See yourself at Red Hat Summit
Red Hat® Summit and AnsibleFest is back, bringing IT professionals, enterprise leaders, partners, and open source enthusiasts together. To get the most out of your event experience, take a look at the profiles we created to maximize your time and learning opportunities.
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Maker
Typically likes: Power Training, labs, lightning talks, breakout sessions, keynotes, expo hall
You might be a Maker if:
You build, shape, or deploy technical applications within your organization and your technical proficiency is more advanced.
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Amplifier
Typically likes: labs, lightning talks, expo hall, breakout sessions, keynotes
You might be an Amplifier if:
You build, shape, or deploy technical applications within your organization and your technical proficiency is introductory or intermediate.
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Multiplier
Typically likes: Briefing Center, panels, keynotes, breakout sessions, expo hall
You might be a Multiplier if:
You keep your team focused on priorities and meeting their goals and your role is business- or operations-focused.
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Catalyst
Typically likes: roundtable discussions, panels, keynotes, Briefing Center, expo hall, evening receptions
You might be a Catalyst if:
You direct or oversee company performance and you’re a C-suite, executive, or VP-level employee (or similar).
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Connector
Typically likes: partner ecosystem keynote, expo hall, breakout sessions, sponsored events, Briefing Center
You might be a Connector if:
You build strategic relationships to stimulate and shape demand and your company operates within our partner ecosystem.
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Join interactive sessions covering automation, edge computing, security, artificial intelligence and machine learning, the developer experience, and more. You’ll leave with new perspectives and tools to help your organization.
1,750+
Companies attended
80+
Countries represented
300+
Sessions and labs
76
Sponsors
Hear from Red Hat industry pioneers
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Matt Hicks
President and CEO, Red Hat
Matt Hicks was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat in July 2022. In his previous role, he was Executive Vice President of Products and Technologies where he was responsible for all product engineering, including products such as Red Hat® OpenShift®, Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, the JBoss® middleware portfolio, OpenStack® and Ansible®.
He has been with Red Hat for 16 years, watching it grow from a single-product company to the multi-billion-dollar enterprise it is today. He was also one of the founding members of the OpenShift team and has been at the forefront of cloud computing ever since.
With more than 25 years of Linux experience and a background in computer engineering, Hicks has always had a passion for combining infrastructure and application technologies. His engineering background includes several years at IBM, as well as startup experience, where he served in various roles spanning engineering, IT, and consulting. This breadth of experience has allowed Hicks to use technology to solve customer and business problems across all areas of IT. With technology innovation converging on open source, Linux, and containers, his experience has placed him at the center of what he believes to be the most exciting time in industry history.
Chris Wright
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Engineering, Red Hat
Chris Wright is Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Engineering at Red Hat. He leads a team that guides Red Hat’s technology vision, co-creates technologies, and collaboratively implements change to ensure the success of Red Hat’s ecosystem of associates, customers, communities, and partners. He is passionate about open source software serving as the foundation for next-generation IT systems.
Wright’s Global Engineering organization includes: AI Engineering, Ecosystem Engineering, Experience Engineering, Field CTO organization, Office of the CTO, Product Engineering, and Product Security. During his 25+ years as a software engineer, Wright has worked in the telecommunications industry and beyond on high-availability and distributed systems. He also has experience in the Linux® industry on security, virtualization, and networking. Wright has been a Linux developer for more than 15 years, with most of this time spent working deep in the Linux kernel.
Stefanie Chiras
Senior Vice President, Partner Ecosystem Success, Red Hat
Stefanie Chiras is Senior Vice President of Partner Ecosystem Success at Red Hat, leading Red Hat’s global partner ecosystem engagement, and she plays a critical role in articulating the value of Red Hat's product portfolio within the ecosystem, defining the strategy for partnering with Red Hat for customer success.
Ashesh Badani
Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer, Red Hat
Ashesh Badani is the Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Red Hat. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s overall product portfolio and business unit groups, including product strategy, business planning, product management, marketing, and operations across on-premise, public cloud, and edge.
His product responsibilities include Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Red Hat OpenShift®, Red Hat Ansible Automation, developer tools, and middleware, as well as emerging cloud services and experiences.
Previously, Badani was Senior Vice President of Cloud Platforms, where he helped solidify the company as a hybrid cloud and enterprise Kubernetes leader. Under his leadership, Red Hat has also expanded OpenShift from an award-winning Platform-as-a-Service solution to the industry’s leading enterprise Kubernetes platform, with 1,000+ customers spanning all regions and industries. Badani started at Red Hat overseeing product line management and marketing for the Red Hat JBoss® Enterprise Application Platform middleware portfolio.
Badani has played a significant role around strategy, analysis, and integration for key Red Hat acquisitions—including StackRox in 2021, CoreOS in 2018, and FuseSource in 2012—to bolster the company’s integration portfolio.
Prior to joining Red Hat, Badani served as Director of Product Management and Product Marketing of Integration and Application Platform Products at Sun Microsystems. He has more than 20 years of experience in the technology and finance industries at both established and emerging companies.
Build your event schedule
Plan your Red Hat Summit and find the right sessions for you with our agenda and session catalog. In addition to keynotes, roundtable discussions, and the expo hall, you will gain access to hands-on training, labs, and networking. Check out the full agenda, then register to build your personalized schedule using the catalog to maximize your time at Red Hat Summit 2025.
Take part in the automation experience
AnsibleFest is once again taking place at Red Hat Summit, featuring a keynote, breakouts, lightning talks, and Ansible announcements. Attendees will learn about tools to address automation challenges and unlock what’s next in infrastructure, app development, edge computing, cloud services, and other enterprise IT essentials—all at no additional cost.
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US$1,999
(March 20-May 22)
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US$799
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Explore the expo hall to watch demos, talk to product experts, meet our sponsors, and discover everything else Red Hat has to offer.
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Exchange ideas with like-minded peers and professionals in sessions and meetups that promote connections.
Learn why you should attend Red Hat Summit 2025.
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