
Tom O'Neill
At Silk, my strategy pivots around enhancing product innovation and driving sales through incisive business planning. With over five years as International CTO and now as VP of Products, the focus is on empowering our mission-critical workloads to deliver tenfold performance across any cloud environment. Our team's analytical prowess has been central to achieving scalable solutions that resonate with our global clientele.
The journey from EMEA CTO at Kaminario to my current leadership roles at Silk reflects a commitment to technological excellence and market expansion. Through close collaboration with engineering, we craft roadmaps that anticipate and exceed customer expectations, while my role in opening new territories has been instrumental in harnessing and guiding technical sales teams for sustained growth in diverse regions.
Tom O'Neill's Sessions
Accelerating SQL on Azure while Managing Cost at Enterprise ScaleSQLBits 2025
Do you struggle to run SQL on Azure in budget while meeting your SLAs? Learn how Silk customers have managed to solve these challenges using Silk's unique architecture.
Supporting AI & Vector Extensions on High Performance SQL DatabasesSQLBits 2025
The innovation possibility of AI is immense but the risks of enabling AI access to your production databases are daunting; learn how Silk's architecture accelerates AI workloads whilst mitigating these risks.