As Field CTO for Splunk, Cory Minton leads strategy and innovation alignment with Splunk’s largest customers, analysts and the industry.  Cory also leads the technical strategy for Splunk’s partnership with McLaren’s F1 and Esports Teams. Previously, Cory was a Principal Engineer and Field CTO at Dell, focused on emerging AI and Big Data technology research. Cory is also known as the “Big Data Beard” from the eponymous podcast he leads.  Cory splits time between BHM and SLC with his wife and two children who share his crippling addiction to travel.