CIO to CIO: Building an open cloud

About Lee Congdon: As CIO at Red Hat, Lee Congdon is responsible for Red Hat's global information systems, including the technology strategy, enterprise architecture, information technology governance, solutions delivery, and systems operations supporting the company. He has overseen a variety of cloud projects, both those leveraging Red Hat technologies internally and those making use of external resources, to increase flexibility and efficiency without creating business risk. He has more than 25 years of experience as an IT leader, including his roles as managing vice president of information technology at Capital One and as senior vice president of strategic initiatives at Nasdaq. He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in computer science from Purdue University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.

About Gordon Haff: Gordon Haff is a cloud evangelist at Red Hat. Prior to Red Hat, he wrote hundreds of research notes, was frequently quoted in publications like The New York Times on a wide range of IT topics, and advised clients on product and marketing strategies. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for bringing a wide range of computer systems, from minicomputers to large UNIX servers, to market while at Data General. He has engineering degrees from MIT and Dartmouth and an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson School.