Rom Adams

Rom Adams (né Romuald Vandepoel) is an open-source and C-Suite advisor with 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He is a cloud-native expert who helps organizations to modernize and transform with open-source solutions. He is advising companies and lawmakers on their open- and inner-source strategies. Previously, a Principal Architect at Ondat, a cloud-native storage company acquired by Akamai, where he designed products and hybrid cloud solutions and held roles at Tyco, NetApp, and Red...See more

Rom Adams (né Romuald Vandepoel) is an open-source and C-Suite advisor with 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He is a cloud-native expert who helps organizations to modernize and transform with open-source solutions. He is advising companies and lawmakers on their open- and inner-source strategies. Previously, a Principal Architect at Ondat, a cloud-native storage company acquired by Akamai, where he designed products and hybrid cloud solutions and held roles at Tyco, NetApp, and Red Hat becoming a subject matter expert in hybrid cloud. He was moderator and speaker for several events, sharing his insights on culture, process, technology adoption, and passion about open innovation. See less