Tech Field Day 9

@NoBlinkyBlinky

Sr. Deployment Engineer in the Enterprise Networking and Data Center space, blogger, and podcaster.

With more than 24 years of experience in the data networking industry, Aamer Akhter, CCIE #4543 (R&S, SP), is leading product management for VMware SASE Security. In this role, he works with CTOs, business units, partners, and customers to develop new …

Long-time Network Guy

@TheAaronStrong

Senior systems administrator with 10+ years of hands-on experience in application virtualization, server virtualization, storage management, data center monitoring, and automation.

Digital Content Producer at Gestalt IT

@AJBergh

Data Center Practice Lead at Presidio.

@eck79

@BonzoVT

Technical Solutions Architect @ WWT | www.virtualbonzo.com | @bonzovt on Twitter

@Semi_Technical

Hybrid Infrastructure Architect / Speaker / Blogger @ differentiatedheavylifting.com

@Al_Rasheed

Systems Administrator | DC VMUG Co-Leader | VMware vExpert

@AShimmy

Founder and CEO of Techstrong Group. Serial entrepreneur with a background in cyber, DevOps and cloud.

@DemitasseNZ

Alastair is a Tech Field Day event lead at the Futurum group, specializing in Cloud, DevOps, and Edge.

Vice President, Product Management, Pluribus Networks

@AlexEllisUK

Alex Ellis – Docker Captain, Principal Developer @ ADP and creator of OpenFaaS

@AlexGalbraith

Solutions Architect in the UK, podcaster and independent blogger at www.tekhead.it. At 6’7″ tall, obviously a ‘massive’ geek.

@AlexLewis

I am the intersection where technology and business collide

@yobyot

Alex Neihaus is an AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure architect, cloud solutions architect and consultant.

@ABlessing111

Content Lead for Gestalt IT

@AlissaNivens

“Project Princess” at Gestalt IT

@AllRuiz

Networking professional with an emphasis on solving client’s concerns.

@TechAllyson

Allyson Klein’s insatiable curiosity about innovation led her to found The TechArena covering all things edge to cloud.

@AmitPanchal76

Technical IT Manager and blogger at apanchal.com.

@AmyEngineer

Amy Arnold is an engineer and blogger with a love for all things networking.

@WyrdGirl

12 years in IT, vExpert and an automation junkie

@AnasTarsha

CCIE and Solutions Architect with over 14 years of experience designing data center and cloud networks

@Andrea_Mauro

IT Architect with focus on virtualization, cloud and storage

@arperry

@Lessi001

Blogger at Running-System.com, Austrian VMUG Leader, PernixPro and five-time vExpert

Audio/Video Specialist The Futurum Group and Tech Field Day

@AndrewBrust

Founder and CEO at Blue Badge Insights

Technical content writing for enterprise IT

@AnDriven

I love sitting at the intersection of technology and business, constantly learning, and communicating whether that be in written, spoken, or public speaking forms while adapting the discussion to be relevant to the current audience.

@TheDataPlumber

Service-provider MPLS consultant.

Andrew Redman is a technology evangelist at Progress Software.

@RevolutionWiFi

Andrew is a recognized wireless LAN networking expert, having achieved the industries two highest certifications, CCIE (Wireless) and CWNE, and creator of the Revolution Wi-Fi Capacity Planner.

@AndyBanta

Storage Janitor – seasoned technology professional

@AndyLapteff

Network Engineer | Community | Product | Podcaster

@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

@Anees_S

Anees Shaikh is with the Network Architecture team at Google where he works on operational aspects related to SDN, cloud networking, network visibility, and configuration and management in Google’s production networks.  Prior to joining Google, he was …

@Pandom_

Engineering his way ‘downunder’ to the CCIE.

Anton Elita is a Technical Solutions Consultant at Juniper Networks, with a focus on Routing and Automation. Prior to this role, he worked 8 years as a Professional Services Consultant, and before that being many years a Senior Network Engineer at diff …

@ArjanTim

Dutch analyst, world traveler and technology advisor

@AtherBeg

Enterprise Solutions Architect @Rackspace | VCIX6/VCAP5-DCD/DCA | AWS SA Pro | Tech Enthusiast | Blogger | @OpenTechCast Host | #vExpert x9, #Cloud, #NSX, #HCX

@AtifaKhan2000

CTO & Co-Founder, Alkira

I’m a cybersecurity and technology executive known for protecting data, assets, and operations for global organizations. I shape strategies and design programs that safeguard companies while accelerating growth, jumpstarting profitability, and elevating customer and employee experiences.

@DataSciBae

Ayodele Odubela is a Data Science Advocate for Comet ML. She combines her background in marketing and passion for data and analytics to educate Data Scientists on model reproducibility and experiment tracking. She earned her Master’s degree in Data Science from Regis University after working in various digital marketing roles. She’s passionate about data justice, kayaking, and hockey.

Bach Radoncic is a Principal Sales Engineer with over 10 years’ experience in Network Monitoring.

@VirtualisedReal

Barry is a passionate and energetic IT infrastructure and strategy specialist and evangelist turned business leader, as well as achieving many industry qualifications has been awarded the VMware vExpert title every year since 2010, alongside a wide number of over accolades.

