Cloud computing is a technology that has revolutionized the way we store, access, and process data. It allows businesses and individuals to access a vast array of computing resources – including servers, storage, and applications – over the internet. The cloud provides a cost-effective, scalable, and flexible solution to meet the demands of businesses of all sizes. The adoption of cloud computing has been growing rapidly over the years, and it has become an essential tool for businesses to stay competitive in today’s digital economy.
According to a report by Gartner, the global public cloud services market is expected to grow 20.7% to a total $591.8 billion in 2023, up from $490.3 billion in 2022. This predicted growth is driven by the increasing adoption of cloud services, including software-as-a-service (SaaS), infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), and platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Another trend that is emerging in cloud computing is the use of hybrid and multi-cloud environments, where businesses use a combination of public and private cloud services to meet their specific needs. These trends are a testament to the growing importance of cloud computing in the modern business landscape.
Our Who’s Who in Cloud highlights the top 50 thought leaders and influencers who drove the most engagement across LinkedIn & Twitter over a 6 month period on the topic of cloud. Most of these people are industry practitioners who oftentimes speak at events, write books and articles, and create video and audio content to advance the industry forward.
Who’s Who in Cloud?
1 Lucy Wang
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Lucy Wang
Creator "Tech With Lucy"
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 23,633
Average Engagement: 1181.7
Total Engagement: 2,531
Average Engagement: 632.8
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2 John Furrier
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John Furrier
Co-Founder, Executive Editor & Co-CEO
SIliconANGLE Media, Inc
Personas: Content Creator, Journalist & Contributor
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Total Engagement: 53,840
Average Engagement: 274.7
Total Engagement: 24
Average Engagement: 2.2
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3 Linda Haviv
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Linda Haviv
Developer Advocate
AWS
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 9,089
Average Engagement: 1298.4
Total Engagement: 757
Average Engagement: 378.5
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4 Gaurav Kheterpal
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Gaurav Kheterpal
CEO
Vanshiv Technologies
Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader
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Total Engagement: 29,309
Average Engagement: 888.2
Total Engagement: 67
Average Engagement: 67
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5 Priyanka Vergadia
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Priyanka Vergadia
Staff Developer Advocate
Google
Personas: Academic & Researcher, Author, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 27,695
Average Engagement: 485.9
Total Engagement: 4,996
Average Engagement: 178.4
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6 Luca Mezzalira
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Luca Mezzalira
Principal Serverless Specialist Solutions Architect
AWS
Personas: Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 38,414
Average Engagement: 278.4
Total Engagement: 1,025
Average Engagement: 23.3
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7 Andrew Brown
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Andrew Brown
CEO
ExamPro
Personas: Author, Content Creator, Thought Leader
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Total Engagement: 23,745
Average Engagement: 260.9
Total Engagement: 3,195
Average Engagement: 103.1
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8 Ronald van Loon |
Ronald van LoonPrincipal Analyst & CEO
Intelligent World
Personas: Analyst, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 16,048
Average Engagement: 116.3
Total Engagement: 14,176
Average Engagement: 22
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9 Adora Nwodo
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Adora Nwodo
Software Engineer II (Microsoft Mesh)
Microsoft
Personas: Author, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 5,683
Average Engagement: 405.9
Total Engagement: 4,446
Average Engagement: 444.6
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10 Kai Wähner
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Kai Wähner
Global Field CTO
Confluent
Personas: Event Speaker, Journalist & Contributor
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Total Engagement: 24,466
Average Engagement: 202.2
Total Engagement: 290
Average Engagement: 7.4
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11 Howard Boville
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Howard Boville
Senior Vice President
IBM
Personas: Thought Leader
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Total Engagement: 21,059
Average Engagement: 239.2
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12 Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza
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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza
Cloud Advocate
Microsoft
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 10,939
Average Engagement: 117.6
Total Engagement: 2,983
Average Engagement: 372.9
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13 Rich Miller
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Rich Miller
Founder & Editor
Data Center Frontier
Personas: Journalist & Contributor
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Total Engagement: 21,226
Average Engagement: 110.6
Total Engagement: 75
Average Engagement: 0.8
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14 Jeff Barr
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Jeff Barr
VP & Chief Evangelist
AWS
Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 9,886
