as the liaison between Infoblox and the DNS community. Before joining Infoblox, he
founded an Internet consulting and training company, Acme Byte & Wire, after running the
hp.com domain at Hewlett-Packard. Cricket is a prolific speaker and author, having written a
number of books including “DNS and BIND,” one of the most widely used references in the field,
now in its fifth edition.
Chief of Staff and VP, Business Operations at Infoblox
Liza is responsible for business operations at Infoblox and leads long range
planning as well as management of key cross-functional business processes, including the
coordination and management of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) across the executive team. She
brings more than 20 years of general management experience to this role. Prior to joining
Infoblox she led Product Operations for Cisco’s Cloud and Virtualization Group. Previously, she
was SVP of International Markets at Qwest Communications and held senior leadership positions in
a variety of functions including Marketing, Sales, Product Management, and Finance at Qwest and
AT&T. Liza is a Sloan Fellow from Stanford University with an MS in Management, and also
holds an MBA from Rutgers University and a BS in Bio-Chemistry from Pepperdine University.
Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Infoblox
Jaime Mehra is the Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Infoblox. She is a
strategic product and marketing leader who enjoys leading high growth tech companies through
transformational change. She’s also a strong, authentic communicator with a passion for building
high performing teams and growing top talent.
Vice President of Product Management for Infoblox
Craig Sanderson is the Vice President Product Management for Infoblox security
solutions. Craig has been in the security industry for 22 years in a number of roles including
Technical Consultant, Solution Architect, Product Manager and Business Development manager.
Having worked on a range of security technologies, Craig is now focused on developing solutions
that prevent the abuse of DNS and enabling customers to leverage their network infrastructure to
better secure their data, assets and people.
Senior Product Marketing Manager for Security at Infoblox
Albert Chew is a Senior Product Marketing Manager for Security at Infoblox,
specializing in the Security Ecosystem and Hyperscalers. Before joining Infoblox, Albert spent
over 25+ years at Microsoft, where he was a key pioneer in building the Microsoft Security
business. Over the last decade, he held roles in both product marketing and product management,
playing a pivotal role in launching Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, and Azure
Network Security solutions.
Principal Product Manager
Alex resides in beautiful Austin, Texas, and is a Product Manager focused on
Data and Growth at Infoblox. Alex’s background spans AIOps observability, integration
ecosystems, and service delivery. He was a software engineer, a welder, and a butcher in his
past life. Outside of his day job, Alex is the cofounder and VP of the Austin Bulldog Rescue, a
501c3 animal rescue organization.
Senior Product Marketing Manager – Threat Intelligence
Bart is a Senior Product Marketing Manager with over 20 years of experience in
bringing security operations solutions to market. He started his career in the security industry
as a product manager for SIEM solutions. In this role, he enabled security teams around the
globe to detect, investigate, and stop threats within their IT infrastructure. Over the past 10
years, Bart has focused on messaging Threat Intelligence solutions as a product marketing
manager at McAfee, FireEye-Mandiant, and recently CrowdStrike. As a go-to-market and technical
expert, he witnessed firsthand several shifts in cybercriminal tradecraft.
Bart currently focuses on communicating the compelling research from the Infoblox Threat Intel
team and delivering thought leadership around the uniqueness of DNS-sourced threat intel. Based
close to Boston, Massachusetts, he is currently a member of Infoblox’s product and solutions
marketing team. Bart holds a master’s degree in Information Technology Management from
Post-University of Limburg, Belgium.
Staff Threat Researcher
Brent Eskridge, PhD, is a Staff Threat Researcher with over 25 years of
experience. He has held positions as a software engineer, university professor, and, most
recently, a threat researcher. Brent is currently a member of Infoblox’s Threat Intelligence
Group, which provides customers with intelligence needed to block the newest threats. Brent
focuses on development of new algorithms, researching new cyber threats, and communicating their
research to others.
