Kishore Gagrani

Kishore Gagrani is a CEO with leadership experience spanning Dell, Raytheon, and high‑growth ventures. He has conceptualized and managed a $4B product portfolio delivering innovation at scale. Kishore blends strategic vision with operational excellence to drive transformational outcomes. He is committed to building organizations that create lasting customer and stakeholder value.

James Meeker

James Meeker brings over 35 years of product development leadership, serving as a Marketing Director and Product Marketing Manager across enterprise storage, servers, solutions, and edge platforms. His deep technical acumen and strategic insight have guided the successful launch and growth of complex product lines in highly competitive markets. Known for his hands‑on, collaborative approach, James has consistently helped deliver innovative, award‑winning solutions. His career includes driving major new‑business initiatives at both Dell and Micron, where his leadership played a pivotal role in shaping next‑generation technologies.

Shirish Pargaonkar

Shirish has over 30 years of experience in the software industry, with a career spanning leading technology companies including IBM, Dell, SUSE Linux, and AMD. His work has covered a wide range of system-level technologies, from operating systems in both user space and kernel space to Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs), including Dell iDRAC and OpenBMC platforms at Dell and AMD. He has contributed to the Linux kernel, notably to the development of the CIFS file system module.

John Terpstra

John is a results‑oriented strategic change agent known for driving technical innovation and transformative solutions across complex environments. He has filed multiple patents addressing hardware integrity management and designed remote, hardware‑level provisioning systems for massively distributed edge deployments. John’s expertise spans strategic planning, IT infrastructure, open source and open standards, cloud architecture, and secure firmware‑based remote management. With a background in software development, network design, project management, and business development, he consistently delivers forward‑leaning solutions that strengthen technology ecosystems and enable secure, scalable operations.

Jason Echols

With 15+ years leading security, product, and marketing teams serving enterprise and government customers, Jason brings deep expertise in global infrastructure and mission-critical systems. His track record includes scaling market presence, defining product strategy, and delivering solutions that solve the most complex security challenges facing large organizations.

Marc Stein

Marc Stein is a senior strategist-builder with nearly two decades of experience leading global alliances, GTM strategy, and partner ecosystem orchestration across AI, cloud, and infrastructure domains. He has held leadership roles at Dell, including NativeEdge business development and Global Alliances CTO for Unstructured Data Solutions. Marc specializes in cross-functional governance, partner-sourced pipeline acceleration, and repeatable motion design across emerging tech landscapes. He brings a systems mindset and collaborative rigor to every engagement, helping organizations scale with clarity and trust.

Tom Pratt

Tom Pratt brings a unique blend of deep technical expertise and business acumen, backed by an MBA and multiple engineering degrees. With more than 20 years of experience at Microsoft, Dell, AMD, and Micron, he has led initiatives across data center infrastructure, OEM, and supplier businesses, spanning product management, technology strategy, partner alliances, and program management. He excels at working directly with customers and leading cross-functional teams to translate complex technologies into compelling products that deliver real-world value.