Bob is the Chief Cloud Technologist for Samsung SDS Research America, and opened the Seattle office for Samsung SDS as home base for the SDS Cloud Native Computing Team. Previously he was the CIO at MTN Satellite Communications, where he was responsible for product strategy and development, including global cloud computing and data center deployments. Prior to MTN, Bob was a VP Engineering in HP's public cloud effort, and led transition to Openstack. He made his way to HP via the acquisition of Seattle startup Melodeo, an early mover in cloud computing.