Named by WIRED.com as one of the 10 most influential persons in cloud computing, Bernard Golden is considered one of cloud computing’s preeminent thought leaders. Bernard serves as the cloud computing advisor for CIO Magazine; his blog has been named to over a dozen “best of cloud computing” lists. He is a highly regarded speaker, and the author or co-author of four books on virtualization and cloud computing, including his most recent book, Amazon Web Services for Dummies.