Growing concerns regarding data sovereignty, security, and the escalating costs of public clouds are accelerating the global demand for highly secure, on-premises sovereign clouds. Enterprise IT Leaders require platforms that offer direct sovereign control, hard multi-tenancy, and the transparent auditability of open-source technologies to power restricted, air-gapped, and AI-optimized infrastructures.
Join Red Hat experts to discover how Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift delivers the ultimate foundation for Sovereign AI and next-generation Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). OpenStack Services on OpenShift enables IT teams to manage traditional virtualization and advanced AI deployments to modernize your operations and adopt cloud-native automation. This session will explore how to maintain absolute control over sensitive data, modernize legacy virtualization footprints, and deploy high-performance AI environments without forcing a disruptive replatforming event.
Key Takeaways
- Learn how service providers benefit from an open-source foundation that delivers the trust, control, flexibility, and operational stability needed to securely run sovereign cloud solutions across any environment.
- Empower your sovereign AI initiatives with secure, multi-tenant GPU sharing and advanced hardware acceleration for next-generation workloads.
- Protect sensitive models and data against evolving threats using Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) readiness and Confidential Computing tailored with robust attestation.
- Simplify Day 2 operations and virtualization migrations through Kubernetes-native orchestration, declarative GitOps automation, and AI-assisted troubleshooting.
Live event date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026 | 10 a.m. ET
On-demand event: Available for one year afterward
Speakers
Sean Cohen
Director of Product Management, Red Hat
Sean Cohen is the Director of Product Management in the Hybrid Platforms organization at Red Hat, a leading provider of open-source technologies and hybrid cloud solutions. He oversees the infrastructure and observability business, including strategy and delivery for Red Hat OpenShift and OpenStack Platforms. With over 15 years of experience, Sean has a robust background in senior product management and delivery across enterprise and telco markets, driving cloud infrastructure strategy, product lifecycle management, and leading high-performance cross-functional teams.
Justin Hibbard
Director of Product Management, Red Hat
Justin Hibbard is the Global Director of Sovereign products – he is responsible for coordinating Red Hat’s technologies spanning all sovereign offerings. He works with partners and customers, at CxO level – collaborating with product engineering to drive differentiated value through partnership.
He is a veteran of 20+ years in the industry, with an established track record of conducting strategic technology program leadership, managing high performance teams on large transformational pursuits, from concept to service delivery. Justin brings pragmatic real-world experience as both; a technology integration partner across enterprise technology domains, as an IT Director bring experience from running critical business services at scale client-side, gained first-hand from many large multinational programs across Banking & FSI, Government & National Security, Consumer Managed Goods, Utilities, and Telecommunications industries.
Justin has been with Red Hat just over 7 years where he was recruited to build diverse teams and incubate business spanning consulting, sales, and recently the ecosystem too. Prior to joining Red Hat, he has held Senior Management, Consulting and Global Architecture Advisory roles in industry leading companies including HPE, Sun Microsystems, Logica, ICL (Fujitsu), and the EMC Federation.
Justin holds two degree level qualifications; in Computer Science [UEA, UK], and Business IT and Management [Leeds, UK], he is also a TOGAF8 & 9 Certified Enterprise Architecture Practitioner. He lives in Yorkshire (UK) with his wife and daughter and enjoys coffee, cycling and music.
