
Mark Skilton is a Global Director, Strategy, Capgemini Infrastructure Services. He is also Co-Chair of the Cloud Computing Work Group at The Open Group, an International Standards Body. Mark's current responsibilities at Capgemini include global lead for the Government Cloud strategy development and service offer portfolio design and center of excellence development. He is also the author of the Capgemini University Cloud Computing Global Education Course.
Mark is a recognized expert on Cloud Computing. His recent publications include editor of the "Cloud Computing for Business - the Open Group Guide". Contributing Case Study Author on Cloud Computing for Industry in the 2nd Edition "Handbook of Outsourcing and Off-shoring"; author the "Building Cloud Computing ROI" in British Computer Society Annual Journal 2011 and syndicated in CIO.com, ZDnet, Computerweekly, CloudComputingJournal, Reuters, Forbes and others. He has spoken internationally on the subject of Cloud Computing and a invited speaking on industry panels. Recent speaking engagements through Capgemini and The Open Group include EU Digital Agenda Forum, CloudExpo, UP conference and CloudSlam . His current interests are Cloud Metrics and Monetization strategies; leading the Cloud Interoperability and Portability Initiative in The Open Group and Cloud Ecosystem Visualization Languages. Mark has been a guest lecturer at the Information Systems Management ISM Masters Degree Program at Warwick University Business School. He is a Graduate of Sheffield and Cambridge Universities and holds an MBA from Warwick Business School.