Director of Customer Engagement at Infoblox
Carrie is the Director of Customer Engagement at Infoblox with 16 years of
marketing experience in various industries including technology, retail, and book publishing.
With her customer marketing team, she partners with customers to showcase their success with
Infoblox solutions through compelling storytelling that further enables sales campaigns and
reinforces customer loyalty. Additionally, she is responsible for driving the customer community
strategy, vision, and roadmap. Carrie has an MBA from Rice University, Jones Graduate School of
Business and a Journalism degree from The University of Texas at Austin.
Deputy General Counsel at Infoblox
Chris is a seasoned technology attorney and leader. His role at Infoblox spans
across pivotal areas including Product, Engineering, IP, Privacy, Marketing, and Procurement,
where he leverages his extensive experience to guide Infoblox through the evolving legal
landscape. With a career that has seen notable roles at VMware, Broadcom, CA Technologies, and
IBM, Chris’s journey is one of continual learning and adaptation. His Computer Science degree,
complemented by ScrumMaster (CSM) and Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) certifications,
helps him to bridge the gap between the technical and legal worlds.
Senior Security Solutions Advisor at Infoblox
Chris Richardson is a Senior Security Solutions Advisor at Infoblox. He has
worked in the Anti-Fraud and Information Security Fields for over 15 years. Starting with IID
(Internet Identity) in 2005, Chris built and managed the 24×7 External Threat Detection &
Mitigation Team, supporting hundreds of customers and working with thousands of web hosts and
registrars. Chris was part of the core leadership team that led IID’s evolution into a leading
distributor of timely, accurate, contextualized threat intelligence feeds that enhance existing
Security deployments, and Chris has participated in several cross-sector working groups. In
2016, IID joined Infoblox to create holistic core network security solutions for customers in a
variety of sectors.
Director of Security Architecture at Infoblox Federal
Chris Usserman advises government agencies globally about the benefits of
protective DNS and related regulations. His expertise, spanning over 30 years in the U.S.
intelligence community, not only contributes to the U.S. Government’s security efforts but also
fosters collaborations to bolster security across various sectors and communities of interest.
Chris’s profound insights have earned him invitations to speak on DNS and cybersecurity at
numerous esteemed international conferences.
Principal Consultant at HexaBuild.io
Cody (@notthefakecc) is a Principal Consultant at HexaBuild.io, an IPv6
consulting and training company. Cody is a co-founder of the Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force
(RMv6TF) and is a recognized IPv6 Expert with decades of IPv6 experience. Follow HexaBuild on
Twitter and LinkedIn and let us help you advance cloud, IoT and security with IPv6!
VP of Product and Solutions Marketing
Danelle is a seasoned GTM leader with expertise in bringing innovative security,
AI and networking products to market. She has more than 20 years of experience building and
scaling teams within companies spanning Series A, growth, and through IPO. Prior to Infoblox,
she held multiple Chief Marketing Officer roles at cybersecurity and AI companies including
Ordr, Blue Hexagon (acquired by Qualys) and SafeBreach. She led Strategy and Marketing at
Adallom, culminating in one of the largest cloud security acquisitions by Microsoft, and
Security and Solutions Marketing at Palo Alto Networks from startup through IPO. Danelle also
held senior product management roles for multiple security, networking and VoIP products at
Cisco. Danelle was co-founder of a high-speed networking chipset startup, co-author of an IP
Communications Book and holds 2 U.S. patents. She has an MSEE from UC Berkeley.
Senior Product Manager at Infoblox
David Funk is a Senior Product Manager at Infoblox, primarily responsible for
DDI products. He spent his early career in Information Technology designing and operating
networks and related infrastructure. That experience has proved invaluable in providing insight
into the wide array of products and services that Infoblox offers. David lives in the San
Francisco Bay area and enjoys motorcycling and bicycling. He also plays a variety of stringed
instruments and is active in several musical groups.
Senior Director of Product Management at Infoblox
Senior Director of product management at Infoblox, the global leader in DNS,
DHCP, and IP Address Management (DDI) supporting these services in 350 of the Fortune 500.
