Friday's Last Word: ownCloud CEO Markus Rex
ownCloud CEO Markus Rex founded the file hosting software company back in 2010 with Frank Karlitschek and Holger Dyroff. But what does he do outside of the office? We have the details.
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To find out who Rex is outside of the office, click through this slideshow.
REX: “Babylon 5” (because of the depth of the storyline and the fascinating characters).
TALKIN CLOUD's SPIN: Science fiction and tech always have their way of finding each other.
REX: Blackmore’s Night at Burg Veldenstein in Germany a couple of years ago.
TALKIN CLOUD's SPIN: A British/American traditional folk rock duo with nine studio albums out in the market.
TALKIN CLOUD's SPIN: That’s one university I wouldn’t mind attending.
REX: Nissan Sentra.
TALKIN CLOUD's SPIN: What color and year? We may never know.
REX: OPPO BDP-103 Blu-ray Disc Player.
TALKIN CLOUD's SPIN: Will Blu-ray players become a thing of the past? One step at a time.
REX: ownCloud, of course. Honestly, no idea.
TALKIN CLOUD's SPIN: That’s one way to self-promote.
REX: Patron Perfect Margarita in the Bay Area.
TALKIN CLOUD's SPIN: I’ll take one, too.
REX: “Storm from the Shadows” by Dave Weber.
TALKIN CLOUD's SPIN: I take it that you’re into science fiction?
REX: “Storm from the Shadows” by Dave Weber.
TALKIN CLOUD's SPIN: I take it that you’re into science fiction?
Friday's Last Word: ownCloud CEO Markus Rex — Who is he?
ownCloud CEO Markus Rex founded the file hosting software company back in 2010 with Frank Karlitschek and Holger Dyroff. Their goal: bring secure file sync and share to businesses.
Prior to being responsible for day-to-day management at ownCloud, Rex served as senior vice president and general manager of Novell’s SUSE Linux Open Platform Solutions business unit. Before that, he worked as Novell’s CTO for Linux and in various engineering management roles at SUSE.
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