Joining Traction as a contributing editor
Getting to work with Erick Schonfeld, at long last
I’m glad to announce I’m joining Traction as a contributing editor, where I’ll be working on research-driven writing and analysis, here at Traction Report, and also contributing within the councils Traction is developing with its partners.
I’ve known Erick Schonfeld since his time at TechCrunch, and earlier when he worked at Business 2.0 and Fortune. It’s a long-time goal, now come true, to be working with him and the other partners at Traction.
My beat will be fairly broad, reaching from my wheelhouse in enterprise software, but out to other areas I keep a close watch on like AI, IoT, cloud computing, and others.
In the coming weeks, there are a number of Traction events I hope to attend, and to report on. There are still a few seats at these events, so request an invitation if you are interested. I hope to see you there.
Thursday, 20 April 2017, Velocity Network: Dev & Ops — Communication, Efficiency, and Collaboration — morning meeting at the General Catalyst office in New York City, 8:30am-12:00pm. Request an Invitation.
Hear from industry leader and DevOps researcher, Johna Till Johnson from Nemertes Research, and a series of live product demos from a group of select, emerging technology companies, including Mashape, SignalFx, Minio, and Ionic.
Connect with a small group of innovative peers. Other attendees include HBO, Citi, Credit Suisse, Prudential, JPMorgan, Samsung, and BBDO.
Tuesday, 2 May 2017, Velocity Network — The Annual Velocity Summit for CIOs, CTOs, and Senior IT Execs — full-day event at the General Catalyst office in Cambridge MA, 9:00am-5:00pm. Request an Invitation.
Join entrepreneurs, IT experts, investors, and innovative peers at the May 2nd Velocity Summit, showcasing 15–20 enterprise-ready companies via three themes:
1. The New Age of Cyber Security
2. The Cloud Revolution
3. The Next Generation of Data Analytics
Hear from industry luminaries and enterprise entrepreneurs on emerging trends impacting your business with over the next 12–18 months. Moderated by IDG’s Chief Content Officer, John Gallant and Velocity Network’s Executive Producer, Erick Schonfeld.
See a series of live product demos from a group of select, emerging technology companies covering the areas of IT infrastructure, data analytics, cyber security, and marketing automation, including Black Duck Software, Contrast Security, Continuum Analytics, Thoughtspot, Rocana, and Catalant.
Join your peers from companies like Amazon, Cisco, Citrix, Comcast, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, Liberty Global, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Samsung, Time Warner, Twitter, WPP and Yahoo.
