Jose manages the Citrix Cloud Technology Platform team. He is the driving force behind the technology components related to the platform services, cloud identity, cloud connectors, licensing etc. Most of his experience at Citrix has been around CVAD/DaaS where he has deep knowledge of the products both from an on-premises and cloud perspective. Prior to joining Citrix, he led the product management team for a greenfield Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM-based product that was purpose built for the global higher education market. Jose holds an MBA in finance and an engineering degree in telecommunications.

Peggy Noe Stevens in both career and personal life has devoted herself to 30 years of hospitality, entertaining and developing spirit brand destinations. A Master Bourbon Taster who is also a certified etiquette, image and professional speaker, she produces one-of-a-kind experiences for both people and places. Because of her signature style, expertise and creativity, she is retained by companies to seek out the strategic essence of image and brand culture and was inducted into the 2019 Bourbon Hall of Fame and 2020 Whisky Magazine Hall of Fame for those efforts. She is the only female in the world to be inducted to both Hall of Fame awards.

She began her career in hospitality and marketing with Hyatt Hotels Corporation, engaging in all aspects of guest services, professional event planning and the highest standards of culinary arts and entertaining. Peggy then moved to Brown-Forman Corporation to lead a newly developed travel and event planning department. As global event planner, she managed over 100 whiskey industry events annually, negotiated multi-million-dollar travel contracts and enhanced all aspects of travel, customer service, entertaining protocols and hospitality for executives.

While at Brown-Forman, she was also given the opportunity to move into the new frontier of experiential marketing, where she assimilated and directed an impressive portfolio of wine and spirit brand destinations and worked with such iconic brands as Jack Daniel’s, Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Southern Comfort, Fetzer and Sonoma Cutrer Vineyards. In this role, Peggy’s keen strategic direction and sense for establishing rich cultures positioned each destination to become a top attraction in its respective location. Directing all channels of destination management, she comprehensively fine-tuned experiential touch points with the consumer from retail and aesthetics to culinary and tasting programs, creating unique and memorable experiences. She simply mastered the art of engaging people emotionally through the senses.

Peggy’s career has allowed her to travel globally to observe the strengths and weaknesses of many brand cultures and she is an expert in consumer lifestyle behavior as it relates to the brand and its environment.