As founder, CEO, and editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, Alan manages a broad array of businesses and brands including Techstrong Media, Techstrong Live, Techstrong Research, Devops.com, Security Boulevard, Techstrong TV, and Techstrong Learning. To do so and succeed, Alan has to be attuned to the world of technology, particularly DevOps, cybersecurity, cloud-native and digital transformation.

With almost 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, Alan has been instrumental in the success of several organizations.

Shimel is an often-cited personality in the security and technology community and is a sought-after speaker at conferences and events. In addition to his writing, his DevOps Chat podcast, TechStrong TV and Digital Anarchist audio and video appearances are widely followed.

Alan attributes his success to the combination of a strong business background and a deep knowledge of technology. His legal background, long experience in the field and New York street smarts combine to form a unique personality.

Mr. Shimel is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics, and holds a JD degree from NY Law School.

Tracy is CEO and co-founder of DeployHub. She is an expert in software supply chain management and pipeline DevOps practices with a hyper-focus on microservices and cloud-native architecture. She has served on the OpenSSF Governing Board (2022-23) as a General Member Representative, the OpenSSF Governing Board Committee, and the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF) Technology Oversite Committee. She previously served as a founding board member of the CDF and the Eclipse Foundation. She is the executive director of the Ortelius open source project, a supply chain evidence catalog.

Tracy is recognized by TechBeacon as one of the top 100 DevOps visionaries and speaks at many professional events such as CDCon, Open Source Summit and CloudBees DevOps World. She also hosts Tech. Strong. Women. on TechstrongTV, where she celebrates amazing technologists who happen to be women. Tracy was recognized as a Women In Technology (WIT) Honoree for her work in the DevOps area. You may also find her as an expert panelist on webinars along with some of her friends at JFrog, Techstrong Group and the Linux Foundation, or quoted in various technical journals around DevOps and open source security subjects

I have always been passionate about having a positive impact on other people’s lives.
 
Starting out as a top performer at Merrill Lynch, I later ignited my entrepreneurial journey in 1992, remaining loyal to my core values of Quality, Innovation, Passion and Integrity. Those values underpin my personal and professional life today.
 
Founded in 2000, PeopleCert has evolved from a small, local Greek player to a leading global organisation in the certification of professional and language skills. Our revenue has climbed from €1mn to €75mn, growing on average 40% per year, in the last 5 years. To date, we have delivered millions of exams and certified millions of people across 215 countries helping them to achieve their goals and realise their dreams. 
 
I am driven to contribute to our society in an effort to make a positive difference. Elected as President of CEPIS, the organisation representing 450,000 IT professionals from 29 countries across Europe, I am actively involved in promoting high professional standards, growing the pool of digitally skilled professionals, encouraging digital competence for the workforce and making IT good for Europe. With a constant focus on skilling-reskilling-upskilling, we have helped millions to remain relevant, significantly raising digital literacy levels on a global scale. Through numerous CSR activities, I try to leave a social footprint for today’s generations and the ones to come.

Willing to share this experience and inspire other entrepreneurs, I hold several Board Member roles.

Ben DeBow (bendebow.com) is the author of End of Abundance in Tech: How IT Leaders Can Find Efficiencies To Drive Business Value. DeBow is the founder and CEO of Fortified, a database managed service provider fueling enterprises around the world. He founded the company in January 2002 with a vision to provide clients with innovative ways to discover the value of their data and scale their data systems to meet their business goals and objectives. As a noted authority in his field, DeBow speaks to audiences across the country about the strategies that are defining an industry. He earned his degree in information systems and accounting from the University of Cincinnati. https://www.fortifieddata.com/