@BartHeungens

Technology enthousiast, blogger, trainer, speaker, trusted advisor, loves on-prem, uses cloud

@barton808

Community builder and strategic storyteller focused on Open Source, AI, Cloud, Devops

@BasRaayman

@BeckyLElliott

Technologist and Blogger

@BenTGage

Ben Gage has a professional background which started in logistics and supply chain for manufacturing and agriculture. To subsidize the methodical nature of these fields he started and performs with an original Americana band. With a penchant for the ra …

@BenKepes

Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator.

@suidroot

Ben is a Security Architect, Hacker, and Security Researcher with 20+ years of experience in the security and network industries.

@ntwrk80

Ben a seasoned tech professional committed to problem-solving and giving back to the community through his blog and mentoring.

@BenYoungNZ

Specializes in the automation and integration of a broad range of cloud & virtualization technologies.

@PrimeImageVideo

Benjie is Co-Founder and CEO of Shipyard, and has been building deployment and automated environments for multiple companies over the last 4 years. Benjie is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded two companies and has experience building and man …

@PacketDetective

Betty DuBois. I find clues in packets that solve network and application mysteries, so companies can stop finger pointing and get back to business.

@Ba_Private5G

Director, Private Wireless Networks & Edge Computing at Intel

@Virtual_Bill

@BlakeKrone

Blake Krone is a Cisco CCIE Wireless and CWNP Certified Wireless Network Expert (CWNE) with experience designing and deploying enterprise class networks supporting hundreds of APs and multiple controllers for Voice, Data, and RTLS.

@BobMcCouch

Bob is a career network engineer/architect with over 20 years experience in enterprise, OEM, and integrator roles.

@Plankers

A hardcore IT generalist, virtualization expert, blogger, and vocal end user of technology.

@BradCasemore

Principal and Founder of MCN Strategies focusing on simplifying the world of hybrid multicloud networking for the enterprise.

@BrandonCarroll

Consulting System Engineer, Instructor, Blogger, and Technology Fan. CCIE #23837.

@BrandonGraves08

Brandon Graves is a Storage and Virtualization Engineer with over 10 years in enterprise experience.

@SDNgeek

SDN enthusiast, Uber Geek, Unicorn stable keeper, Mavs fan, PC gamer, Gear-head, CCIE

@BrandonJRiley

Storage focused virtualization guy

@CdnBeacon

Brennan hails from the Canadian prairie, where he unexpectedly found himself needing steel-toed boots more than an ergonomic workspace when he got into networking over a decade ago.

@NetworkStatic

Brent Salisbury works as a Network Architect, CCIE #11972.

@Brian_Booden

Brian is owner of DataGlow IT, and is a globally renowned Qlik expert, with over 20 years experience in the data industry.

@BriChamb

Lead Enterprise Architect at Chick-fil-A

@BytesOfCloud

Lead network engineer with over 20 years experience in financial, biomedical, and high-tech sectors.

@BKnudtson

Using a wide-range of professional experiences to contribute to businesses and community

Vice President of AI and Datacenter Performance at Signal65

@WollmannBruno

Self-employed network architect with over 20 years of experience. I’m always willing to learn, and I like a good challenge. CCDE #20190002. CCIE #19817.

@BTKrausen

Technical Architect | VMUG Leader | AWS User Group Leader | AWS Certified (‘All Five’) | vExpert x 4

@Next_Hopself

Network Engineer obsessed with learning; JNCIE-SP #3023

@CalvinHP

AWS Community Hero | Python, Django, Orchestration & Containers | CTO and Founder | IndyPy & IndyAWS | FreeBSD, Linux & ZFS

@CamberleyB

Camberley brings over 30 years of executive experience as an executive at F500 firms and Managing Director of the analyst firm Evaluator Group which was purchased by Futurum Group in 2022. She is well-known within the IT infrastructure and analyst community for her deep understanding of data management, AI, and cloud technologies.

@CWSeay

Mainframe Thought Leader/Adjunct Professor at East Carolina University

@CarlFugate

Public Cloud Center of Excellence lead for a healthcare software firm

@Carl_Niger

Network nerd, taco and IPA enthusiast, CCIE, sometimes right about stuff.

@CCostan

Carlo is a NYC based Virtualization Consultant. He writes about whatever interests him at the time @ vCloudInfo.com

@cwreece

Carole is a senior network consultant with over twenty five years of industry experience.

Cassidee is an Event Coordinator at Tech Field Day

@ChanEk81

Technology Practice Manager – DC & AWS

@twidfeki

Charles is a network and UC engineer for an integrator.

Sr. Director of Marketing focusing on cloud-based solutions, NetApp

@Network_Charles

Writing about internet culture and technology.

@_GingerFi

CWNE #519 and a Senior Wireless Administrator with a number of years working on enterprise networks in higher ed.

@StorageGaga

Passionate storage technology enthusiast who enjoys the learning as much as the sharing.

@Chris_Arceneaux

Cloud Automation Engineer | Lover of all things automation | VMUG Leader | vExpert

@CChilderhose

With over 30 years of information technology experience, I am a seasoned professional in network/systems architecture, virtualization, cloud backup and recovery, and data protection. I am an Enterprise Architect at ThinkOn Inc., a leading cloud infrastructure and storage service provider.

@ChrisCiborowski

Technologist & entrepreneur helping companies see the possibilities provided by DevOps and cloud application delivery, Docker Captain and CEO & CO-founder at Nebulaworks.

@CrankyNetMan

Chris Cummings is a Network Engineer with broad experience in the various networking and IT arenas, with expertise in Service Provider Networking, Enterprise Networking, Optical, Wireless, Security, Network Automation, and more.

