Fresh Tech Fridays

Andres Rodriguez is the founder and CTO of Nasuni, and has served in multiple executive roles including CTO at the New York Times and CTO and Hitachi Data Systems. 

Jason Ett is currently the Executive Director of Marketing & Creative Operations for Lionsgate STARZ.

Todd Croupe is the “Consigliere of Mobile Solutions” at HPE Aruba.

With over 40 years of experience in the technology industry,  he lives in Marietta, CA. with his wife Pam and is a father of four.  

Pam and Todd have 8 horses and two miniature donkeys!

Oliver Robinson is a solutions architect at Juniper Networks where he works on designing system and network solutions for the media and entertainment industry.

His career so far has spanned over twenty years with roles in systems administration, sales and product management. He has worked with technology companies including Cisco, Data Direct networks, Symantec, NetApp, and Oracle.

Prior to joining Juniper, in a departure from his tech career, Oliver founded and spent five years building a mobile gaming studio based in London, England.

Buck Wright has lived the past 15 years in San Diego where he currently works for Dell Technologies and is responsible for their SoCal Commercial and Public Sector Data Center Channel Business.   

He lives with his wife Brittany, son Brayden, and 13 year old Retriever/Ridgeback mix (Liberty Belle).

Bennett Cain is the Director of Production Services for HBO, bringing 11 years of production and 17 years of post production experience to the table. Among the first crop of union on-set DIT or Digital Imaging Technicians, he was on the front lines of the transition from film to digital cinema production. 

Ed Covert is the Director of Technical Security Testing for Warner Media where he leads the team that conducts security evaluations and assessments for applications within the Warner Media enterprise.

He brings nearly 30 years of intelligence, cybersecurity, and risk management experience. His specialties include enterprise security architecture, application security assessments, insider threat, cybersecurity defense, security program development, vulnerability management, and incident response lifecycle management.

Ed is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), certified as an Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP), certified Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and is Certified in Risk and Information Systems Controls (CRISC) by ISACA. Additionally, he is a SABSA Chartered Architect, Foundation (SCF) and has held the GIAC Certified Incident Handler designation from the SANS Institute.

Join DZ Solutions’ Tom Gilsenan and entertainment industry veteran Adam Slohn of Dark Fiber Technology as they discuss everything from technology’s Digital Transformation over the last 20 years, to “freedom from dark socks” during the 2020 pandemic.

Adam talks about his 20 years of experience at Warner Bros during the fastest-pace period in the studios’ 100-year history.

Nate Castillo currently is the Director of Enterprise Sales for Cloudbolt Software and brings 8 years of experience working with market leading and growth technologies like Aruba Networks, Gigamon, and Panzura.

Technology career aside, Nate is also passionate about leadership and motivating young professionals to dream and go BIG with authenticity and passion.

Nate resides in Newport Beach, CA with his wife and 18 month old son.

When Nate is not solving complex problems with technology or spending time with his family, you can find him surfing the Pacific Ocean or flyfishing streams and rivers along the western US.

Dante deLeon joined VMware in 2014 coming from the Healthcare & Oil & Gas verticals covering AT&T.   His role expanded to include covering WarnerMedia in 2018 alongside AT&T Entertainment Group/DirecTV. 

Born in Detroit, his family moved to Houston, TX back in 1980 where he spent the majority of his time growing up in Space City until relocating to Corpus Christi, TX in March on 2020. 

He is an avid jogger/runner & yoga practitioner & has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do & won gold in the 1987 Junior Olympics while in middle school.