Jeff Eckard

Jeff Eckard is a cloud solutions builder with extensive experience in enterprise and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Currently serving as Vice President of Product Management for XaaS Solutions at Hitachi Vantara, Jeff previously held significant roles at IBM, where they launched an industry-first public cloud solution for financial services and defined the storage solutions portfolio strategy. With a background in product management at NetApp, Jeff built edge-cloud storage-as-a-service and led a 100+ member team in growing storage virtualization platforms. Jeff is pursuing a JD at the University of North Carolina School of Law, an MBA at the University of Washington, and has a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.