@ChrisDearden

@ChrisGrundemann

Independent advisor, analyst, and consultant. Specializing in internet routing, network architecture, and automation.

@Hayner80

Enterprise Infrastructure and Security Architect

@CHildebrandt42

Sr EUC Consultant

@WiFiKiwi

Rugby mad Kiwi and I do a bit of WiFi on the side.

@ChrisMEvans

Chris is a UK-based consultant with an interest in all technologies, focusing on storage, virtualisation and cloud.

@ChrisMaki

Principal Solutions Architect, CDW Canada

@ChrisMarget

Chris is an independent network consultant, recovering UNIX sysadmin and protocol aficionado

@UprightVinyl

Infrastructure Architect for a bank in London by day, by night I write about technology and the tech community, mainly in relation to VMware and AWS.

@TheCMReed

Wi-Fi guy and technology enthusiast out to deliver the world great WI-Fi.

@ChrisWahl

Social media adventurer, virtualization whisperer, and global event speaker. Author of Networking for VMware Administrators.

@wygtya

Chris Williams – Developer Relations Manager at HashiCorp

@h0bbel

Chief Technologist SDDC for Proact IT Norge AS, working on building Norways best, and strongest, VMware SDDC practice.

@cxi

Technology Evangelist, vExpert, Veeam Vanguard, EMC Elect, BDA, CISSP, MCT, Cloud, Ninja, Vegan, Single, Father, Cat, Humorist, Author

Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer who is passionate about Open Source Technology.

Technology Community Builder and Event Specialist, Streamer

@CChaplais

Claire Chaplais has over 20 years experience in business operations, marketing communication programs, and event management for the high tech industry. She worked for great companies like Wind River Systems, StorageTek, Common Sense Media, and Harris B …

Clara Hubbard is an Event Coordinator at Tech Field Day

Clarence Filsfils is a Fellow at Cisco Systems where he holds key roles in Engineering and Marketing. Clarence has played a leadership role in the development of Quality of Service (QoS), IP/MPLS Routing Resiliency, Large-Scale Routing and IP/Optical I …

@ColinMcNamara

Colin McNamara is a seasoned professional with over 15 years experience with network and systems technologies.

@ColleenColl

Orchestrating events, amplifying stories, and keeping tech communities connected—one unforgettable experience at a time.

@IAmCoreyInHD

Media and Content Producer at The Futurum Group and Tech Field Day

@Craig_Kilborn

Craig is a UK based Lead Solutions Arcihtect with a focus on all things virtualisation

@CraigRodgersms

Product Manager – IaaS @ 11:11 Systems | Family man and platform guy who loves technology and clouds

@The_WiFi_Guy

Craig Schnarrs, is senior wireless network operations engineer and WiFi blogger

@VirtualProUK

Cyril Doussau has responsibility for Juniper’s Paragon WAN Automation Product Marketing. Prior to joining Juniper Networks, Cyril served as VP Marketing at Netrounds, leading brand awareness, public relations, demand generation and product marketing ac …

@TheBeardedITDad

Director of Network Operations | Host of The Bearded I.T. Dad

@DaleRapp

Dale is currently an application project manager and has a passion for wireless networking and IT security.

@PenguinPunk

I like punk rock and storage arrays.

@UKDanJones

Apple Consultant specialising in MDM & Wi-Fi

@IPswitch

A network and security solution architect with 20 years and 30+ certifications in the field.

@SimplyWiFi

Daniel Cybulskie is a Senior Security Consultant out of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area.

@Burneeed

10 years in IT network and virtualization junkie CCIE RS/SP VCIX-NV

@DanielKuchenski

Daniel is a Senior Network Engineer with a passion for network and systems architecture.

@DarrelClute

IT Infrastructure Engineer and Architect with a strong emphasis on networking and UNIX systems.

@DarrellDeRosia

Darrell has been working in the networking space for over 25 years with over 20 years focused on WiFi and mobility.

@BaldWiFiGuy

Dave is a Mobility Practice Director for a large VAR with over 20 years of experience in the networking industry.

@DaveMHenry

Jack of all trades technologist, gadget guy, writer, job hunting.

@GreatWhiteTec

#vExpert (x3), #NetAppATeam, #CiscoChampion, #VeeamVanguard, CPAVMUG Leader, runner, blogger, homebrewer.

@DavidJasonBall

Consultant at NWN Corporation focusing on virtualization and cloud technologies

@DavidChapa

Advisor to CxOs, Technology Exec, Market & Product Strategist, World-Class Speaker, Business-Centric IT, #MrRecovery, #Musician

@DavidMDavis

David Davis is a well-known author, speaker, and trainer covering datacenter technologies.

@DaveDotDev

Network consultant, enthusiast, netdevops promoter and blogger.

Dave Hughes is the Director of Sales Engineering at RackTop Systems. With over 20 years of experience in information systems design, implementation, administration and support his expertise helps organizations minimize operational cost while strategica …

@TheKanter

David Kanter is a Founder and the Executive Director of MLCommons. He has 16+ years of experience in semiconductors, computing, and machine learning.

@KleeGeek

Microsoft MVP and VMware vExpert focused on the convergence of infrastructure and data

David Oliver, CWNE #515, Wireless Network Engineer working for a consultancy in Greater London.

@VMackem

@DavidSamuelPS

Network engineer passionate about learning, sharing and hugging, and with an uncanny ability to over-speak.

