Don Gentile Steven Dickens

Don Gentile, Analyst-in-Residence for Storage and Data Resiliency at HyperFRAME Research, leverages three decades of industry experience to create clear, differentiated narratives for complex enterprise infrastructure. He has shaped messaging, positioning, and global campaigns for major mission-critical and hybrid cloud platforms, connecting technology innovation with customer needs and market dynamics. Don’s practice at HyperFRAME covers AI data platforms, flash storage, SAN, HCI, SDS, hybrid cloud storage, Ceph/open source, cyber resiliency, and the integration of AI workloads across storage and compute. Steven Dickens, CEO and Principal Analyst at HyperFRAME Research, is consistently ranked among the Top 3 Analysts by AR Insights. His expertise, spanning Open Source, Hybrid Cloud, and Mission-Critical Infrastructure, bridges the strategic imperatives of C-Suite executives with end-user needs. With senior leadership experience at Broadcom, HPE, and IBM, he has led multi-hundred-million dollar product initiatives. As a founding board member and former Chair of the Linux Foundation’s Open Mainframe Project, Steven continues to shape Open Source technology.