Product management responsibilities for the Core DDI and network automation product lines. This
includes DDI as well as discovery, hybrid cloud, traffic management, Microsoft management,
analytics and NetMRI. Founding member of two successful start-ups including Emprisa Networks
where as CTO held engineering, product management, pre-sales and professional services
responsibilities. After Emprisa was acquired by BMC Software in 2007, stayed on at BMC as a
director in product management for network automation, cloud life cycle management, and
orchestration. Spends free time with family, travel, and playing in a classic rock ‘dad’ band.
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Global Telecom Service Providers at Infoblox
David is an expert in business technology and marketing, residing in Frankfurt
am Main. Throughout his career, he has successfully sold, constructed, and communicated
important cloud and hosted solutions within a dynamic industry. With a deep understanding of
cloud and managed application hosting, David possesses a distinct combination of product
management, product marketing, and sales skills. Before joining Infoblox, he held a prominent
role in product marketing at Dell Technologies for their healthcare and public sector clouds.
Additionally, David has gained valuable experience serving in Senior Product Management
positions at Verizon Business, Terremark, and SunGard Availability Services.
Product Manager at Infoblox
David Seeman has been in the networking and Information Security world for most
of his life. He has worked for major personal computer, telecommunication equipment, and
information security software manufacturers in both operations and product design. He enjoys
attacking real-world challenges while partnering with customers and developers. A huge proponent
of Agile methods and winning as a team. David holds many industry certifications and lives
within the bright lights of Las Vegas.
Technical Marketing Engineer at Infoblox
David Zenone is a Technical Marketing Engineer. David joined Infoblox in late
2019 and has created multiple integrations with NIOS using Outbound Notifications. In addition
to building Security Ecosystem integrations David has become a subject matter expert on
Infoblox’s SaaS offerings. In his free time he enjoys playing the Guitar, building and playing
on PCs, and spending time with his family.
Sr. Product Manager for Threat Intelligence and Analytics at Infoblox
Druce MacFarlane is the Sr. Product Manager for Threat Intelligence and
Analytics here at Infoblox. He has worked in cybersecurity for 15 years.
Co-founder and CEO of HexaBuild.io
Ed Horley (@ehorley) is a Co-founder and CEO of HexaBuild.io, an
IPv6 consulting and training company. Ed is Co-chair of the California IPv6 Task Force (CAv6TF) and
authored the Apress Press book Practical IPv6 for Windows Administrators and
two IPv6 courses on Pluralsight. He is also the co-host of the IPv6 Buzz Podcast on the
PacketPushers. Follow HexaBuild on Twitter and LinkedIn and let us help you advance cloud, IoT and security
with IPv6!
Senior Director, Cyber Security at Infoblox
Ed Hunter, CISO, leads the Infoblox Information security security team. He came
to Infoblox from Palo Alto Networks, where he founded the security information security team and
program. Previous roles include various firms in manufacturing, research and defense.
Senior Technical Marketing Manager at Infoblox
Jason is a Senior Manager of Technical Marketing Engineer at Infoblox. He is
currently focused on the Universal DDI product suite for consolidated visibility and management
of core network services in public and private cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, GCP,
VMWare, and others. Jason’s background includes deployment and operation of hybrid and
multi-cloud networks, datacenter management, virtualization, and scripting. He holds a Bachelor
of Science in Information Technology. Jason is from Washington state and enjoys hiking, biking,
and kayaking in his free time.
Technical Marketing Engineer at Infoblox
Kevin Zettel is a security-focused Technical Marketing Engineer who works with
Infoblox to lock down the DNS and secure it for enterprises. Kevin knows that security is the
center focus of companies and believes that without security, industries will unquestionably
fall apart. Kevin has managed many security vendors such as McAfee, Cisco, Palo Alto, ServiceNow
and many others. He knows the security landscape and sees the necessity and demand that
businesses have to secure their capital. With a degree from Central Washington University and
education in programming, Kevin has the Technical Know how to get secured!