@Overlaid

Network and Data Center engineer, architect, consultant and blogger. CCIE DC #45880

Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Google

@CCIEBy30

Network Engineer, Content Creator, Advocate for Women in Tech

@DPBrinkm

MLOps Community co-founder, but i really like to call myself the chief happiness engineer.

Business architect & technical author, still fascinated by new shiny things.

@Demartek

Dennis Martin is the founder and President of Demartek, a computer industry analyst organization with its own ISO 17025 accredited test lab.

@MrDenny

Denny Cherry has over a decade of experience managing SQL Server and is currently a principal consultant for Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting. Denny holds several Microsoft Certifications including the MCM as well as being a Microsoft MVP, an MCM and a VMware vExpert.

@DerekBrittonUK

Technology Marketing Leader, Advisor, and Commentator

@WebJunkie

@SDNToad

@WifiBond

Dev is working as a Principal Engineer and Service Owner for a large Australian Bank

@StorageNerve

@DHinchcliffe

Vice President of CIO Practice at The Futurum Group, Digital Thought Leader, CXO Advisor, IT Expert, Professional Speaker, Book Author, ZDNet Commentator

@NetworkAutobahn

InfoSec veteran on the NetworkAutobahn

@DBerkholz

Founder & Chief Analyst, Platify Insights — the analyst firm for tech platforms. Platform engineering, generative AI, cloud-native apps, and more!

@AvrilSalterUSA

Wireless Systems Technologist and Architect

Quantum Computing and AI, but not necessarily together: Tech Leader/Ph.D., Non-Executive Director, Author, Advisor, Pundit, Keynote Speaker, Analyst, Professor, Cat Lover

@Mathpocalypse

Founder of The Math Citadel, freelance mathematician with research interests in probability theory and reliability theory. Former data scientist.

@DrewClarke92

General Manager, Data Business Unit, Qlik

@Drew_CM

I’m a tech blogger and podcaster with 17 years’ experience covering IT, networking, security, and more.

@WirelessNerd

A wireless network engineer with over 20 years in the data delivery industry.

@DugiDM

Senior Cloud Engineer with strong focus on Cloud stuff

@Net_Introvert

ISP Network Engineer, IPv6 enthusiast,

@dlink7

@ECzerwin

@EGrigson

I’m an infrastructure professional with a keen interest in cloud, virtualisation and storage.

@Ed_PracNet

Network Engineer who self-studied into the field and teaches Networking and Network Security through a blog, youtube channel, and online courses.

@EHorley

20 years in tech, “Crazy IPv6 dude”, co-chair California IPv6 Task Force, author (Apress and Pluralsight), blogger and occasional speaker

@mo6020

Former British soldier turned technologist. Need more ‘dev’ in my ‘ops’. #vExpert x2, #CiscoChampion x2, #NetAppATeam

@EdSai

Network packet herder with 20+ years of beard graying experience

@HeyEddie

Founder/CEO CommunicaONE Inc, ACMX #365 CWNE #160, Author of BadFi.com

@Texiwill

Edward L. Haletky, aka Texiwill, is an analyst, author, architect, technologist, and out-of-the-box thinker.

@NetworkN3rd

Ed Henry is a networking blogger that works for a higher education network in New England.

@Emad_Younis

Emad is a datacenter enthusiast, 2 x vExpert, and blogger @ emadyounis.com.

Content Project Specialist at Gestalt IT

@ESignoretti

Independent analyst, blogger, event organizer, weekend sailor, gelato lover, always on a diet.

Long-standing experience and knowledge on Infosec & cyber domains to advise, design solutions, build services and drive engagement.

@Eric_Shanks

Consultant and blogger for theITHollow.com focused on Automation

@EricSiebert

@BotFodder

Team Lead, Network Engineering, University of South Florida

@Eric_Stover

Enterprise network engineer focused on data center networks and learning everything.

@DiscoPosse

Eric is a multi-year VMware vExpert, and Cisco Champion with a background in systems architecture, Kubernetes, public cloud, virtualization, VMware technologies, OpenStack, Business Continuity, Infrastructure-as-Code, and systems automation.

@EAbleson

An IT generalist with over 20 years of experience spanning multiple technology generations at different layers in the IT organisation.

@Nordmark_Erik

Co-founder and CTO at ZEDEDA

@FollowEstelle

Entrepreneur, IT Consultant, Speaker, Azure MVP

@ECBanks

As the founder of Packet Pushers, Ethan focuses on educating the community about networking through podcasting, writing and videos.

@EvanMintzer

Infrastructure Director and more!!

@DisasterTechLab

CEO Disaster Tech Lab, WiFi junkie, good at making things happen.

@SharpNetwork

Eyvonne Sharp is a network architect for a Fortune 100 healthcare enterprise.

@FabioRapposelli

@MFaisalK

A networking and virtualization enthusiast.

@Falko_Banaszak

Consultant & Solution Architect for BCM infrastructures

Fernando Montenegro serves as the Vice President & Practice Lead for Cybersecurity at The Futurum Group.

@Ferney_Munoz

Wi-Fi Instructor and consultant. CWNE #187. 35 Years working in IT.

@FirasShaari

CWNE #348. I love anything wireless and I am a diehard metal head

@FBonez

VMware vExpert | Virtualization and Storage Specialist | Senior System Engineer

@VergesFrancois

Wireless Network Engineer and Owner at SemFio Networks. CWNE #180. Living in London ON Canada, born and raised in Dijon, France.

@FOwen

@FWiles

Experienced technology consultant with a focus on performance, both of tech and processes. Specializing in Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and Cloud Operations.

