Ignacio M. Llorente, Ph.D in Computer Science (UCM) and Executive MBA (IE Business School), is a Full Professor (Catedrático) in Computer Architecture and the Head of the Distributed Systems Architecture Group at UCM, and Chief Executive Advisor and co-founder of C12G Labs, a technology start-up offering enterprise solutions around OpenNebula. He held several appointments as independent IT expert for the European Commission and several national governments; and consultant positions at ICASE NASA Langley and Sun Microsystems. Prof. Llorente is one of the pioneers and world's leading authorities on Cloud Computing, co-leading the OpenNebula Open-source Toolkit for Cloud Computing andcoordinating the Activity on Management of Virtual Execution Environments in the RESERVOIR Project, flagship of EU-funded initiatives in cloud computing. He founded and co-chaired the Open Grid Forum Working Group on Open Cloud Computing Interface; and participates in the European Cloud Computing Group of Experts and in the main European projects in Cloud Computing. Prof. Llorente has given many keynotes and invited talks in the main international events in cloud computing, and has contributed to several cloud computing panels and roadmaps.

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