Kevin L. Jackson is the Founder and CEO of GovCloud Network, a management
consulting firm specializing in helping corporation adapt to the new cloud
computing environment. Through his “Cloud Musings” blog, Mr. Jackson has
been recognized as one of Cloud Computing Journal “World’s 30 Most
Influential Cloud Bloggers” (2009, 2010), a Huffington Post Top 100 Cloud
Computing Experts on Twitter (2013) and the author of a FedTech Magazine
“Must Read Federal IT Blog” (2012, 2013). In 2012, he was also named a
“Cyber Security Visionary” by U.S. Black Engineer and Information Technology
magazine. His first book, GovCloud: Cloud Computing for the Business of Government was published by Government Training Inc. and released in March 2011. His second book, released in 2012 by the same publisher, is titled “GovCloud II: Implementation and Cloud Brokerage Services”. He is also a co-author of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance whitepaper “Cloud Computing: Risks, Benefits, and Mission Enhancement for the Intelligence Community”. Kevin Jackson was most recently a contributor to Hudson Whitman,’s “Cybersecurity in our Digital Lives” and his next book” Practical Cloud Security: A Cross-Industry View “(ISBN13: 9781498729437), with Dr. Melvin Greer will be released in second quarter 2016.
Kevin has been deeply involved in the broad collaborative effort between industry and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology on the broad adoption of cloud computing technologies. He has been certified as an instructor by the National Cloud Technologist Association and the Cloud Credential Council and holds a Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge from the Cloud Security Alliance. Mr. Jackson developed and delivered both half-day executive training seminars and four-day cloud computing training classes to multiple US Army Commands in the US, Europe and Korea. Mr. Jackson is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Information Technology at the George Mason University Volgenau School of Engineering and serves as a Cybersecurity Fellow at The National Cybersecurity Institute at Excelsior College.
Mr. Jackson retired from the U.S. Navy in 1994, earning specialties in Space Systems Engineering, Carrier Onboard Delivery Logistics and carrier-based Airborne Early Warning and Control. While active, he also served with the National Reconnaissance Office, Operational Support Office, providing tactical support to Navy and Marine Corps forces worldwide. His corporate experience includes VP & General Manager Cloud Services NJVC, VP Federal Systems at Sirius Computer Solutions, Worldwide Sales Executive, Mobile, Wireless & Voice at IBM, Vice President Global IT Project Office at JP Morgan Chase, and CTO at SENTEL Corporation.
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