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In Chapter 6 of 16 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview, cloud computing technology executive Marc Ferrentino answers "What Does It Mean to Be a Leader in What You Do?"  Ferrentino believes leadership in software starts with setting a vision and building a corporate culture around it.  He notes how setting the vision in a large organization comes with challenges of scale not seen in startups.  Ferrentino is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of cloud computing at BMC Software.  Previously, he was Chief Technology Architect (CTA) at Salesforce.com.  Previous to Salesforce.com, Ferrentino worked in mobile and Internet startups and at Goldman Sachs.  He earned a BSEE in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.