@FredericVHaren

Frederic is the CTO at HighFens Inc (active in the HPC & AI market). He spent more than a decade building large HPC & AI environments from the ground up and is frequently invited to speak at events to provide his vision on AI, Big Data and HPC.

@MikeBridge

System administrator working with Windows server, EMC & Nimble SAN, VMware ESXi cluster, and desktop infrastructures across multiple facilities in the United States and Canada.

@GMaentz

Consultant, Dad of 4, Marquette alum, Life-Long Learner, vExpert, vBrisket Founder

@GabVirtualWorld

Consultant at Open Line

@GabrieleGerbino

I’m a Network Software Engineer focused on developing new ways to automate networks.

Data Protection and Kubernetes Specialist

@GeoffreyMusik

IBM Champion 2024, Computer Science Instructor at Northern Illinois University, IBM Mainframe Evangelist

@WirelesssGuru

George Stefanick is a Wireless Architect employed by a large healthcare system in the Texas Medical Center.

@GCFord

Georgina is our resident Word Nerd and a 20-year veteran of the B2B editorial industry, featuring 12 years exclusively writing about, and editing tech content

@GerCapde

Germán Capdehourat, telco engineer at Plan Ceibal, Assistant Professor at Universidad de la República and PhD student researching on wireless networks.

@GP_ifconfig

Senior Technical Advisor, CCIE[EI]#38619(10y) experienced in routing, switching, wireless, security and cloud.

@MFMahler

Gideon Tam, CCIE Data Center #46006, is a Datacenter Architect and Network Security Specialist at a cancer hospital in New York City.

Gina Bond is a seasoned Executive Assistant with over 15 years in the field

Product Marketing leader who knows how to turn complex technology into stories that inspire and connect.

@GKavelines

Girard Kavelines has over 15 years of experience as an IT Professional. Working in many different areas and roles from IT Helpdesk, Network Technician, Network and System Administrator, and IT Administrator.

@CitrixGurl

An experienced enterprise Citrix/VMware engineer with proven success in designing and supporting on-demand application data centers

@GRCate

Glenn Cate is a senior IT analyst who is passionate about all things Wi-Fi!

@GDekhayser

Technologist with 30+ years working with Enterprise Storage and Data Management, more recently working with global organizations on AI Infrastructure as well. Author of the Authoritative Core architectural design pattern.

@EtherealMind

Greg is a freelance Network Architect and Engineer, host of Packet Pushers Podcast and semi-professional writer.

@Thespis377

Senior Systems Engineer, CCNA, CCNP Enterprise

@Knieriemen

Azure Cloud Solution Architect, NetApp

@vDestination

IT Consultant specializing in virtualization technologies in both the private and public sector.

@GregorVucajnk

@GuyCurriersFeed

Chief Analyst at Visible Impact and Research Director in the Ecosystems, Channels, & Marketplaces practice at The Futurum Group, specializing in AI, DevOps–cloud-native, CPUs-GPUs-xPUs, enterprise applications, and cloud.

@HansDeLeenheer

Rental Evangelist & Enterprise Clown. Sometimes referred to as Technical Marketer.

Distinguished Engineer at ZEDEDA Inc.

@TheWLAN

Haydn is a senior Wireless Engineer at Dimension Data Australia

@HaloedPayload

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at University of Hertfordshire

@HangTenTech

In tech as in life, Hannibal Smith said it best. “I love it when a plan comes together”

@DeepStorageNet

Storage Analyst Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

@Ian0x0r

Product Manager – Data Protection

@ICoolen

Independent Storage Contractor, husband and father of two

@IvanMcPhee

A techy at heart, Ivan thrives in navigating evolving business innovation and technology trends and crafting technical and marketing messaging that creates awareness, educates target audiences, differentiates businesses, and fulfills complex requirements.

@IOSHints

Ivan Pepelnjak, CCIE#1354 Emeritus, is a network architect and independent blogger at ipSpace.net AG.

@DrJMetz

Data Center Technologist, Focusing on Storage

@JWGoerlich

Wolfgang is a cyber security strategist and an active part of the Michigan security community.

@Jack_Daniel

Community Builder, Storyteller, Technologist, Security Professional

@Poller

Principal Cyber Security Industry Analyst

Network Architect and Technologist; moving packets for over 25 years

@JSnyder81

Jake is a Systems Engineer focused on designing and deploying wireless networks in the Pacific Northwest.

@vSential

Cloud Infrastructure Architect/Engineer and virtualization enthusiast located in Dallas, TX with over 17 years experience.

@JDGreen

James is Partner & Content Czar at ActualTech Media where he is responsible for developing unique content offerings that help enterprise IT vendors accomplish their most critical content marketing objectives.

Senior Technical Consultant at Bamboo

@PhillipsJ73

Jamie is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, and working remotely from East Tennessee. During the day he works on Windows, but at night he is all about Linux.

As a Solution Architect in the VCF Division, Jared focuses on helping customers upgrade from their current VMware environments to VMware Cloud Foundation. He has a particular focus on helping customers drive maximum value and ROI from VCF Operations

@JK47TheWeapon

Principal Technologist with High Availability Inc, IT generalist with over 25 years of experience, and crazy love of storage, security, and machine learning!

@JABenedicic

Independent Consultant with a passion for all things technical, currently focusing on Cloud, Automation and DevOps. Member of NetApp A-Team, Cisco Champions and vExpert.

