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Matt Hicks

Matt Hicks

Keynote Speaker: Cloud Architect, Developer, & Senior Vice President of Engineering at Red Hat

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Matt Hicks Biography

Matt Hicks is the senior vice president of Engineering at Red Hat. In this role, he is responsible for all product engineering at Red Hat, including products such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the JBoss Middleware portfolio, OpenStack, OpenShift and Ansible. His role also includes Red Hat’s hosted services as well such as OpenShift Online, OpenShift.io, and OpenShift Dedicated which serve millions of applications and billions of requests a day. Joining Red Hat in 2005, Hicks has experienced its growth from a single product company to the multi-billion dollar enterprise it is today. He was also one of the founding members of the OpenShift team and has been on the forefront of cloud computing ever since.

With more than 20 years of experience in Linux and a background in Computer Engineering, Hicks has always had a passion for combining infrastructure and application technologies. His engineering background before Red Hat includes several years at IBM as well as startup experience but he has also served in a variety of roles in IT and consulting. That breadth of experience enables Hicks to help guide technology to solve customer and business problems across all areas of IT. With technology innovation converging on open source, Linux and containers, his experience has placed Hicks at the center at what he believes is the most exciting time in the technology industry’s history.

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Matt Hicks Videos

Matt Hicks, Red Hat | Red Hat Summit 2018 - YouTube
Matt Hicks at Red Hat Summit 2018: Strength of the partner ...
DevNation 2015 Keynote - Matt Hicks - The future of development ...

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Matt Hicks is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Computer Science, Engineering and Technology.

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Matt Hicks is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Computer Science, Engineering and Technology. The estimated speaking fee range to book Matt Hicks for live events is $20,000 - $30,000. Please contact us for virtual event fees. Matt Hicks generally travels from Boston, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Kelsey Hightower, Gene Kim and John Romero. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Matt Hicks for an upcoming event.

Matt Hicks Videos

Matt Hicks, Red Hat | Red Hat Summit 2018 - YouTube
Matt Hicks at Red Hat Summit 2018: Strength of the partner ...
DevNation 2015 Keynote - Matt Hicks - The future of development ...
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