Steve Flanders is a seasoned Engineering Leader with a strong background in software development, product management, user experience, and operations management. With a dynamic career spanning several successful ventures, Steve has proven himself as an expert in delivering high-quality cloud native technologies on time and budget, while prioritizing customer experience and satisfaction.

Steve's expertise lies in architecting and developing cutting-edge cloud offerings, such as Splunk APM, VMware Log Intelligence, VMware Cloud Foundry, Mozy by EMC Cloud Backup, EMC Atmos Online, and ATT Synaptic Storage as a Service. He has also provided reference architecture and technical guidance for notable projects like the VCE Vblock architecture and VMware's vCloud Air and OneCloud deployments.

A relentless proponent of data-driven decision-making and agile development processes, Steve has a track record of leading cross-functional teams in developing business strategies and delivering exceptional results. A culture of collaboration, inclusion, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement are all core values that he brings to his work.

Aside from his professional accomplishments, Steve is also an influential figure in the tech community. As an author of SFlanders.net, a widely-read technology-centric weblog, he shares his insights on cloud computing, virtualization, and system administration. Furthermore, he frequently presents at international conferences, including KubeCon and Google Cloud Next, where he further contributes to the discourse on industry trends and best practices.

Steve holds an MBA in Business Administration and Management from MIT Sloan Executive Education and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Information Science from Northeastern University.