@JasonBoche

@BocaNuts

Jason Collier has over 20 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur in the technology industry. Jason was the Founder and Chief Evangelist at Scale Computing, one of the early pioneers in the hyperconvergence space.

@JEdelman8

Runs a consulting company bridging the gap between DevOps and Networking. CCIE 15394, VCDX-NV 167.

@BitsInFlight

Jason Gintert is a data networking professional and technology strategist with over 20 years of experience in network infrastructure, professional services, and managed solutions.

@JasLanger

IT professional with a focus on virtualization and storage.

@JasonBeshara

I’m a mobility engineer with a passion for most things RF

@TheJasonNash

Solution Principle and Evangelist at AHEAD

@PacketJay

Principal Network Security Specialist at G DATA Advanced Analytics

👋 Hi. I’m Jay. Chief Product Officer at NexusTek. I write things at fudge.org. 🤓

@Frame_Changer

A Network Engineer with a furious curiosity currently working in the Research & Education space.

@AUS_Effendi

Sr Manager of IT Infrastructure and Operations

@Wax_Trax

Network Engineer, Service Provider technology enthusiast

Senior Director for Product Management for NetApp ONTAP Scale-Out NAS

@Obdurodon

@FryGuy_PA

Seasoned network engineer who has worked in Enterprise, Carrier, and Service Provider networks.

@JTantsura

Networking, from business logic to algorithms and protocols

@JeffWilsonTech

GSEC-certified IT Professional focused on security in small to medium enterprises. Loves writing time-saving Powershell scripts and blogging.

@JBurtTech

Jeffrey Burt has been a journalist for more than three decades, spending the last 17 years covering technology.

@Geekazine

Consumer, Enterprise, Music Technologist. Podcaster and Youtuber. Co-founder of Build Day Live.

@JenniferLucille

Jennifer has over 10 years of experience in the networking and wireless engineering industry.

@jjx

International speaker, author, and enterprise security architect and advisor specializing in networking, wireless, and IoT.

@JensSoeldner

IT-Instructor / IT-Consultant / Lecturer

@JFilliben

@JLGaddis

@IAmJerdog

DevRel + Dev Experience Leader

@nwkautomaniac

Principal Software Engineer leading the digital transformation in network infrastructure at major sports media firm

@PacketLife

@JerodSanto

I make news and podcasts for developers at Changelog.com

@JGamblin

Security Advocate. Problem Solver. Hacker. Always Learning (Mostly The Hard Way).

Jim Czuprynski is an in-demand public speaker and technology advocate focused mainly on databases, analytics, spatial/graph, and AI.

@JimDavis415

Principal Analyst at Edge Research Group

@TheSSDguy

Semiconductor analyst at Objective Analysis

@K00laidIT

Product Architect doing backup and disaster recovery things at 11:11 Systems

@WirelessJimP

Jim is a Wireless Systems Engineer for a large airport in the midwest with over 20 years experience in all things wireless

Network Greasemonkey, Matrix Anarchitect, Packet Macrame Specialist, Virtual Pneumatic Tube Transport Designer, and Connectivity Nerfherder. Independent consultant. CCIE 41436, MTCRE, MTCINE, MTCIPv6E, MikroTik Certified Trainer

@JoeDevon

Serial Entrepreneur & Tech Advisor

@JHoughes

The Full Stack Geek with the big grin

@JOnisick

@JPiscaer

Founder of TLA Tech, a tech marketing firm focusing on cloud-native. Co-hosts TheCUBE sometimes. Blogs at VirtualLifestyle.nl

@JDAnton

Native New Orleanian, Database Professional, Lover of food and wine, cyclist. Microsoft SQL Server MVP

@JohnACook

John is a Unified Communications Engineer specializing in Microsoft Technologies such as Lync and Exchange.

@WiFi_John

John is a wireless architecht and all around tech enthusiast living in NYC.

John Freeman is an equity analyst with deep tech sector expertise and over twenty years in the investment management industry.

@NetworkSherpa

@MrTugs

CCIE #6727 Emeritus, technology afficionado, scripter, nerd. What’s not to love?

@StudioSystems

@HypergeekWiFi

John Kilpatrick, CWNE #414, Senior Network Architect specializing in enterprise networking for technology companies.

My current passion is the convergence of Software Development and Networking

@JJMarrone

Director of Product Development – DC and Cloud

@2Obeto

I like SMBs and Windows

@JohnOsmon

Holding no certs, people often wonder why anyone listens to John. His attempts to raise involvement and awareness by channeling the Bad Idea Fairy is often seen as disruptive.

@JTroyer

Leader of the TechReckoning community, podcaster, blogger, analyst

@SampleFive

Creator and Host of Engineering Deathmatch, Solutions Architect, and CCIE

@JohnA_White

Dad, technology lover, softball players, car guy, cloud guy, product strategy executive at Expedient.

@Botchagalupe

John Willis is CEO and Founder of Botchagalupe Technologies.

@SnoopJ123

Virtualization/Data Center/Cloud/Orchestration/Automation Enthusiast

@_Desmoden

Principal Engineer, Public Speaker & Futurist

@JonKlaus

Storage architect gone project manager, working for a MSP in the south of the Netherlands.

@blinken_lichten

Jon Langemak has over 10 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining high performance networks.

