Beth Cohen, Product Manager, Verizon

BIOGRAPHY

Beth Cohen’s groundbreaking abilities, coupled with her depth of experience and demonstrated results make her an invaluable and sought after technology strategist, and public speaker.

In her role at Verizon, Beth is working on developing cloud network product strategy by leveraging the Verizon global network. The synergy of telecommunications and the cloud is obvious, but it is also hard to achieve without creativity and a clarity of focus. You need to have a deep knowledge about all the moving parts of technology as well as insight into how to maximize the value for the business.

Previously, she helped several technology companies redefine their product strategies as cloud services to revitalize the companies and successfully built a process to migrate over 10,000 applications into a private cloud. Managed the architecture and build out of one of the largest consumer clouds in the world enabling millions of users to transparently share files around the globe.

TOPICS

  • OpenStack
  • Cloud Orchestration, tooling, architectures and migration
  • Cloud Networking Tools and SDN
  • Women in Technology

RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Cloud Partner Conference / Boston, MA / September 18, 2015
OpenStack Day Seattle / Seattle, WA / August 20, 2015
OpenStack Design Summit / Vancouver, BC / May 18-19, 2015
OpenStack Design Summit / Paris, France / Nov 16-17, 2014
IEEEPhiladelphia Chapter / Philadelphia, PA / October 21, 2014
Cloud Architecture Design Principles and Leveraging the Public Cloud for BU/DR / Cambridge, MA / October 16, 2014
Boston OpenStack Meetup / Cambridge, MA / September 10, 2014
Chicago OpenStack Meetup / Cambridge, MA / April 4, 2013
Cloud, Mobile and Social International Conference 2013 / Rome, Italy / June 2013
Boston OpenStack Meetup / Cambridge, MA / May 16, 2012

ABOUT VERIZON

as of September 2014

  • Fortune 500 rank: 16
  • Annual revenue $120.6 billion
  • More than 178,500 employees

Verizon has the largest and most profitable 4G LTE network in the U.S. It is available to ~97% of the population in more than 500 markets. We have the nation’s largest all-fiber network and are the fifth largest cable company in America, offering FiOS TV and Internet to small businesses and residential customers. We serve 99% of the Fortune 500 companies as well as 99% of businesses with 20 or more lines. Globally, our IP network extends to 2700 cities in 150 countries.

Verizon Communications, Inc. Waltham, MA2013- Present
Cloud and Network Product Strategist

Overview:Designing and building world-class networking products and services.

  • Successfully launched Secure Cloud Interconnect, a cutting edge product, which allows companies to connect to an ecosystem of cloud services privately and securely
  • Developed partner relations with top cloud service providers including Microsoft, Amazon, SAP, and Verizon Cloud
  • Evaluated products and companies with emerging technologies including, SD-WAN, Cloud Orchestration Tools, API engines, and others
  • Wrote the OpenStack Architecture Design Guild at the invitation of the OpenStack Foundation

Cloud Technology Partners, Inc., Boston, MA2009- 2013
Senior Cloud Architect

Overview:Consulting services delivering solutions to business and technology executives looking to rationalize their IT and build and manage their cloud portfolios.

  • Created and delivered an OpenStack training program
  • Architected new cloud infrastructure platform to transform a traditional application into a SaaS model, which included business models, operational processes, and technology
  • Built a massive OpenStack Cloud deployment supporting millions of users for a major electronics manufacturer
  • Created an organizational model for enterprises that need to deliver Cloud services using Dev/Ops, Agile and test driven development methodologies
  • Developed a mobile cloud architecture for a financial services company
  • Created a migration factory to move thousands of applications into the cloud for a Korean Telecom
  • Created a high availability architecture and test plan for a high speed financial transaction processing system based on a multi-data center hot-hot-hot approach
  • Developed productized packages of cloud consulting services, including a SaaS portfolio review and staff cloud readiness assessment

PUBLICATIONS

Technology Columnist and Blogger: A regular contributor to Cutter Journal, TechWell, TechTarget, Information Week, CrossNodes, Small Business Computing and other technology publications.

  • Published Techwell Articles
  • OpenStack Architecture Design Guide – July 2014 OpenStack Foundation Publication
  • Ask the IT Consultant - Blog hosted on the Tech Target focused on IT and business issues.
  • Merging IaaS with PaaS to Deliver Robust Development Tools - Cohen, Beth|Journals|21 March 2013| Cutter IT Journal
  • An Open Source Approach to IaaS Cloud Standards - Cohen, Beth|Journals|21 August 2012| Cutter IT Journal
  • The Effect of Consumer Driven Innovation on Enterprise IT - Cohen, Beth|Journals|21 May 2012| Cutter IT Journal
  • Using Cloud to Rethink the Enterprise IT Portfolio - Cohen, Beth|E-Mail Advisors|22 February 2012|Cutter IT Journal;Enterprise Architecture
  • Disruptive Technology in the Real World: The Cloud Computing Example - Cohen, Beth|Journals|21 October 2011|Business-IT Strategies;Cutter IT Journal
  • A Structured Approach to IT Cloud Migration - Cohen, Beth|Executive Reports|20 July 2011|Enterprise Architecture;Enterprise Risk Management & Governance;Business Intelligence

Webinar Delivery:Regularly create and deliver many well attended webinars on PCI compliance, developing Agile teams, disaster recovery strategies, document management, data management strategies and other hot technology topics. Most recently hosted presentations on private cloud computing, building Openstack clouds, and creating security policy plans.

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