Dr Ian Pratt FREng CEng FIET

Co-Founder and Senior Vice President for Products, Bromium Inc

Photo of Dr Ian Pratt FREng CEng FIETIan Pratt is a pioneer of cloud computing who developed open-source software to share the technology and established XenSource, one of the leading companies in virtualisation, taking his work successfully from academia to industry. XenSource was acquired by Citrix for $500 million in 2007, and he continued at Citrix as VP of Advanced Products. In June 2011 he left Citrix to start a new company called Bromium, specialising in microvirtualisation. Ian previously led the Systems Research Group at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and was a founder of Nemesys Research, acquired by FORE Systems. In 2009 he won a Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal for his achievements in computing and enterprise.

 

 

Updated August 2012

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