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Who’s Who in Cloud? Top 50 Influencers to Follow

by | Apr 25, 2023 | Influencer Lists,

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?

1Lucy Wang

Lucy Wang

Lucy Wang

Creator "Tech With Lucy"
 

Personas: Content Creator

Total Engagement: 23,633

Average Engagement: 1181.7

 

Total Engagement: 2,531

Average Engagement: 632.8

 

2John Furrier

John Furrier

John Furrier

Co-Founder, Executive Editor & Co-CEO
SIliconANGLE Media, Inc

Personas: Content Creator, Journalist & Contributor

Total Engagement: 53,840

Average Engagement: 274.7

 

Total Engagement: 24

Average Engagement: 2.2

 

3Linda Haviv

Linda Haviv

Linda Haviv

Developer Advocate
AWS

Personas: Content Creator

Total Engagement: 9,089

Average Engagement: 1298.4

 

Total Engagement: 757

Average Engagement: 378.5

 

4Gaurav Kheterpal

Gaurav Kheterpal

Gaurav Kheterpal

CEO
Vanshiv Technologies

Personas: Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 29,309

Average Engagement: 888.2

 

Total Engagement: 67

Average Engagement: 67

 

5Priyanka Vergadia

Priyanka Vergadia

Priyanka Vergadia

Staff Developer Advocate
Google

Personas: Academic & Researcher, Author, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 27,695

Average Engagement: 485.9

 

Total Engagement: 4,996

Average Engagement: 178.4

 

6Luca Mezzalira

Luca Mezzalira

Luca Mezzalira

Principal Serverless Specialist Solutions Architect
AWS

Personas: Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 38,414

Average Engagement: 278.4

 

Total Engagement: 1,025

Average Engagement: 23.3

 

7Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown

CEO
ExamPro

Personas: Author, Content Creator, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 23,745

Average Engagement: 260.9

 

Total Engagement: 3,195

Average Engagement: 103.1

 

8Ronald van Loon

Ronald van Loon

Ronald van Loon

Principal Analyst & CEO
Intelligent World

Personas: Analyst, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 16,048

Average Engagement: 116.3

 

Total Engagement: 14,176

Average Engagement: 22

 

9Adora Nwodo

Adora Nwodo

Adora Nwodo

Software Engineer II (Microsoft Mesh)
Microsoft

Personas: Author, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 5,683

Average Engagement: 405.9

 

Total Engagement: 4,446

Average Engagement: 444.6

 

10Kai Wähner

Kai Wähner

Kai Wähner

Global Field CTO
Confluent

Personas: Event Speaker, Journalist & Contributor

Total Engagement: 24,466

Average Engagement: 202.2

 

Total Engagement: 290

Average Engagement: 7.4

 

11Howard Boville

Howard Boville

Howard Boville

Senior Vice President
IBM

Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 21,059

Average Engagement: 239.2

 

12Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Cloud Advocate
Microsoft

Personas: Content Creator

Total Engagement: 10,939

Average Engagement: 117.6

 

Total Engagement: 2,983

Average Engagement: 372.9

 

13Rich Miller

Rich Miller

Rich Miller

Founder & Editor
Data Center Frontier

Personas: Journalist & Contributor

Total Engagement: 21,226

Average Engagement: 110.6

 

Total Engagement: 75

Average Engagement: 0.8

 

14Jeff Barr

Jeff Barr

Jeff Barr

VP & Chief Evangelist
AWS

Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 9,886

Average Engagement: 470.8

 

Total Engagement: 10

Average Engagement: 10

 

15Bilgin Ibryam

Bilgin Ibryam

Bilgin Ibryam

Principal Product Manager
Diagrid Inc

Personas: Author, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 475

Average Engagement: 95

 

Total Engagement: 9,601

Average Engagement: 290.9

 

16Stephanie Wong

Stephanie Wong

Stephanie Wong

Google
Product Manager

Personas: Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 12,452

Average Engagement: 230.6

 

Total Engagement: 520

Average Engagement: 52

 