@_JonMyer

Tech Social Influencer & Thought Leadership | Chief Content Creator for Myer Media | Host of Jon Myer Podcast, A weird and quirky podcaster | Father x3

@2VCPs

@JSwartz

Jon Swartz is senior content writer at Techstrong Group

@SubNetwork

JD is CWNE #366, CWISE #5, and a co-founder of The Wi-Fi Awards.

@s1xth

Jonathan Halstuch is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of RackTop Systems. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Georgia Tech as well as a master’s degree in engineering and technology management from George Washington Uni …

@BCJordo

Principal Architect at WWT (CCIE# 43772)

@SystemMTUOne

Life long technologist with a penchant for all things networking.

@pipoe2h

Technical architect designing and implementing global solutions for customers.

@Josh_Atwell

IT veteran turned Developer Relations leader

@JoshCoen

Josh Coen has been in the IT industry for more than 15 years; currently focused on cloud technologies.

@EuroBrew

Storage and virtualization guy. Occasional blogger, twitter addict, taker of naps.

With 20 years experience in IT, Josh is always digging through marketing mud to find diamonds.

@blindhog

@JoshuaRKittle

Collaboration Engineer with a background in Route Switch / Datacenter / Security

@JoshLuedeman

Josh Luedeman is a Consultant for Pragmatic Works, that works on projects involving Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Cloud Architecture.

@JoshOBrien77

Josh has worked in the industry for 14 years and is now serving as CTO in the Telemedicine sector.

@Warcop

Consultant by day, hacker by night.

@802dotme

Joshua Williams is a Wi-Fi architect from Oklahoma.

@JuliaWeatherby

Healthcare IT Professional, VMware nut, and frequent flyer.

Julian Lucek is a Sr Distinguished Systems Engineer at Juniper Networks, where he has been working with many operators on the design and evolution of their networks. Before joining Juniper Networks, he worked at BT. He has a PhD in ultrahigh-speed opti …

@Julian_Wood

Julian is a London based enterprise infrasstructure architect and blogger.

@CanTechIT

Information Technology Generalist with experience in enterprise, service provider and telecommunications.

@recklessop

VMware vExpert and EMC Elect recipient who works for a VAR focused on Storage and Virtualization

@JPWarren

Justin is the founder and chief analyst at PivotNine

@vCabbage

@NovakkKarel

Senior Virtual Infrastructure Engineer at ArrowECS Czech Republic

@DataChick

Data Evangelist and Architect

@KatKitzmiller

Kate Scarcella is a recognized cybersecurity expert, chair of the CDF Cybersecurity SIG, and is a CISSP.

@KatiLehmuskoski

DevOps Solution Owner at Metsä

@Keiran_Shelden

Keiran is a System Engineer who loves to working with the full stack from compute to storage and all things between.

@KeithRParsons

Keith is Managing Director of Wireless LAN Professionals, and focuses his energy on providing great WLAN education, design and consulting to global customers.

@CTOAdvisor

Global Advisor at the Futurum Group

@KeithWardWrite

Keith Ward is a veteran technology journalist covering the IT space for over 17 years.

@MetaSkills

Innovation Leader & Award-Winning Product Engineer | AWS Hero | GenAI R&D | Technology Strategy

@KenNalbone

Specialist Engineer. Tech Community Leader. Loves to geek out about tech and food!

@KeKulp

Founding partner of Velaspan (formerly Cumulus Consulting Group) with more than twenty years experience designing, implementing and supporting enterprise wireless architectures across varied industries including healthcare, education, enterprise and go …

@Fraustief_in_IT

Tech Writer | Translator | Blogger | Analyst | House Electrician | Cocktail Mixer

@TheRoutingTable

Senior Network Engineer (Cisco CCNP) and currently working towards my Routing and Switching CCIE.

@WiFivomFranMan

Principal Wi-Fi Architect

@Kevin_Houston

Kevin Landry brings proven experience with over 15 years of product marketing success and over 20 years of subject matter expertise in network automation, SDN, NFV, NMS and OSS to his senior product marketing management role at Juniper Networks.

@StubArea51

Kevin is a network architect that consults globally for WISP/Wireline ISPs and large enterprises.

@AdjacentNode

Kevin is a network engineer with over fifteen years of experience in the public sector.

@KPJungle

Network Engineer and a blogger. Interested in all things tech. (CCIE RS, SP, CCDE).

@CyberKori

Industrial Networking, Security, Wireless and all of the “things”.

@Krista_Lee

Futurum Group Senior Analyst for Data Security, Protection, and Management

@KrisTheCodingU1

Preaching about all things cloud native and security, Kubernetes, green tech and cats.

Solutions Architect at Zededa

@NetworkJanitor

@KRMarko

Technology Consultant and Writer at MarkoInsights

@_DigitalVandal

Pushing the boundaries of AI to bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and everyday users.

@KyleMBrandt

Kyle has been part of the Cloud Foundation Technical Marketing team for over 8 years. He currently focuses on the deployment and ongoing lifecycle of a modern private cloud built on VCF.

@KyleJennerUK

Cloud Architect with a big love for the community

@AceHighWiFi

Father, Marine, Author, CWNE 317 and principal architect and proprietor or Ace High Wifi

@LarianaLuy

Network Engineer, Professor, Rookie of the Year 2020, pursuing my CWNE. I love to teach and learn.

@MrLESmithJr

Technical Solutions Architect for World Wide Technology(WWT) focusing on automation.

@LarsTr

Consultant @ Hemit, VMUG Leader, coder, speaker, rocker, 17x vExpert

@Malhoit

I’m a post-sales engineer focusing mostly on VMware, EMC and Cisco.

