Sean Applegate is Director of Technology Strategy and Advanced Solutions for Riverbed’s Portfolio Solutions Group. Sean actively works to raise awareness of the technical and business benefits of Continuous Performance Improvement, particularly as they relate to creating competitive business advantages. He is a firm believer in the proven Continuous Improvement process of Visibility, Optimize and Control. Sean specializes in various monitoring mechanisms, deep forensic troubleshooting, infrastructure optimization and performance engineering with a focus on end-to-end enterprise architecture. Sean has been with Riverbed since 2007, and has focused on performance engineering with some of the world’s largest organizations since 1998. He is a former United States Marine, scout leader and avid outdoorsman. Contact Sean at [email protected], @SeanApplegate on Twitter and check out his occasional writings at https://splash.riverbed.com/people/sapplegate/blog/ and http://www.riverbed.com/blogs/.