Cloud Field Day 8 - Tech Field Day



Cloud Field Day 8
July 15–17, 2020
#CFD8
Who: Cloud What: Field Day	When: Past Where: Silicon Valley, Virtual

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Cloud Field Day 8 is an extra-special event with two delegate panels!

Because this virtual event features delegates and presenters from around the world, we have split our schedule into “early” and “late” sessions, each with its own 12-delegate panel and presenting companies.

Add Cloud Field Day 8 to your calendar by downloading the CFD8 iCal file. This includes all public sessions from this event, with links to each appearance page. You can also see the complete agenda below. Note: The agenda uses US/Pacific time for consistency, but the iCal file should automatically adjust to your timezone!

Early	Presenting Companies	Aruba, Diamanti, Infrascale, Morpheus Data, Veeam, Zerto
Early	Delegate Panel	Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Late	Presenting Companies	Fortinet, HashiCorp, Igneous, NetApp, Qumulo
Late	Delegate Panel	Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi

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Delegate Panel

Delegates are selected by the Field Day Delegate community. For more information on our selection process, please see our page about becoming a Field Day Delegate.

	Adam Fisher	@BonzoVT
	Cloud DevOps Engineer at RoundTower, 10+ years in the IT industry focused on all things data center, Blogger, vExpert, Hokie.
	Adam Post	@Semi_Technical
	Solutions Architect with over 12 years of experience in consulting and managed services roles, specializing in Datacenter and Cloud technologies.
	Al Rasheed	@Al_Rasheed
	Systems Administrator \| DC VMUG Co-Leader \| VMware vExpert
	Andy Thurai	@AndyThurai
	Andy Thurai is a technology influencer and a thought leader who focuses on emerging technologies such as Cloud, AIOps, AI, ML, DL, Edge, IoT
	Calvin Hendryx-Parker	@CalvinHP
	AWS Community Hero \| Python, Django, Orchestration & Containers \| CTO and Founder \| IndyPy & IndyAWS \| FreeBSD, Linux & ZFS
	Chris Williams	@mistwire
	Multi-Cloud Consultant @ WWT \| AWS Solutions Architect Pro \| AWS Community Hero \| vExpert \| VMware VCIX \| Pythonista
	Dukagjin Maloku	@DugiDM
	System Engineer from Kosovo
	Enrico Signoretti	@ESignoretti
	Independent analyst, blogger, event organizer, weekend sailor, gelato lover, always on a diet.
	Erik Ableson	@EAbleson
	An IT generalist with over 20 years of experience spanning multiple technology generations at different layers in the IT organisation.
	Gina Rosenthal	@GMinks
	Founder of Digital Sunshine Solutions, EMC, Dell, and VMware alum (along with a few startups!), and a vExpert.
	Jim Jones	@K00laidIT
	Jim Jones is a Senior Cloud Architect for OffsiteDataSync, a J2 Cloud Backup Company specializing in enabling Backup and Disaster Recovery systems for our customers
	Josh Fidel	@JCEFidel
	With 20 years experience in IT, Josh is always digging through marketing mud to find diamonds.
	Justin Warren	@JPWarren
	Justin is a consultant and freelance journalist who enjoys coding in Python and words that are fun to say, like 'llama' and 'shenanigans'.
	Karen Lopez	@DataChick
	Data Evangelist and Architect
	Keith Townsend	@CTOAdvisor
	Keith Townsend is the founder of The CTO Advisor LLC and is an IT management consultant with more than 18 years of related experience designing, implementing and managing data center technologies.
	Kyle Jenner	@KyleJennerUK
	Cloud Architect with a big love for the community
	Lino Telera	@LinoTelera
	Data Center and Cloud Specialist focused on Infrastructure Automation and working in InfoCert S.p.A. in the Service Design staff.
	Max Mortillaro	@DarkkAvenger
	Max Mortillaro is an independent data center consultant specializing in virtualization and storage technologies.
	Nate Avery	@Nathaniel_Avery
	Systems Engineer with 20 years of experience designing, planning, and implementing complex systems integrating custom-built and COTS applications
	Ned Bellavance	@Ned1313
	Head in the clouds, feet on-premises.
	Neil Anderson	@FlackBoxTV
	Flackbox.com trainer and consultant
	Paul L. Woodward Jr	@ExploreVM
	I am a Systems Engineer with a focus on data center technologies. My passion is virtualization and performing amazing feats of technology!
	Ray Lucchesi	@RayLucchesi
	Ray Lucchesi is president of Silverton Consulting, blogs at RayOnStorage.com, co-hosts GreyBeardsOnStorage.com podcast and has worked in data storage for over 30 years mostly in marketing and engineering new disk and tape automation products.
	Yusuf Emre Ozensoy	@vmugtr
	Turkey VMUG Leader, vExpert, VCP, BMW R 1200 GS lover, world traveller , CMAS scuba diver

Presentation Calendar

Most presentations are streamed live on this page, at TechFieldDay.com, and at some delegate and presenter web sites. After the event, the following pages contain video recordings of these presentations.

Wednesday, Jul 15	5:00-7:00	Veeam Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Anthony Spiteri, David Hill, Michael Cade Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Wednesday, Jul 15	8:00-10:00	Aruba Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Alan Ni, David Adamson, Erik Vogel, Fouad Zreik, Jose Tellado, Michael Dickman, Ramanan Subramanian, Rochna Dhand, Samuel Perez Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Wednesday, Jul 15	11:00-13:00	Igneous Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Andy Ferris, Dustin Harris, Jeff Hughes, Mike O'Brien Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi
Wednesday, Jul 15	14:00-16:00	HashiCorp Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Armon Dadgar, Cody DeArkland, Nicole Hubbard Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi
Thursday, Jul 16	6:00-7:30	Diamanti Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Abhay Singh, Boris Kurktchiev, Brock Mowry, Jenny Fong Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Thursday, Jul 16	8:30-10:00	Morpheus Data Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Adam Hicks, Brad Parks, David Estes, Hicham Mourad Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Thursday, Jul 16	10:30-12:30	NetApp Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Dave Stump, Geoff Tudor, Niraj Verma, Scott McCullough Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi
Thursday, Jul 16	13:00-16:30	Fortinet Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Ali Bidabadi, Brian Schwarz, Lior Cohen, Ming Chiou, Philip Qian, Praveen Lokesh Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi
Friday, Jul 17	6:00-7:00	Infrascale Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Brian Kuhn, Chris Bayne Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Friday, Jul 17	8:30-10:00	Zerto Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Deepak Verma, Gijsbert Janssen van Doorn Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Friday, Jul 17	11:00-12:00	Qumulo Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
			Presenters: Barry Russell, Molly Presley, Tim Kresler Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi

All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific..

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	Ben Gage	@BenTGage
	Stephen Foskett	@SFoskett

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If you would like to sponsor or attend these events as a delegate, please contact Stephen Foskett, Gestalt IT Community Organizer, at [email protected] or call +1(508)451-9532.

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