Jeff Gartner

Jeff Gartner is a seasoned technologist, inventor, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in the industry. He is the founder of Hudson Valley Swim, a leading swim school that is now offered as a franchise. Jeff has also been named as an Avaya Top 50 Innovator for his impressive portfolio of 19 patents.

Throughout his career, Jeff has been at the forefront of developing groundbreaking technologies, including building the world's first smartphone and the first online e-commerce storefront. He has also made significant contributions to the emergence of eCommerce and played a key role in IBM's internet initiatives.

As a skilled manager of people, Jeff has built and led highly productive cross-disciplinary teams. He has managed numerous full-lifecycle products and consistently delivered projects on time and on budget. Currently, he runs the DevConnect developer program at Avaya, which services the needs of over 130,000 developers from more than 30,000 companies.