Steve Martinelli is a Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) at IBM. He has worked as a software developer in many different organizations of IBM, from WebSphere, to Open Source, and now focused on Developer Advocacy. He had a brief stint as an Engineering Manager for a few years.
As an avid technologist, Steve can be found tinkering with various technologies, from Kubernetes, to OpenWhisk, to Watson AI. Steve can be seen obsessing over using Python to automate the most tedious tasks, writing helpful documentation, and helping his peers become more productive and successful.
Steve has spoken at various conferences such as the Open Infrastructure Summit, CASCON (the Centre for Advanced Studies Conference), Viva Technology Conference, and the Cloud Identity Summit. Steve is a co-author of Identity, Authentication & Access Management in OpenStack, a book published by O'Reilly Media in 2015.
Previously, Steve served as the Project Lead for OpenStack’s identity service, code named Keystone. During that time, he also served on OpenStack’s Technical Committee.
Steve received his B.ASc. in Computer Engineering from York University in Toronto, Ontario, where he continues to reside.
- Vivatech - May 2018 - IBM Challenge: TechCrunch Hackathon
- Index Developer Conference - February 2018 - Create a retail chatbot that uses Watson Conversation and Discovery
- Index Developer Conference - February 2018 - Powering Your Mobile App with Watson Visual Recognition
- OpenStack Summit Boston - May 2017 - Being a Project Team Lead (PTL) - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- IBM Center for Advanced Studies - November 2016 - Openstack Identity, Community Needs, and Integration Points
- OpenStack Summit Barcelona - October 2016 - PTLs and Cores: We are Not as Scary as You Think
- OpenStack Summit Barcelona - October 2016 - Your CLI User Experience Matter, OpenStackClient 101
- OpenStack Summit Austin - May 2016 - Experiences and Priorities for Private Cloud Keystone and Public
- OpenStack Summit Tokyo - October 2015 - Federated Identity Support for OpenStack Clouds
- IBM Center for Advanced Studies - August 2015 - OpenStack Security and Research Challenges
- Cloud Identity Summit - June 2015 - Building IAM for OpenStack
- OpenStack Summit Vancouver - May 2015 - Enabling real-world interoperable hybrid cloud
- OpenStack Summit Vancouver - May 2015 - Keystone advanced authentication methods
- OpenStack Summit Vancouver - May 2015 - New Advances in Federated Identity
- OpenStack Summit Paris - November 2014 - Keystone to Keystone Federation
- OpenStack Summit Atlanta - May 2014 - Federated Identity Support for OpenStack Clouds
Workshops:
- IBM Cloud Dojo - Austin - Advanced Authentication with Keystone
- IBM Cloud Dojo - Toronto - Python and Keystone 101
- IBM Cloud Dojo - Austin - Get Developing with OpenStack