17Houssem Dellai

Houssem Dellai

Houssem Dellai

Cloud Solution Architect
Microsoft

Personas: Content Creator

Total Engagement: 4,577

Average Engagement: 572.1

 

18Sandip Das

Sandip Das

Sandip Das

Sr DevOps Engineer & Cloud Solutions Architect
Independent

Personas: Content Creator, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 12,199

Average Engagement: 210.3

 

Total Engagement: 48

Average Engagement: 3

 

19Satyen Kumar

Satyen Kumar

Satyen Kumar

Director of Cloud Strategy
Wipro Limited

Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 8,551

Average Engagement: 114

 

Total Engagement: 2,217

Average Engagement: 92.4

 

20Thomas Maurer

Thomas Maurer

Thomas Maurer

Senior PM & Chief Evangelist Azure Cloud
Microsoft

Personas: Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 9,250

Average Engagement: 118.6

 

Total Engagement: 2,863

Average Engagement: 27.8

 

21Gregor Hohpe

Gregor Hohpe

Gregor Hohpe

Sr Principal Evangelist
AWS

Personas: Author, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 11,208

Average Engagement: 149.4

 

Total Engagement: 27

Average Engagement: 13.5

 

22Ashish Rajan

Ashish Rajan

Ashish Rajan

Co-Founder & Host
Cloud Security Podcast

Personas: Content Creator

Total Engagement: 12,767

Average Engagement: 94.6

 

Total Engagement: 148

Average Engagement: 4.9

 

23Yuri Diogenes

Yuri Diogenes

Yuri Diogenes

Principal PM Manager
Microsoft

Personas: Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 9,777

Average Engagement: 135.8

 

Total Engagement: 405

Average Engagement: 9.9

 

24David Linthicum

David Linthicum

David Linthicum

Chief Cloud Strategy Officer
Deloitte Consulting

Personas: Author, Event Speaker, Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 13,214

Average Engagement: 18

 

Total Engagement: 408

Average Engagement: 1.2

 

25Sally Eaves

Sally Eaves

Sally Eaves

Digital Decentralization, Democracy & Security Advisor
CNAS

Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 5,680

Average Engagement: 72.8

 

Total Engagement: 3,727

Average Engagement: 95.6

 

26Forrest Brazeal

Forrest Brazeal

Forrest Brazeal

Head of Developer Media
Google

Personas: Content Creator

Total Engagement: 3,259

Average Engagement: 148.1

 

Total Engagement: 519

Average Engagement: 129.8

 

27Jo Peterson

Jo Peterson

Jo Peterson

VP, Cloud & Security Services
Clarify360

Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 9,089

Average Engagement: 17

 

Total Engagement: 82

Average Engagement: 20.5

 

28Evan Kirstel

Evan Kirstel

Evan Kirstel

Chief Digital Evangelist & Co-Founder
eViRa Health

Personas: Analyst, Event Speaker, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 5,909

Average Engagement: 9.3

 

Total Engagement: 3,512

Average Engagement: 5.1

 

29Michael Levan

Michael Levan

Michael Levan

Kubernetes & Containers Trainer & Consultant
Independent

Personas: Author, Content Creator, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 5,868

Average Engagement: 86.3

 

Total Engagement: 166

Average Engagement: 20.8

 

30Kit Colbert

Kit Colbert

Kit Colbert

Chief Technology Officer
VMware

Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 4,829

Average Engagement: 120.5

 

Total Engagement: 44

Average Engagement: 8.8

 

31Jonah Andersson

Jonah Andersson

Jonah Andersson

Founder & Community Leader
Azure User Group Sweden

Personas: Author, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 5,460

Average Engagement: 73.8

 

Total Engagement: 255

Average Engagement: 12.1

 

32Rory Preddy

Rory Preddy

Rory Preddy

Principal Cloud Advocate
Microsoft

Personas: Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 5,562

Average Engagement: 69.5

 

Total Engagement: 266

Average Engagement: 11.1

 

33Richard Seroter

Richard Seroter

Richard Seroter

Director, Developer Relations & Outbound Product Management
Google

Personas: Content Creator

Total Engagement: 3,883

Average Engagement: 58.8

 

Total Engagement: 2,081

Average Engagement: 16.7

 