Verbal Brand Manager at Infoblox
Based in New York City, Kimber Myers is a Verbal Brand Manager at Infoblox,
focusing on messaging, storytelling and narrative within the Corporate Marketing team. With over
a decade of experience in content marketing, internal communications and partnerships in tech,
she has worked for companies ranging from small startups to IBM. After beginning her career as a
writer and editor, Kimber continues to pursue her passion as a freelance entertainment writer
and is recognized as a Top Critic by Rotten Tomatoes.
Senior Director of Product Marketing at Infoblox
Srikrupa has 20 plus years of experience in technology in various roles
including software development, product management and product marketing. Currently, as Senior
Director of Product Marketing at Infoblox, she is responsible for messaging, positioning and
bringing to market Infoblox’s security solutions that optimize operations and provide
foundational security against known and zero-day threats. She has an MBA from University of
California, Haas School of Business and a Computer Science Engineering degree.
Senior Product Marketing Manager, DDI Value-Added Services at Infoblox
Lemna has nine years of experience in product marketing and management including
go-to-market strategy, demand generation, product positioning, analyst relations, and release
management. Currently, she is responsible for messaging, positioning, and bringing to market
Infoblox’s automation solutions that provide multi-cloud management, auto-discovery of networks,
global server load balancing, integrated reporting, and network automation. She has an Executive
MBA (EPYM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and an Electronics and
Communication Engineering degree from Anna University. Lemna enjoys painting and watching movies
in theatres.
Manager, Professional Services at Infoblox
I am a seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of experience in the field. I
am currently a Managing Consultant in the Professional Services department at Infoblox, a
company that provides network control and automation solutions. In my role at Infoblox, I
specialize in leading teams in the development of DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management)
implementation strategies for large-scale, complex network conversions and migrations. I am
skilled in using Python and other UNIX tools to migrate data, identify and document critical
success factors, and develop data mapping and transformation methods. I also have experience
creating comprehensive implementation plans and performing pre-migration testing and
implementation process validation. Throughout my career, I have demonstrated a strong background
in network engineering, administration, and support in mixed computing environments. I am known
for my solutions-oriented approach and my ability to develop and publish scripts and other tools
that simplify the adoption of my company’s products.
Senior Solutions Architect at Infoblox
Sales oriented IT professional with 13+ years of experience as an IT Pre-sales,
Sales, Systems Engineer & Network Consultant Engineer. Skilled in selling a wide range of
platforms and solutions in different areas such as Networking, Security, Internet of Things,
Service Provider technologies, Wireless, Data Centre, IPT & Video Collaboration, DDI (DNS,
DHCP, IPAM), etc.…
Worked with different vendors and solution integrators (Infoblox, Cisco Systems, Juniper
Networks, and Dimension Data) in different client sectors (Oil & Gas, Enterprise, Banking,
Education, Service providers, Public & Governmental sections, etc…). Have 20+ publications
across diverse technology magazines. Have multiple reputable certifications such as: CCIE
#24487, JNCIP, Harvard Cybersecurity: Risk Management, and more.
Consultant at Infoblox
Patrick has over 24 years of experience in IT networking, with an emphasis on IP
Address Management, DNS, and DHCP technologies. He graduated from N.C. State University with a
BA in Business Management and was an All-American in Cross Country and Track. During his early
work years following graduation, he took his running to the National level at the marathon
distance, by qualifying for the 1994 Olympic Trials in just my first Marathon. Today, he
appliesy the same hard work ethic and dedication that helped him be successful as an athlete to
his IT consultancy. He has followed a well-planned job progression, starting as a systems
engineer working with network operating systems and routing technologies. He advanced into
consulting, where he learned how to effectively communicate and interact with technical and
non-technical personnel on various large-scale IP services projects. In 1995, he founded
Netlinx, Inc. originally as a systems integration firm focused on small business networking.
