Jesse Robbins

Jesse Robbins

Opscode & O'Reilly Radar

Jesse Robbins (@jesserobbins) is CEO of Opscode (makers of Chef) and a recognized expert in Infrastructure, Web Operations, and Emergency Management.

He serves as co-chair of the Velocity Web Performance & Operations Conference and contributes to the O’Reilly Radar . Prior to co-founding Opscode, he worked at Amazon.com with a title of “Master of Disaster” where he was responsible for Website Availability for every property bearing the Amazon brand.

Robbins is a volunteer Firefighter/EMT and Emergency Manager, and led a task force deployed in Operation Hurricane Katrina. His experiences in the fire service profoundly influence his efforts in technology, and he strives to distill his knowledge from these two worlds and apply it in service of both.

Sessions

9:00am Monday, 06/23/2008
Welcome
Keynote
 Location: Salons E-F
Steve Souders (Google), Jesse Robbins (Opscode & O'Reilly Radar)
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3:45pm Monday, 06/23/2008
Getting into the Cloud(s)
Operations
 Location: Salon E
Jesse Robbins (Opscode & O'Reilly Radar), Ezra Zygmuntowicz (EngineYard), Jeff Barr (Amazon Web Services), Jason Hoffman (Joyent, Inc.), Peter Nickolov (3TERA), Jonathan Bryce (Mosso, a division of Rackspace), Paul Colton (Aptana, Inc.)
Moving into the Cloud is easy... if you know how to get off the ground. In this panel the leading providers of Infrastructure & Software-as-a-Service will discuss their similarities and unique advantages. The focus will be on which platforms are best suited to particular problems, what is required to get started, and what to expect as you grow.. Read more.
9:00am Tuesday, 06/24/2008
Announcements
Keynote
 Location: Salons E-F
Steve Souders (Google), Jesse Robbins (Opscode & O'Reilly Radar)
Announcements Read more.
  • Akamai
  • Google
  • Hyperic
  • Sun Microsystems
  • 3Tera, Inc
  • Coradiant
  • Keynote Systems
  • Limelight Networks, Inc.
  • OpSource
  • TechRepublic

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