Joshua McKenty

Vice President of Pivotal

Joshua McKenty is vice president of the systems advisory group at Pivotal, where he works with Fortune 100 customers who seek to transition to a cloud-native architecture. An entrepreneur and technologist, he is the co-founder of OpenStack and Piston (acquired by Cisco) and was the founding chief architect of NASA Nebula, the federal government’s first cloud computing platform. He was the team lead for the development of Netscape 8 as well as AOL’s IE AIM toolbar and Joint CTO at Mercurial Communications. More recently, McKenty led the IT efforts and successful first release of OpenQuake, an open-source software application allowing users to compute seismic hazards, seismic risks, and the socio-economic impact of earthquakes.

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Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Soul

With Leslie Berlin, Noam Cohen, Dipayan Ghosh, Joshua McKenty

November 11, 2018

Silicon Valley once promised to solve many of the world’s problems with a technological revolution. But now, the tech hub is the center of much scrutiny, and for many, that scrutiny is warranted. From privacy violations to flawed business models to a lack of diversity and representation, Silicon Valley has seemingly betrayed its idealism. And though technological progress has notably enriched a few, Silicon Valley has failed to deliver its promise to all. Has the prioritization of profits and conformity…

Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Soul

With Leslie Berlin, Noam Cohen, Dipayan Ghosh, Joshua McKenty

November 11, 2018

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