Over the last 20 years his focus and emphasis has been on providing professional consulting and
development services in the DDI space to large Enterprise firms. In 2012, he joined Wells Fargo
& Co. as the technical lead for the DDI Engineering team where he leads design,
architecture, and engineering tasks as part of a large DDI reengineering project. In Aug. of
2014, he re-branded Netlinx, Inc. to DDI Guru, LLC, as a top-provider of DDI Engineering,
Consulting, and Automation Services company.
Director of Product Manager at Infoblox
Paul Adair is a Director of Product Manager, Autodidact, Father, Blogger, and
DNS Geek. For the past 7 years at Infoblox he has focused on DNS security and the evolution of
3G/4G/LTE to 5G. When he isn’t at home in Texas you can probably find him at a conference or in
an exit row seat in the aisle.
Paul has been a Network and Internet Engineer since 1991, and has spent his
career looking for easy buttons for technical problems! He has been at Infoblox for 7 years, and
spends his time helping customers solve their DNS and Security related issues.
Senior Product Manager, Service Provider & Managed Service Provider at
Infoblox
With over 25 years of industry (Cable, Telco, and Enterprise) experience, Phil
Miller is a Senior Product Manager at Infoblox and has global responsibility for Service
Provider and Managed Service Provider products. Just recently. Phil was a Principal Solutions
Architect, focusing on Secure DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management) solutions for some of
the world’s largest service providers, partners and global enterprises.
Managing Director, India and SAARC at Infoblox
Rajeev Sreedhar is a 25-year networking and cybersecurity veteran, having strong
experience in sales, team, and channel management. He brings with him a deep understanding of
the next-generation network and security solutions and helping organizations in delivering
industry-leading cloud-first solutions to secure and manage their borderless enterprise. Prior
to joining Infoblox, he was Director and Country Head of Enterprise Business for India and SAARC
at McAfee, where he developed and led the company’s customer and channel strategy in the region.
Staff Technical Marketing Engineer at Infoblox
Rajkumar Repswal (Raj) is a Technical Marketing Engineer at Infoblox, currently
focused on Universal Asset Insights. Though relatively new to the company, Raj is quickly
gaining expertise in asset visibility and management within hybrid cloud infrastructures, as he
has over a decade of experience in virtualization and a background in managing both public and
private cloud environments. Before joining Infoblox, he held a prominent role as Technical
Marketing Architect at Citrix, where he helped more than 400 partners and customers validate
technical integrations. Raj comes from Rajasthan, a culturally rich state with deserts and
palaces located in the northwestern part of India. He enjoys running marathons, cycling, and
cricket in his free time.
Vice President of Threat Intel at Infoblox
Dr. Burton is the Vice President of Threat Intel for Infoblox. She is a subject
matter expert in DNS-based threats and leads the algorithm development and research in DNS
intelligence.
Senior Product Manager at Infoblox
Rod is a proven professional with over 30 years of experience in product
strategy, development and cross functional delivery of mid-market & enterprise networking,
protection storage, and SaaS based business solutions. He holds an MBA in Marketing Management
from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, and a Bachelor’s in
Computer/Information Sciences from the State University of New York at Potsdam. In his free
time, Rod enjoys strength training, competitive sprinting, and spending time with his growing
family.
Customer Education Leader at Infoblox
Sandy is a technical training professional with a passion for leading education
organizations that deliver unparalleled learning experiences. In his current position Sandy
leads the customer and partner technical training team at Infoblox. He is currently
transitioning Infoblox education to be a resource available to all DDI practitioners and support
Infoblox’s migration to SaaS. Before joining Infoblox, Sandy led customer training for E2open, a
provider of cloud-based, on-demand software for supply chains for computer, telecom and
electronics systems. He has also held positions leading the training function for SAP and Oracle
implementations. You can connect with Sandy through LinkedIn or CEdMA, the premier organization
for training professionals.