34Nigel Poulton

Nigel Poulton

Nigel Poulton

Owner
nigelpoulton.com

Personas: Author, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 4,241

Average Engagement: 62.4

 

Total Engagement: 643

Average Engagement: 37.8

 

35Cheryl Hung

Cheryl Hung

Cheryl Hung

Senior Director, Ecosystem
Arm

Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 1,401

Average Engagement: 116.8

 

Total Engagement: 435

Average Engagement: 87

 

36Keith Townsend

Keith Townsend

Keith Townsend

Principal & Founder
The CTO Advisor LLC

Personas: Event Speaker, Social Amplifier

Total Engagement: 5,248

Average Engagement: 24.6

 

Total Engagement: 1,331

Average Engagement: 9.9

 

37Zeus Kerravala

Zeus Kerravala

Zeus Kerravala

Founder & Principal Analyst
ZK Research

Personas: Analyst, Content Creator

Total Engagement: 5,031

Average Engagement: 71.9

 

Total Engagement: 192

Average Engagement: 4.5

 

38Drew Firment

Drew Firment

Drew Firment

Chief Cloud Strategist
Pluralsight

Personas: Thought Leader

Total Engagement: 3,879

Average Engagement: 92.4

 

39James van den Berg

James van den Berg

James van den Berg

Microsoft Azure Advisor
HybridCloud4You

Personas: Journalist & Contributor

Total Engagement: 4,822

Average Engagement: 7.2

 

Total Engagement: 815

Average Engagement: 3.2

 

40Janakiram MSV

Janakiram MSV

Janakiram MSV

Principal
Janakiram & Associates

Personas: Analyst, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 3,515

Average Engagement: 68.9

 

Total Engagement: 39

Average Engagement: 13

 

41Steve Buchanan

Steve Buchanan

Steve Buchanan

Principal Program Manager
Microsoft

Personas: Author, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 1,795

Average Engagement: 128.2

 

Total Engagement: 154

Average Engagement: 0.9

 

42Kesha Williams

Kesha Williams

Kesha Williams

Program Director, AWS Cloud Residency
Slalom

Personas: Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 1,929

Average Engagement: 143.6

 

43Michael Cade

Michael Cade

Michael Cade

Global Field CTO
Veeam Software

Personas: Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 1,764

Average Engagement: 58.8

 

Total Engagement: 962

Average Engagement: 32.1

 

44Daniel Newman

Daniel Newman

Daniel Newman

CEO
The Futurum Group

Personas: Analyst

Total Engagement: 3,347

Average Engagement: 24.8

 

Total Engagement: 692

Average Engagement: 18.2

 

45Dr Anton Chuvakin

Dr Anton Chuvakin

Dr Anton Chuvakin

Senior Security Staff at Office of the CISCO
Google

Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 2,630

Average Engagement: 15.9

 

Total Engagement: 603

Average Engagement: 50.3

 

46Irene Lyakovetsky

Irene Lyakovetsky

Irene Lyakovetsky

Founder, Host & Principal
SaugaTalks

Personas: Content Creator

Total Engagement: 3,313

Average Engagement: 16.6

 

Total Engagement: 842

Average Engagement: 16.5

 

47Lars Klint

Lars Klint

Lars Klint

Senior Developer Advocate
Pluralsight

Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 2,195

Average Engagement: 24.4

 

Total Engagement: 818

Average Engagement: 45.4

 

48Corey Quinn

Corey Quinn

Corey Quinn

Chief Cloud Economist
The Duckbill Group

Personas: Content Creator

Total Engagement: 400

Average Engagement: 33.3

 

Total Engagement: 442

Average Engagement: 110.5

 

49Stuart Miniman

Stuart Miniman

Stuart Miniman

Director of Market Insights, Hybrid Platforms
Red Hat

Personas: Content Creator, Event Speaker

Total Engagement: 1,799

Average Engagement: 56.2

 

Total Engagement: 333

Average Engagement: 41.6

 

50Chris Williams

Chris Williams

Chris Williams

Developer Relations Manager
HashiCorp

Personas: Content Creator

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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