Speakers

Jez Ward works as a Cloud strategist dedicated to accelerating clients’ business value with Cloud. He advises and helps CxOs develop their actionable plan, take advantage of the latest innovations, and deliver high-impact business outcomes.​

Jez was recognised as one of the Cloud leaders in the 2022 “Who’s Who in Cloud” report .

Jez was also the founder and co-host of the popular Cloudbusting podcast - discussing all things cloud.​

Jez is a trusted IT leader with over 30 years in diverse industry roles. He has a proven track record in enterprise transformation, most recently as the head of advisory for Cloudreach  and previously as the COO for iRiS Software, which developed guest-facing applications for the hospitality industry. He also served as the SVP for IT at Kempinski Hotels and CIO for JJW Hotels and Resorts.​

Jez is experienced at creating a winning vision and building consensus across enterprise stakeholders. He’s successfully led several digital transformation projects, including initiating and completing Kempinski Hotels’ adoption of Public Cloud in 2011.

Jez also sits on a number of external advisory panels for the hospitality industry and is a former president and board member of Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG), a trade organization representing over 4 million hotel rooms. Jez is also  a non-executive director for a couple of technology companies.​