With nearly two decades of entrepreneurial leadership experience in Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, IT, ERP, CRM, Sean Moreland has worked with such Fortune 500 companies as IBM, Google, AMD, Global Foundries, Lenovo, PayPal, John Deere, Sony, Disney, Abbott Vascular, Insight, Nest, Cisco, Avnet and the U.S. Army. For the past five years, he has served as Co-Founder & President of San Jose’s Appko, which helps companies reduce dependency on software licenses, decrease large implementation costs and create flexible business solutions. With a robust command of business skills and go-to market strategies, his role at the Silicon Valley firm comprises business development, building software engineering teams, service delivery, resource allocation, partnerships and sales programs. Among recent developments, in March 2013, Appko developed and released myCloudPod, the first end user-focused self-service cloud for converged infrastructure from venders like Cisco, HP, IBM and Dell. The company has been developing cloud solutions for converged infrastructure since its founding in 2007. In addition—alongside Appko CEO Sean DuLac and COO Tony Moreland—Sean Moreland specializes in CIAC (Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud), SAP ECC and NetWeaver (PI Exchange Infrastructure), Cloud and Virtualization, VMware (vCloud Director, vCenter, vSphere and vMotion), EI (Enterprise Integration) and SOA and ESA Architecture. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery for engineering teams.Previously, he founded and ran an SAP service firm, and worked with IBM Global Services, honing his expertise in software engineering and in identifying people, information and processes to enable businesses and organizations to integrate systems according to their needs and demands.My favorite trip was in 2004 where I spent 4 months in Spain. I walked the El Camino de Santiago to the end of the world.