Lew Moorman

Lew Moorman
President, Cloud and Chief Strategy Officer, Rackspace.com

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Lew Moorman is instrumental in driving strategic planning, product development and new business initiatives for Rackspace. He joined the company in April of 2000 and has served a variety of strategy and marketing roles throughout the company’s growth. Before joining Rackspace, Moorman held several positions at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, advising high technology clients on critical strategic issues.

As Rackspace Hosting’s Chief Strategy Officer, Lew Moorman drives strategic planning, product development and new business initiatives across the company. He also serves as President of Rackspace’s Cloud business, leading the company’s fastest growing business unit. He speaks frequently at industry events on cloud computing, hosting and the rapidly evolving world of IT.

Moorman received a B.A. from Duke University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Sessions

11:00am Thursday, 04/02/2009
Cloud Operations Is the New Killer Job
Web Operations
 Location: 2010
Alistair Croll (Bitcurrent), Benjamin Black (Boundary), Lew Moorman (Rackspace.com), Kevin Gibbs (Google App Engine)
There's a myth that clouds just run themselves. While clouds let us do more with less - and give us much, much more the moment we need it - cloud computing presents new challenges to operations teams.Instead of racking and stacking servers, you're clicking and dragging virtual machines. Operational chops are more important than ever now that platforms can grow and shrink within minutes. Read more.
3:50pm Thursday, 04/02/2009
Cloud Computing and the Paradigm Shift That’s Coming in IT
Sponsored
 Location: 2014
Lew Moorman (Rackspace.com)
There have been massive and significant changes in IT in the last 10 years; laptops, handhelds, Wi-Fi and even the Internet have dramatically altered the IT landscape. Working in the cloud requires a similar shift in the paradigm. What will the future role of IT be in this shift? Sponsored by Rackspace. Read more.
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