Evan Powell

Evan Powell is the CEO and Co-Founder of StackStorm, a software company leading the third wave of operations automation and delivering the increased productivity of DevOps approaches to a broader market. StackStorm software is currently available via a private, invitation-only beta. Interested users can request an invitation at: www.stackstorm.com/beta. Previously, as founding CEO of Nexenta Systems, Evan led the transformation of the storage industry towards a software defined future and achieved an excess of $350 million in partner sales. Prior to Nexenta, Evan was founding CEO of performance management software company Clarus Systems, now owned by Riverbed Technologies. Evan was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by the leading European venture fund Finaves in 2010 and was named one of the Top Ten Leaders in Storage in 2012.

DevOps > Cloud, SaaS, SDDC, and apple pie

June 13, 2014 by Evan Powell 0 Comments

Over the weekend I was chatting with a really successful venture investor who recently published a top trends list. That made me think about DevOps vs. Cloud and vs. SaaS and vs. Mobile and other disruptors. I’m convinced more than ever than DevOps is the right focus for professional investors and for all of us […]

From Orwellian Nightmares To Unicorns: Why I’m All In On DevOps

June 3, 2014 by Evan Powell 0 Comments

Over the years I’ve helped literally thousands of customers gain efficiencies in their data centers. I’ve met and become friendly with a lot of IT pros but I’ve got to admit – I never envied them. Well, maybe I envied some of the views in NY and Jersey City. And some of the toys they […]

User pragmatism is stronger than ever

May 13, 2014 by Evan Powell 0 Comments

This is the third of a series of posts about why we thought the world needed another DevOps oriented company and so invested in and started StackStorm. I hope we are touching on general themes that can help others understand the rapid disruptive shift towards DevOps approaches to building and operating technology. When starting […]

Let’s keep the countdown going: Reason #2 for StackStorm to join the fray

May 8, 2014 by Evan Powell 0 Comments

Stackstorm is a new company focused on automation, operations and DevOps. It’s co-founder and CEO Evan Powell has been keeping a running journal as the company made ready to emerge from stealth. This is the 2nd in the series of posts from Powell’s thoughts and experiences as a new DevOps company comes to market.f In […]

Automation, Operations, DevOps – What We Thought Was Missing

May 7, 2014 by Evan Powell 0 Comments

Stackstorm is a new company focused on automation, operations and DevOps. It’s co-founder and CEO Evan Powell has been keeping a running journal as the company made ready to emerge from stealth. Over the next few days we will share Powell’s thoughts and experiences as a new DevOps company comes to market. Over the next […]