The vCommunity

Below is a list of individuals I came in contact with before, during and after VMworld (in no particular order and I hope I didn't miss anyone). Without the vCommunity, none of this would be possible. I owe a lot to everyone I've come in contact with in the last year or so while I continue to pursue my VMware certifications but a special thanks goes to Jorge Torres and William Lam for believing in me and granting me the opportunity to enjoy this wonderful ride they call VMworld. I can't say it enough but I've been extremely blessed to have this opportunity and I hope our relationships will continue to flourish for many years to come. To this day, I'm in awe of the opportunity that was provided to me by this wonderful community of individuals.

• Jorge Torres - TAM (Technical Account Manager) at VMware. Jorge was kind enough to create the contest for the VMworld pass

• Ariel Sanchez - Senior TAM (Technical Account Manager) at VMware

• Prabhu Barathi - Staff Systems Engineer at VMWare. I've known Prabhu since he and I worked at GMU nearly 15 years ago while he was a student

• Corey Romero - VMware vExpert & VMware Community Manager at VMware

• Jad El-Zein - Principal Architect at VMware

• Chris Williams - AWS Solutions Architect at GreenPagesIT

• Dave Davis - Senior Data Center Architect at Eastern Computer Exchange

• Katie Bradley - VMware Technology Network Community Manager at VMware

• Joshua Andrews - Senior Data Center Architect at Eastern Computer Exchange

• Karl Widmer - IT Systems Engineer\SwissGerman VMUG Leader

• Rawlinson Rivera - Chief Technology Officer at Cohesity

• Ryan Cosentino - Federal Sales Director at Cohesity

• Chris McCain - Director of Product Management at VMware

• vBrownBag Community - a community of people who believe in helping other people.

• VMware User Group (VMUG) - The VMware User Group is an independent, global, customer-led organization consisting of more than 100,000 members worldwide.

• Madison Soave - MyVMUG Business Development Coordinator

• Brad Tompkins - VMUG CEO

• Katie Lyons - VMUG Marketing Coordinator

• Danielle Ford - VMUG Events & Marketing

• Cody De Arkland - Senior SE at VMware

• Duncan Epping - Chief Technologist at VMware

• Alan Renouf - Sr Product Line Manager API/SDK/CLI at VMware

• Jonathan Frappier - Dell EMC

• Ken Nalbone - Solutions Architect\Indy VMUG Leader

• Matt Callaway - Full Stack Solutions Engineer

• Nick Scoula - SE at Zerto

• Joe Houghes - Infrastructure Engineer

• Jodi Shely - Principal TAM (Technical Account Manager) at VMware

• Niran Even-chen - SE at VMWare

• Charles Adams - Backup Admin

• Doug Dorr - Engineer at Columbia Outerwear

• Azarya Shaulov - Sr. Virtual Infrastructure Engineer

• Paul Braren - VMware Systems Engineer

• Thom Greene - vExpert\Lexington VMUG Leader

• Heath Johnson - Senior TAM (Technical Account Manager) at VMware

• Pete Flecha - Technical Marketing for VMware's Storage and Availability products. Host of the vSpeaking Podcast

• Adam Eckerle - Tech Marketing for vCenter at VMware

• Emad Younis - Sr. Tech Marketing Engineer at VMware

• Elsa Mayer - Blog Program Manager at VMware

• Edward Haletky - Virtualization and Cloud: Author, Technologist, Analyst

• Noell Grier - CloudCred Community Manager

• William Lam - Staff Architect II at VMware R&D

• Mostafa Khalil - Senior Technical Architect at Cloudsimple

• Josh Townsend - Technical Marketing Architect at VMware

• Mammo Tesfaye - Virtualization Engineer at Dimension Data

• Yadin Porter de Leon - Lead Advocate at TechLevelUp

• Scott Lowe - Engineering Architect at VMware

• Crystal Lowe - Founder of Spousetivities

• Julia Klaus - Social Media Manager

• Jorvin Martinez - Manager\Infrastructure Engineer at Deloitte & Touche

• Elaine Morris - Sr. Marketing Manager at VMware

• Scott Driver - IT Manager at NorthCountry Federal Credit Union

• David Stamen - Senior Systems Engineer at Avast Software

• Mike Martino - VMware Expert at International Integrated Solutions Ltd

• Anthony Spiteri - Global Technologist\Product Strategy at Veeam

• Zach Schaffner - Virtualization Evangelist