Scott Hogg has 30 years of network and security experience and is president of
Hogg Networking with. Scott Hogg
specializes in teaching Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and providing implementation
guidance. Scott is CCIE #5133 (Emeritus) and CISSP #4610. Scott is Chair Emeritus of the Rocky
Mountain IPv6 Task Force (RMv6TF), a member
of the IPv6 Center of
Excellence (COE), and co-author of the Cisco Press book on IPv6
Security.
Sr. Director, Global Distribution & SaaS Transformation at Infoblox
Scott Willock is the Sr. Director, Global Distribution & SaaS Transformation
at Infoblox. He leads the team responsible for building a competitive ecosystem of motivated,
loyal, & capable Value Add Distribution Partners that will accelerate Infoblox Channel
objectives of new customer acquisition and accelerating the journey as a leading DDI &
Cybersecurity SaaS provider. Before joining Infoblox, Scott spent 15 years at Dell Technologies
via the EMC acquisition where he was responsible for partner and distributor growth. In his last
5 years at Dell, he was responsible for the largest and most strategic global distribution
partnerships and was instrumental in bringing Dell/EMC’s SaaS offers to the channel via
Distribution. Prior to Dell/EMC Scott spent 10 years in several management positions at CDW.
VP of Corporate Strategy and Partnerships at Infoblox
Sesh has over 25 years of experience in the technology space working at
companies like Microsoft, Oracle and Palo Alto Networks. With his broad ranging experience in
software development, product management, and business development he has helped several
companies successfully scale and transform through alliances and partnerships. At Infoblox, in
addition to his Corporate Strategy responsibilities, Sesh also oversees technology partnerships,
and business development with cloud providers.
Technical Marketing Engineer at Infoblox
Shukran Naqati is a Technical Marketing Engineer at Infoblox. He is currently
working on REST APIs, Splunk, Ansible, Automation, and Development Projects. Shukran holds a
bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering from Islamic University of Science and
Technology. Previously he has worked in App Developer, Data Engineer, and Support Engineer
roles. In his free time, he enjoys movies, food, and spending time with family and friends.
Blogger at HexaBuild.io
Steve is a technology and business leader with executive and hands-on experience
in operating and developing small to large IT enterprises. His 25+ year career spans the
perspective of the Client, Manufacturer and Partner. One of his key strengths is in managing
channel programs, including those with multimillion-dollar budgets. He has been recognized for
these efforts many times with growth and service Partner of the Year awards from Infoblox,
Cisco, Juniper, Red Hat, Riverbed, Citrix, F5, and others. Steve and his family currently reside
in the Bay Area.
Principal Systems Engineer at Infoblox
Steve Salo is a Principal Systems Engineer at Infoblox with over twenty years of
industry experience. He was previously with a large financial services company. He resides in
the Bay Area and enjoys running, writing, and cooking.
Co-Founder of HexaBuild
Tom Coffeen is a network engineer, architect, and author with over twenty years
of internetwork design, deployment, administration, and management experience. Tom co-founded
HexaBuild, an IT consultancy specializing in the advancement of cloud, IoT, and security
deployment best practices through IPv6 adoption. Prior to co-founding HexaBuild, Tom was an IPv6
Evangelist and a Distinguished Architect at Infoblox. Before that Tom was the VP of network
architecture at the global CDN Limelight Networks where he led their deployment of IPv6. He is
also the author of O’Reilly Media’s IPv6 Address Planning.
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Commercial and Channel at Infoblox
Valerie is a Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Infoblox focusing on the
Commercial (small to mid-size enterprise) market and the Channel. She brings over 20 years of
experience in various B2B Marketing disciplines, including Product Marketing, Channel/Partner
Marketing, and Customer Marketing, as well as Customer Success. Valerie enjoys developing
creative and compelling messaging, content, and programs to drive customer and partner
awareness, acquisition, adoption, retention, and expansion, leading to measurable results.