Average Engagement: 470.8
Total Engagement: 10
Average Engagement: 10
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15 Bilgin Ibryam
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Bilgin Ibryam
Principal Product Manager
Diagrid Inc
Personas: Author, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 475
Average Engagement: 95
Total Engagement: 9,601
Average Engagement: 290.9
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16 Stephanie Wong
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Stephanie Wong
Google
Product Manager
Personas: Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 12,452
Average Engagement: 230.6
Total Engagement: 520
Average Engagement: 52
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17 Houssem Dellai
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Houssem Dellai
Cloud Solution Architect
Microsoft
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 4,577
Average Engagement: 572.1
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18 Sandip Das
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Sandip Das
Sr DevOps Engineer & Cloud Solutions Architect
Independent
Personas: Content Creator, Thought Leader
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Total Engagement: 12,199
Average Engagement: 210.3
Total Engagement: 48
Average Engagement: 3
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19 Satyen Kumar
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Satyen Kumar
Director of Cloud Strategy
Wipro Limited
Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 8,551
Average Engagement: 114
Total Engagement: 2,217
Average Engagement: 92.4
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20 Thomas Maurer
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Thomas Maurer
Senior PM & Chief Evangelist Azure Cloud
Microsoft
Personas: Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 9,250
Average Engagement: 118.6
Total Engagement: 2,863
Average Engagement: 27.8
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21 Gregor Hohpe
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Gregor Hohpe
Sr Principal Evangelist
AWS
Personas: Author, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 11,208
Average Engagement: 149.4
Total Engagement: 27
Average Engagement: 13.5
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22 Ashish Rajan
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Ashish Rajan
Co-Founder & Host
Cloud Security Podcast
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 12,767
Average Engagement: 94.6
Total Engagement: 148
Average Engagement: 4.9
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23 Yuri Diogenes
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Yuri Diogenes
Principal PM Manager
Microsoft
Personas: Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 9,777
Average Engagement: 135.8
Total Engagement: 405
Average Engagement: 9.9
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24 David Linthicum
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David Linthicum
Chief Cloud Strategy Officer
Deloitte Consulting
Personas: Author, Event Speaker, Thought Leader
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Total Engagement: 13,214
Average Engagement: 18
Total Engagement: 408
Average Engagement: 1.2
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25 Sally Eaves |
Sally EavesDigital Decentralization, Democracy & Security Advisor
CNAS
Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 5,680
Average Engagement: 72.8
Total Engagement: 3,727
Average Engagement: 95.6
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26 Forrest Brazeal
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Forrest Brazeal
Head of Developer Media
Google
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 3,259
Average Engagement: 148.1
Total Engagement: 519
Average Engagement: 129.8
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27 Jo Peterson |
Jo PetersonVP, Cloud & Security Services
Clarify360
Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 9,089
Average Engagement: 17
Total Engagement: 82
Average Engagement: 20.5
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28 Evan Kirstel |
Evan KirstelChief Digital Evangelist & Co-Founder
eViRa Health
Personas: Analyst, Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 5,909
Average Engagement: 9.3
Total Engagement: 3,512
Average Engagement: 5.1
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29 Michael Levan
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Michael Levan
Kubernetes & Containers Trainer & Consultant
Independent
Personas: Author, Content Creator, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 5,868
Average Engagement: 86.3
Total Engagement: 166
Average Engagement: 20.8
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30 Kit Colbert
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Kit Colbert
Chief Technology Officer
VMware
Personas: Thought Leader
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Total Engagement: 4,829
Average Engagement: 120.5
Total Engagement: 44
Average Engagement: 8.8
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31 Jonah Andersson
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Jonah Andersson
Founder & Community Leader
Azure User Group Sweden
Personas: Author, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 5,460
Average Engagement: 73.8
Total Engagement: 255
Average Engagement: 12.1
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32 Rory Preddy
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Rory Preddy
Principal Cloud Advocate
Microsoft
Personas: Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 5,562
Average Engagement: 69.5
Total Engagement: 266
Average Engagement: 11.1
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33 Richard Seroter
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Richard Seroter
Director, Developer Relations & Outbound Product Management
Google
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 3,883
Average Engagement: 58.8
Total Engagement: 2,081
Average Engagement: 16.7
