Kyle Hunter

Kyle Hunter has a long and varied work experience. Kyle started their career in 2001 as a Systems Analyst I at the Texas Department of Transportation. Kyle then moved on to Escondido Golf Club & Resort in 2004 as IT Director. In 2006, they joined Dell as a Sr. Advisor and worked their way up to IT Strategist. In 2012, they joined Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company, as a Sr. Product Marketing Manager - Data Services and Sr. Product Manager - Storage, Data Protection & Big Data. In 2016, they joined Dell EMC as a Principal Product Marketing Manager. In 2017, they joined Pure Storage as a Principal Product Marketing Manager, where they led and championed Pure Storage solutions marketing for service providers. In 2018, they joined DataStax as Director of Product Marketing. In 2020, they founded Hunter Product Consultancy, providing product management and marketing services for some of the most innovative B2B leaders. Most recently, in 2021 they joined Rafay as Head of Product Marketing & Kubernetes Evangelist.

Kyle Hunter obtained their Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Colorado State University from 1997 to 2001. Kyle has also obtained various certifications, including Product-led Certification from Pendo.io in 2023, Lead Like a Boss from LinkedIn in 2018, Developer Certification for Apache Cassandra from O'Reilly Media in 2015, MCDBA: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 from Microsoft in 2004, MCSA1: Windows Server 2003 from Microsoft in 2004, MCSE1: Windows Server 2003 from Microsoft in 2004, MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional from Microsoft in 2004, CloudU Certified from Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company, ITIL v3 Foundation Certified, Innovation Games Certified Collaboration Architect from The Innovation Games Company, Microsoft Certified Database Administrator on SQL Server 2000 from Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Professional from Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator on Windows Server 2003 from Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer on Windows Server 2003 from Microsoft, and Pragmatic Marketing Certified from Pragmatic Marketing.