John Rhoton is a technology strategist. Best known for providing global strategy consulting to enterprise customers with a focus on public, private and hybrid cloud computing. His tenure in the IT industry spans over twenty-five years and covers a range of activities from software engineering and enterprise architecture to business development and global infrastructure deployment.

John has been responsible for defining and driving the technical strategy for several emerging technologies including cloud computing, mobility, next-generation-networking and virtualization. His work has spanned the globe including including long-term assignments in the United States, France, Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong and Malaysia, as well as his current base, Austria.

He is well-known throughout the industry as the published author of six books, including Cloud Computing Architected and Cloud Computing Explained, currently ranked as Amazon's most popular book on the topic.  He also speaks regularly on the technology and strategy at conferences, such as RSA, ISSE, Microsoft Tech Ed, Exchange Connections and the HP Technology Forum.