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34 Nigel Poulton
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Nigel Poulton
Owner
nigelpoulton.com
Personas: Author, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 4,241
Average Engagement: 62.4
Total Engagement: 643
Average Engagement: 37.8
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35 Cheryl Hung
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Cheryl Hung
Senior Director, Ecosystem
Arm
Personas: Thought Leader
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Total Engagement: 1,401
Average Engagement: 116.8
Total Engagement: 435
Average Engagement: 87
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36 Keith Townsend
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Keith Townsend
Principal & Founder
The CTO Advisor LLC
Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier
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Total Engagement: 5,248
Average Engagement: 24.6
Total Engagement: 1,331
Average Engagement: 9.9
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37 Zeus Kerravala
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Zeus Kerravala
Founder & Principal Analyst
ZK Research
Personas: Analyst, Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 5,031
Average Engagement: 71.9
Total Engagement: 192
Average Engagement: 4.5
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38 Drew Firment
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Drew Firment
Chief Cloud Strategist
Pluralsight
Personas: Thought Leader
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Total Engagement: 3,879
Average Engagement: 92.4
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39 James van den Berg
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James van den Berg
Microsoft Azure Advisor
HybridCloud4You
Personas: Journalist & Contributor
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Total Engagement: 4,822
Average Engagement: 7.2
Total Engagement: 815
Average Engagement: 3.2
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40 Janakiram MSV
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Janakiram MSV
Principal
Janakiram & Associates
Personas: Analyst, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 3,515
Average Engagement: 68.9
Total Engagement: 39
Average Engagement: 13
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41 Steve Buchanan
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Steve Buchanan
Principal Program Manager
Microsoft
Personas: Author, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 1,795
Average Engagement: 128.2
Total Engagement: 154
Average Engagement: 0.9
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42 Kesha Williams
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Kesha Williams
Program Director, AWS Cloud Residency
Slalom
Personas: Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 1,929
Average Engagement: 143.6
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43 Michael Cade
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Michael Cade
Global Field CTO
Veeam Software
Personas: Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 1,764
Average Engagement: 58.8
Total Engagement: 962
Average Engagement: 32.1
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44 Daniel Newman
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Daniel Newman
CEO
The Futurum Group
Personas: Analyst
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Total Engagement: 3,347
Average Engagement: 24.8
Total Engagement: 692
Average Engagement: 18.2
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45 Dr Anton Chuvakin
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Dr Anton Chuvakin
Senior Security Staff at Office of the CISCO
Google
Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 2,630
Average Engagement: 15.9
Total Engagement: 603
Average Engagement: 50.3
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46 Irene Lyakovetsky |
Irene LyakovetskyFounder, Host & Principal
SaugaTalks
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 3,313
Average Engagement: 16.6
Total Engagement: 842
Average Engagement: 16.5
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47 Lars Klint
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Lars Klint
Senior Developer Advocate
Pluralsight
Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 2,195
Average Engagement: 24.4
Total Engagement: 818
Average Engagement: 45.4
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48 Corey Quinn
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Corey Quinn
Chief Cloud Economist
The Duckbill Group
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 400
Average Engagement: 33.3
Total Engagement: 442
Average Engagement: 110.5
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49 Stuart Miniman
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Stuart Miniman
Director of Market Insights, Hybrid Platforms
Red Hat
Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker
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Total Engagement: 1,799
Average Engagement: 56.2
Total Engagement: 333
Average Engagement: 41.6
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50 Chris Williams
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Chris Williams
Developer Relations Manager
HashiCorp
Personas: Content Creator
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Total Engagement: 3,010
Average Engagement: 53.8
Total Engagement: 33
Average Engagement: 11
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About Who’s Who reports Future of Work
These Who’s Who reports are created using the Onalytica platform which has a curated database of over 1 million influencers. Our platform allows you to discover, validate and categorise influencers quickly and easily via keyword searches. You can read our in-depth report Methodology here.
This Who’s Who list should give you an insight into who is driving the most engagement on Cloud online. We always want to make sure you are getting the most valuable information available from our lists, so feedback is always welcome!
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