Named by Wired.com as one of the ten most influential persons in cloud computing, Bernard Golden is a recognized visionary in the field. He serves as Vice President, Strategy for ActiveState Software. Prior to ActiveState he was Senior Director, Cloud Computing, for Dell Computer, which he joined when it acquired Enstratius, a leading cloud management software company, where he served as Vice President, Enterprise Solutions. Bernard also serves as the cloud computing advisor for CIO Magazine; his blog has been named to over a dozen “best of cloud computing” lists and is read by tens of thousands of persons each month. Bernard is also the author or co-author of four books on virtualization and cloud computing, including the 2013 "Amazon Web Services for Dummies."