Rick Braddy

BIO

oftware and information technology executive and architect of SaaS and cloud computing storage solutions. Entrepreneur and inventor of SoftNAS™, enterprise-grade network attached storage (NAS) delivered as download-and-go software. The NAS software virtual appliance runs within cloud computing environments (e.g., Amazon EC2) and virtual server environments (e.g., VMware ESXi), providing Big NAS capabilities at Little Data prices™. Experienced technology leadership consulting, innovation consulting, product management and product marketing services. VMware, VMware View, Citrix XenApp and Windows deployment and optimization. Formerly served as contract CTO for Virtual-Q, leading Virtual-Q's technology direction, R&D and data center operations. Virtual-Q provides cloud computing, cloud-hosted virtual desktops and computing-as-a-service. A product launch and online marketing veteran, having developed the WinningWare QuickLaunch software as a service product, used by small to medium businesses and professional marketers to automate their launches. Served as CTO and VP Product Marketing and Product Management of CITRIX Systems; responsible for technology and business strategy, product management and architecture for XenDesktop desktop virtualization and XenApp application delivery software. Inventor, with patents on web load-balancing, fault-tolerant systems & Internet management tools, with other patents pending. Veteran and formerly United States Air Force; top-secret cryptographic systems/NORAD Cheyenne Mountain. Specialties: VMware, VMware View, Citrix XenApp, cloud computing, desktop virtualization, software as a service, disruptive innovation, CTO, fractional CTO, on-demand CTO, new product launch, and website conversion optimizations for online marketers, product strategy and product marketing.