Dan POP P

Dan "POP" P. has a long and varied work experience, beginning in 1997 at Comedy Central as an IT Technical Support Engineer, where they resolved technical issues for creative teams and provided audio production expertise for online games and interactive media. In 1998, they joined SS&C Advent in the roles of Global Solutions Management - Presales Consultant, Principal Technical Solutions Consultant - Global Accounts, and Director of IT. In 2015, they began working at Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a Hybrid IT Solutions Architect-PreSales Engineer, where they were responsible for full solution sales campaigns and designs/collaborates with prospects and existing clients for HPE's new cloud portfolio of products. In 2016, they joined Sysdig as Director of Open Source Ecosystem, Field CTO (Director), and Principal Sales Engineer-Presales Team Lead. Most recently, in 2022, they began working at Chainguard as Head of Growth.

Dan "POP" P. has a varied educational background. Dan "POP" attended SUNY Oneonta from 1995 to 1997 and then New York University from 1997 to 1998, studying Computer Science. Dan "POP" also holds eight certifications, including a Certified Kubernetes Administrator from The Linux Foundation obtained in 2020, Asking Great Sales Questions, Selling with Stories, and Technical Sales: The Role of the Sales Engineer from LinkedIn obtained in 2018, LFS158x: Introduction to Kubernetes from edX obtained in 2018, a Docker Technical Sales Professional from Docker, Inc obtained in 2016, an EXIN Foundation Certificate in OpenStack from EXIN obtained in 2015, and an MCSE from Microsoft obtained in 2010.