Technical rooms · civic rooms
I speak about distributed systems, AI infrastructure, work, power, and the consequences of automation. My job is to make the mechanism clear enough that people can ask better questions.
“Start with what is actually happening. Then explain why anyone outside the server room should care.”
Talks and interviews
Civic testimony · I Have a Dream Foundation Dream-Maker Luncheon
I described the instability I grew up with, the coordinators who kept showing up, and the internship that became my first IT job.
Conference session · ISC West
Patrick Barry and I explained how access control and video systems were moving into the cloud. This was a conference session, not a keynote.
Technical session · Microsoft Azure IaaS Day
I gave a practical explanation of Azure storage for modern applications and stateful Kubernetes workloads.
Technical conference talk · SNIA Storage Developer Conference
Jegan Devaraju and I explained the storage data path behind large-scale model training, including Scaled Accounts and Blobfuse.
Recorded video deposition · United States District Court
I explained how public cloud changed startup infrastructure economics. The recording was played in court, and the FTC later cited it in proposed findings.
Public keynote · Longmont Museum
I used data and familiar examples to explain AI’s exponential curve, then asked what abundance, governance, and a crisis of purpose could mean for Longmont.
Technical conference talk · VAST Forward
I walked through eight stages of the AI pipeline and explained why persistent agents need a durable, governed data layer.
Analyst-media interview · theCUBE
We discussed inference, persistent agents, identity, and why data should not be trapped by the location of the infrastructure.
Civic talk · Longmont Area Democrats
I brought the AI discussion into a civic room: useful adoption, worker protection, human responsibility, and who receives the productivity gains.
Civic talk · Longmont Rotary
I connected AI infrastructure and energy to human judgment, Verdify, and the practical work of preserving local history.
Programs without a surviving recording
I keep these separate because I have not found a recording, recap, or photograph from the event.
Jun 2017 · GlobalMindED
The official program lists me for the panel. I have not found a recording or recap from the event.