Reimagining cyber resilience with NetApp AI-powered data protection

Justin has been in the IT industry for over 25 years. Attending the University of Arizona he earned a BS degree in Management Information Systems.  He went on to work as a Microsoft SQL Server Database Admin, Developer and Architect for Touchscape.com, Doctors Community Healthcare, and then GoDaddy.com as well as working as a private contractor in the Phoenix area. \n\nJoining NetApp in 2003, Justin worked in Professional Services architecting and deploying all things Microsoft on NetApp storage. Combining a deep understanding of both storage and SQL, he then moved over to pre-sales in the role of Solution Architect specializing in SQL Server and SharePoint. \n\nIn 2017 Justin achieved a CISSP certification and is now in a Principal Architect role.  He has helped hundreds of customer harden their NetApp environments against malware attacks architecting Zero Trust solutions that help protect against both internal and external threats.\n

With 15 years of overall experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Mesfin Dema is a Senior Director of Research & Data Science at NetApp. He has previously worked at Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, 7-Eleven among others and deployed multiple solutions to their products.  Moreover, he has completed his M.Sc. & Ph.D. degrees specializing in AI/ML area.\n\n