Open Data Center Alliance Adds Harper Reed As Forecast 2013 Luminary Speaker
Reed served as CTO for the Obama for America 2012 campaign.
The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) has announced that Harper Reed, accomplished cloud computing and crowdsourcing expert and CTO of the Obama for America 2012 campaign, is the Forecast 2013 luminary speaker. Forecast is ODCA's premier cloud computing event taking place in conjunction with GigaOM Structure in San Francisco on June 17 and 18. Registration information, including information about early bird registration which runs through April 30, is available on the Forecast 2013 website.
Reed is expected to discuss his extensive experience in developing and managing successful cloud and big data implementations, his views on the current state of the cloud and data management, and his passion for building paradigm-shifting technologies. He joins Mario Mueller, BMW's vice president of IT Infrastructure, Chair of the Open Data Center Alliance, and Forecast 2013 keynote speaker who will discuss how BMW is using ODCA usage models and requirements to implement his company's cloud strategy. The complete two-day agenda is posted on the Forecast 2013 website.