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Use New Relic’s observability to power DevOps speed and agility
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Kevin is an experienced, thoughtful, and team-first technical marketing, strategy and services professional with deep expertise in public cloud infrastructure. He knows the landscape and understands what customers are trying to do with compute, networking, and storage to help their businesses. Kevin knows his way around both virtual and physical data centers, serving as mentor, advisor, and SME to teammates, customers, and partners.
Jon rooney, Vice President Product Marketing AT box
webpage
New Relic infrastructure monitoring
This page helps prospects understand how integrating infrastructure and app monitoring accelerates root-cause analysis. I partnered with the web team to craft the messaging, optimize for conversion, and run A/B tests to improve performance.
Bonus: I’ve also worked hands-on in Drupal and WordPress to move fast when needed.
Kevin’s dedication and work ethic are unmatched. He approaches every project with a strategic mindset and pays meticulous attention to detail. His ability to think critically and problem-solve makes him an invaluable resource when faced with challenges. Kevin’s positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills contribute to a collaborative and enjoyable work environment. His professionalism and reliability make him a trusted team member.
jay goodman, Motion Director & Designer
launch blog
The Azure Native New Relic Service is now generally available
This blog announced the Azure Native New Relic Service, enabling customers to use MACC credits and store telemetry data directly in Azure.
I created the messaging to support the launch in partnership with Microsoft, pairing a high-level sizzle video with a technical demo to drive both awareness and activation.
Kevin’s positive attitude, enthusiasm, & passion along with his technical expertise and business acumen all help make Kevin the utmost professional who is also quite enjoyable to work with.
Jill Anderson, Alliances and Channel Sales Manager
technical blog
Modernization: The Need for Continuous Application Optimization in the Cloud
In the cloud, modernization doesn’t stop at migration. This best-practice blog explores why ongoing application tuning is critical for performance, cost, and agility.
I wrote this piece to educate technical decision-makers on the “what’s next” after cloud adoption, and to position our solution as the answer.
Kevin was an amazing knowledge resource for me as I was onboarded to the team, and he was always incredibly approachable and kind when I came to him with any questions. Through his amazing mentorship, I successfully executed my first few launches at New Relic. His attention to detail and ability to speak from his wide range of experience made him a great mentor and contributor to the PMM team.
Andrea Denise Sy
SENIOR PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER AT NEW RELIC
Principal Product Marketing Manager at Vendia
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MARKETING AT LUCIQ
opinion blog
6 Priorities for Ops in a ‘Serverless’ World
The server is fading fast, and ops needs a new playbook. In this opinion piece, I lay out six priorities to help DevOps teams stay relevant and effective in a cloud-native, serverless environment.
It’s a strong example of point-of-view content designed to spark conversation and showcase thought leadership.
Kevin possesses an incredibly rare depth of knowledge when it comes to Cloud and Infrastructure, which he has honed over more than two decades of hands-on experience. What’s more, he has successfully adapted this knowledge to excel in the world of Product Marketing, demonstrating a keen ability to “talk-the-talk” with the best of them.
Kristi beard, Sr Marketing Manager of Cloud Modernization at dynatrace
white papers
Modernizing with AWS
This three-part series guides customers through observability-driven rehosting, replatforming, and refactoring strategies on AWS. Each paper builds on the last, moving readers from awareness to action with practical guidance and real-world examples.
Created as a thought leadership asset, the series was used for gated downloads, event handouts, and sales leave-behinds to support deeper engagement across the funnel.
Additional White Paper
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I have had the great pleasure of partnering with him on many projects that span webinars, content development, blogs, and strategy development around all things cloud. His expertise in cloud strategy, technology, lifecycle, and business has proved invaluable across multiple teams – Product Marketing, Alliances and Channels, and Solutions Marketing.
While Kevin is highly disciplined and brings due diligence to the detail of every assignment, he also makes hard work fun. He has a gift for making complex technology accessible and understandable for less technical folks and is also a heavy hitter with product development and engineers.diane davidson, sr director alliances and channel marketing at new relic
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I worked with Kevin during New Relic’s relaunch of their Infrastructure Monitoring product. He is by far one of the most talented and well-informed Product Marketing Managers that I’ve ever had the privilege to work with. His positive attitude and cheerful demeanor always made our collaborations enjoyable, and I was incredibly fortunate to benefit from his years of experience working with infrastructure monitoring solutions and related platforms. Kevin is the type of leader any company would be proud to have among their ranks, and I cannot recommend him strongly enough.
Aaron “Checo” Pacheco, CEO & Founder at OtterMon AI
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