Kevin L. Jackson

Kevin L. Jackson is a globally recognized cloud computing expert, Dell "PowerMore" Thought Leader and Founder/Author of the award winning “Cloud Musings” blog. He has also been recognized as a “Top 100 Cybersecurity Influencer and Brands” by Onalytica (2015), a Huffington Post “Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts on Twitter” (2013), a “Top 50 Cloud Computing Blogger for IT Integrators” by CRN (2015) and a “Top 5 Must Read Cloud Blog” by BMC Software (2015).

Mr. Jackson’s commercial experience includes Vice President J.P. Morgan Chase, Worldwide Sales Executive for IBM and NJVC Vice President, Cloud Services. He is currently part of a team responsible for onboarding mission applications to the US Intelligence Community cloud computing environment (IC ITE). He is also a National Cyber security Institute Fellow. His first book, “GovCloud: Cloud Computing for the Business of Government” was published by Government Training Inc. and released in March 2011. His second book, released in 2012 by the same publisher, is titled “GovCloud II: Implementation and Cloud Brokerage Services". His next publication, “Practical Cloud Security: A Cross Industry View”, will be released by Taylor & Francis in the spring of 2016. Professional certifications include:

• Professional Cloud Solutions Architect - Cloud Credential Council, License PCSA141001

• Executive FedRAMP Credential - Cloud Credential Council, License EFC141001

• Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge - Cloud Security Alliance, License 993683001566

• Certified CloudMASTER - National Cloud Technologists Association

• Certified Amazon Cloud Specialist - Learning Tree International

February 2016