@vLeahSchoeb

Interested in next generation datacenter with transitions to persistent memory technologies, software defined storage, DevOps, automation, containers, virtualization, SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS in enterprise and cloud deployments.

@WiredNot

Lee Badman, CWNE #200, is a network architect and independent analyst with over twenty two years of covering the wireless and mobility space under his belt.

@TracketPacer

Lexie has four years of professional experience in network engineering, with a background as a Network Reliability Engineer for a cloud services provider. She currently works in the aerospace industry as an Avionics Integration Engineer.

@LiamRogers451

Senior Research Associate in 451 Research’s Storage Channel

@NorthlandBoy

Sr Network Engineer

@LinoTelera

Platform Engineer focused in IaC automation @ InfoCert S.p.A., blogger, podcaster

@LFoverskov

Technical content, Writing, Podcast and videos via Textrovert.VMUG Leader in Denmark, vExpert, Veeam Vanguard and Psychotherapist

@LucD22

Virtualization and automation fan

@dellock6

Virtualization Architect, vExpert, Data Protection preacher, Geek to the core. Blogger at www.virtualtothecore.com

@NerdBlurt

Community driven Digital Marketing Expert, fascinated by community initiatives around virtualization, cloud computing, and DevOps.

@LuisChanu

Distinguished Principal Solutions Architect

@WiFiLuke

Luke Jenkins might be best known for his seasonal beard. He spends his days fine tuning the wireless network at $HigherEd.edu and his nights as a modern family man.

@MaciejLelusz

Mostly techie, sometimes manager shaping IT transformation with cloud, datacenter, and edge expertise.

@MaishSK

@MalcolmBooden

Seasoned networking professional, with over 20 years experience in the design and implementation of large scale enterprise and service provider core networks.

@ShahMananj

VP of Product Management, Alkira

Consulting Solutions Architect at ZEDEDA

@Mae149

CWNE #275 and CCNP R&S, I am a network admin who’s all about Wi-Fi first and foremost.

@GoFarley

Marc is a storage industry expert who has written books and blogs and recorded many podcast episodes and videos about storage technologies and companies.

@ChiefDS

Technology marketeer extraordinaire with > 40 years on ongoing success.

@MBroeken

Dutch Virtualization Admirer and DaaS Lover, Blogger at www.vClouds.nl

@MarcusBurton

@Renegade604

Network shaman and recovering switch hoarder.

@EthicalTechCo

Cybersecurity expert with 18+ years enterprise security at Dell Technologies, now helping Fortune 500 companies secure their AI implementations – IEEE CertifAIEd Lead Assessor specializing in AI governance frameworks.

@_MarinaLF

3xCCIE, VCP6-NV, SDN enthusiast, reader, and occasional writer. Chasing diversity and bookmarking the outside. :wq!

@GingMar

Senior wireless network analyst working for a large canadian financial enterprise

@Settlersoman

IT Architect with passion for Virtualization and Storage Solutions.

@FutureBec

@MCarlton1983

Mark is a DataCentre Consultant in Wakefield, England

@marko_with_a_k

Wireless Engineer with a passion for Private LTE/5G and Wifi. CWNE 500

@MarkJulier

Mark Julier is CEO and founder of DigitalAir Wireless Networks which was established nearly 10 years ago.

@CincyStorage

Storage expert, unix curmudgeon, IT nerd, and sporadic blogger

Network Engineer currently focused on solving problems and making things happen at a fairly large global retailer.

@MThiele10

IT Executive with 24 years creating business value with Innovation & Leadership.

Head of Product Management at Bamboo

@ich408i

Technical Director at Vertali and GSE UK Region Manager

@IceMarkoM

@MarkusLeinonen

Enterprise IT Enthusiast & YouTuber

@GreenReedTech

DevOps Engineer with a passion for learning all things cloud, security, virtualization and devops

@MartinCcie7942

Martin James Duggan, CCDE2016:6, CCIE No. 7942, is a principal network architect for Systal Technology Services

@Storagebod

Storage Manager for large media company. More storage, disk and tape than you can shake a stick at! Blogs at The Register…

@RunninGreenGirl

Mary Fasang is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with over 20 years of IT experience. Her passion is all things networking.

@_vCallaway

VMware & Cloud Architecture Enthusiast

@MattThatITGuy

An IT Generalist with a passion for virtualization, storage, data protection, and helping others.

@MrMattGarvin

Matt Garvin is an Event Manager and brings nine years of event support and logistics experience to Tech Field Day for Gestalt IT

@MattHaedo

Senior Solutions Architect and blogger with a lifelong passion for all things tech.

@Mierdin

Matt Oswalt is a network software developer and blogger.

@SDN_News

SDNCentral Partner and Co-curator Matt Palmer has seven issued and six pending patents in software-defined networking (SDN), security, and cloud computing. Matt is a partner at Wiretap Ventures with more than 20 years of experience in computer networki …

@MPReath

@StandaloneSA

Small Infrastructure IT Administrator in Academia

@MattsStylinHat

Founder of The Competitive Corner | Competitive Intelligence Specialist | Chief Analyst | Data Protection & Security Expert | Boardgamer

@MattVogt

@MattAllford

Technologist and educator with a primary focus on cloud and automation technology.

InfoTech and DevOps professional with over 17 years experience with data centers, networking, servers, and storage.  Previously, at Blackboard, I founded and grew the DevOps organization within Product Development, in support of the Learn LMS flagship …