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2019 Keynotes

.conf19 | October 21-24, 2019 | The Venetian and Sands Expo | Las Vegas

.conf keynotes are the only way to get a sneak peek into new Splunk products, hear from customer speakers, and be inspired by exciting trends in technology. Watch the keynote and super session replays from .conf19

DAY ONE

Visionary and Roadmap Keynote

October 22, 2019
Doug Merritt, President and Chief Executive Officer, Splunk Inc.

Tim Tully, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Splunk Inc.

Welcome to the Data-to-Everything Platform. It’s time to bring data to every question, decision and action. Join us as Splunk leaders lay out our vision and guiding principles for the future of Splunk and customers take the stage to give a deep dive into how they turn data into doing at some of the world’s leading companies.

 

Doug Merritt

President and Chief Executive Officer
Splunk Inc.

Doug Merritt

President and Chief Executive Officer
Splunk Inc.

Doug Merritt has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board since 2015. Previously, Merritt served as Senior Vice President of Field Operations at Splunk from 2014 to 2015. Prior to joining Splunk, Merritt served as Senior Vice President of Products and Solutions Marketing at Cisco Systems, Inc., a networking company, from 2012 to 2014. From 2011 to 2012, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Baynote, Inc., a behavioral personalization and marketing technology company. Previously, Merritt served in a number of executive roles and as a member of the extended Executive Board at SAP A.G., from 2005 to 2011. From 2001 to 2004, Merritt served as Group Vice President and General Manager of the Human Capital Management Product Division at PeopleSoft Inc. (acquired by Oracle Corporation). He also co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Icarian, Inc. (since acquired by Workstream Corp.), a cloud-based company, from 1996 to 2001. Merritt holds a B.S. from The University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
 

Tim Tully

Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Splunk Inc.

Tim Tully

Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Splunk Inc.

Tim Tully has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer since 2018. Prior to this role, Mr. Tully served as our Chief Technology Officer in 2017. Prior to joining us, Mr. Tully served in various roles at Yahoo! Inc., a digital information discovery company, from 2003 to 2017, including most recently as Vice President, Engineering from 2014 to 2017 and before that in engineering leadership roles including Distinguished Engineer and Chief Data Architect. Mr. Tully began his career as a Member of Technical Staff at Sun Microsystems on the JavaSoft team, and also spent time at several startup companies. Mr. Tully holds an M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. from the University of California, Davis.

DAY TWO

Product and Technology Keynote

October 23, 2019
Sendur Sellakumar, Senior Vice President, Cloud and Chief Product Officer, Splunk Inc.

You’ve got a lot of data - and growing as your innovators that turn data into doing build new solutions for your business. Hear from Splunk’s top product luminaries on the latest innovation across IT, Security, DevOps and learn about Splunk’s powerful platform capabilities that are making transformation and modernization real for the innovators and users and the businesses they serve.

 

Sendur Sellakumar

Senior Vice President, Cloud and Chief Product Officer
Splunk Inc.

Sendur Sellakumar

Senior Vice President, Cloud and Chief Product Officer
Splunk Inc.

Sendur Sellakumar has served as our Senior Vice President of Cloud and Chief Product Officer since 2019. Prior to this role, Mr. Sellakumar served as Splunk’s Senior Vice President and Vice President of Cloud from 2017 to 2019. From 2013 to 2017 he served as Vice President, Corporate Development. Before joining Splunk, Mr. Sellakumar worked in the financial services industry in investment banking from 2007 to 2013 at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sellakumar held several engineering roles at enterprise technology companies, including Qualcomm and Autodesk. Mr. Sellakumar holds a B.S. from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.B.A. from Cornell University and is based in the California Bay Area.
Super Sessions

Shortly after Doug Merritt’s Visionary and Roadmap Keynote at .conf19, Splunk market leaders in Security and IT Operations shared their product roadmap vision. Didn't get a chance to watch it in person? Catch up on the replays below.

DAY ONE

Security Super Session

October 22, 2019
Haiyan Song, Senior Vice President and GM of Security Markets, Splunk Inc.

As the security landscape continues to evolve, thousands of organizations require a single source of truth to help drive better, faster security decisions. So how can security teams unify advanced security analytics, machine learning, automation, and orchestration technologies to power security operations? The Splunk Security Operations Suite provides insights from all security-relevant data, and enables teams to turn insights into actions all while modernizing security operations, strengthening cyber defense and reducing exposure to risk.

 

Haiyan Song

Senior Vice President and GM of Security Markets
Splunk Inc.

Haiyan Song

Senior Vice President and GM of Security Markets
Splunk Inc.

Haiyan Song has been with Splunk since 2014 and currently serves as our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Security Markets. From 2012 to 2014, Ms. Song served as Vice President and General Manager of HP ArcSight, a security and compliance management company previously acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company. From 2005 to 2012, Ms. Song served as Vice President of Engineering at ArcSight. Ms. Song previously served as Vice President of Engineering at SenSage, an event data warehousing company, from 2004 to 2005. Ms. Song started her career at IBM/Informix, a database software company. Ms. Song holds a M.S. from Florida Atlantic University and studied Computer Science in Tsinghua University in China.

 

 

Rick Fitz

Senior Vice President & General Manager - IT Markets & Business Analytics
Splunk Inc.

Rick Fitz

Senior Vice President & General Manager - IT Markets & Business Analytics
Splunk Inc.

Rick Fitz has served as our Senior Vice President and General Manager, IT Markets since 2015. Prior to this role, Mr. Fitz served as our Vice President of IT Markets, from 2014 to 2015. Prior to joining us, Mr. Fitz served as Vice President of Product Strategy and Management at MarkMonitor, a Thomson Reuters company, from 2013 to 2014. From 2008 to 2013, Mr. Fitz served as Senior Vice President of Product Management at CA Technologies, a software company. Previously, Mr. Fitz served in a variety of senior management positions at Network General, BMC Software, Peregrine Corporation and Remedy Corporation. Mr. Fitz holds a BSCE degree from University of the Pacific and an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University.

DAY ONE

IT Super Session

October 22, 2019
Rick Fitz, Senior Vice President & General Manager - IT Markets & Business Analytics, Splunk Inc.

AI and predictive analytics are shaping the rapid evolution of IT organizations. IT orgs are shifting toward a new operating model that integrates development and operations cycles to better enable monitoring, collaboration and automation. The catalyst for all of this is AI and machine learning. As teams transform, teams are extracting value from legacy investments, using data-driven approaches to improve insights, decisions and time to value, and improving collaboration by building trust between IT, Development, and the lines of business.

 

Rick Fitz

Senior Vice President & General Manager - IT Markets & Business Analytics
Splunk Inc.

Rick Fitz

Senior Vice President & General Manager - IT Markets & Business Analytics
Splunk Inc.

Rick Fitz has served as our Senior Vice President and General Manager, IT Markets since 2015. Prior to this role, Mr. Fitz served as our Vice President of IT Markets, from 2014 to 2015. Prior to joining us, Mr. Fitz served as Vice President of Product Strategy and Management at MarkMonitor, a Thomson Reuters company, from 2013 to 2014. From 2008 to 2013, Mr. Fitz served as Senior Vice President of Product Management at CA Technologies, a software company. Previously, Mr. Fitz served in a variety of senior management positions at Network General, BMC Software, Peregrine Corporation and Remedy Corporation. Mr. Fitz holds a BSCE degree from University of the Pacific and an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University.

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