Kendall was one of the first hires at Fairwinds and has spent the past 7 years making the dream of disrupting infrastructure a reality, while keeping his finger on the pulse of changing demands in the market and valuable partnership opportunities. 

Alex Crane is an Enterprise Architect and Technologist for Chick-Fil-A, Inc., a quick-service restaurant chain with roughly 2200 location based in Atlanta, GA. Alex’s team identifies strategic and differentiating technology opportunities, develops platforms and capabilities, and stewards them to maturity. Some recent examples include Chick-fil-A’s Cloud, API, and Internet of Things (IoT) strategy/platform. Outside of the office, Alex is an avid mountain biker and lover of all things outdoors.

Dean is an experienced technology leader, with 25 years of experience in various industries, from Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, to the Bio Beltway, bringing innovation, disruption and leadership to the organization. At Vibrent, Dean is responsible for technology operations, which includes cloud architectures and operations defining technical requirements for scalable, secure, high quality and efficient systems used within the company and by external users. With a focus on automation, Dean applies complex technical concepts and the latest tools and technologies to guide operational teams across project phases throughout development, testing and implementation stages. Dean’s career spans from the days of Apple II computers on desktops to building and managing large-scale server farms, out-sourcing to cloud providers and ultimately constructing serverless-based systems that are highly available, high quality, secure, cost-effective and customer-centric. He has a diverse background working with large companies such as Time Warner, AARP and IBM, and successful startup companies like Infoseek and Livedeal. Dean is a graduate of Clemson University with a computer science degree and a minor in business. In his personal life, Dean is an avid pilot and animal rescue advocate. He brings his passion for the two by volunteering his time with Angelflight and Pilots N Paws, where he flies patients in need of medical services to their locations and rescues dogs from shelters, transporting them to safe, new locations.