{"id":1052,"date":"2023-05-08T03:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T08:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cloudfest.com\/usa\/?post_type=speaker&amp;p=1052"},"modified":"2023-05-08T03:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T08:08:19","slug":"jeff-hinkle-2","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Hinkle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Jeffs background ranges from database coding to complex network design to linux server hosting to enterprise virtual and cloud hosting. His experiences are across 3 fortune 500 size companies to several mid size regionan and national systems integrators to finally his own start up companies. He successfully built and exited gnax.net with the largest privately held data center in Georgia and now is back at the helm of Netdepot.com which was one of the first dedicated server companies back in 2000 after taking 7 years off to play and set direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffs background ranges from database coding to complex network design to linux server hosting to enterprise virtual and cloud hosting. His experiences are across 3 fortune 500 size companies to several mid size regionan and national systems integrators to finally his own start up companies. He successfully built and exited gnax.net with the largest privately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1053,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_cfs_speaker_sponsor_logo":{"mediaId":1248,"mediaUrl":"https:\/\/www.cloudfest.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/netdepot-2.png","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"height":150,"width":150,"url":"https:\/\/www.cloudfest.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/netdepot-2-150x150.png","orientation":"landscape"},"medium":{"height":133,"width":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.cloudfest.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/netdepot-2-300x133.png","orientation":"landscape"},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/www.cloudfest.com\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/netdepot-2.png","height":200,"width":450,"orientation":"landscape"}}},"_cfs_speaker_first_name":"Jeff","_cfs_speaker_last_name":"Hinkle","_cfs_speaker_title":"","_cfs_speaker_company":"NetDepot","_cfs_speaker_job_position":"CEO","_cfs_speaker_company_website":"","_cfs_speaker_personal_website":"","_cfs_speaker_facebook":"","_cfs_speaker_twitter":"","_cfs_speaker_linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jeffhinkle\/","_cfs_speaker_instagram":"","_cfs_speaker_country":""},"speaker_category":[182,183],"class_list":["post-1052","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","speaker_category-speaker-2023","speaker_category-speaker-2024"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jeff Hinkle - CloudFest Americas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jeff Hinkle - CloudFest Americas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jeffs background ranges from database coding to complex network design to linux server hosting to enterprise virtual and cloud hosting. His experiences are across 3 fortune 500 size companies to several mid size regionan and national systems integrators to finally his own start up companies. He successfully built and exited gnax.net with the largest privately [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CloudFest Americas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/event\\\/speaker\\\/jeff-hinkle-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/event\\\/speaker\\\/jeff-hinkle-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jeff Hinkle - CloudFest Americas\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/event\\\/speaker\\\/jeff-hinkle-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/event\\\/speaker\\\/jeff-hinkle-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/IMG_3171.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-08T08:08:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/event\\\/speaker\\\/jeff-hinkle-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/event\\\/speaker\\\/jeff-hinkle-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/event\\\/speaker\\\/jeff-hinkle-2\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/IMG_3171.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/IMG_3171.jpg\",\"width\":638,\"height\":638,\"caption\":\"IMG 3171\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/event\\\/speaker\\\/jeff-hinkle-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jeff Hinkle\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cloudfest USA\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CloudFest USA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cf-americas-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cf-americas-logo.png\",\"width\":356,\"height\":40,\"caption\":\"CloudFest USA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloudfest.com\\\/americas\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jeff Hinkle - CloudFest Americas","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jeff Hinkle - CloudFest Americas","og_description":"Jeffs background ranges from database coding to complex network design to linux server hosting to enterprise virtual and cloud hosting. His experiences are across 3 fortune 500 size companies to several mid size regionan and national systems integrators to finally his own start up companies. He successfully built and exited gnax.net with the largest privately [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/","og_site_name":"CloudFest Americas","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/","url":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/","name":"Jeff Hinkle - CloudFest Americas","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3171.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-08T08:08:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3171.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3171.jpg","width":638,"height":638,"caption":"IMG 3171"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/event\/speaker\/jeff-hinkle-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jeff Hinkle"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/","name":"Cloudfest USA","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/#organization","name":"CloudFest USA","url":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cf-americas-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cf-americas-logo.png","width":356,"height":40,"caption":"CloudFest USA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"speaker_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudfest.com\/americas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_category?post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}