Joe Baguley is VMware’s Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for EMEA, joining VMware in July 2011. He helps develop and communicate VMware’s strategy and vision with customers and partners, using his wealth of experience to help organizations reduce costs and better support users and business needs. As part of VMware’s Office of the CTO and its representative in EMEA, Joe assists VMware’s customers in understanding how to use today’s advances in technology to deliver real business impact and plan for disruptive technologies of the future, as well as working with them to inform VMware’s R&D processes.

Joe is a recognized leader within the European technical community and is considered one of the world’s most influential IT global leaders, currently positioned 26th on Tenfold’s global list of the top 79 Chief Technology Officers. He speaks regularly at industry events, including The Economist’s Innovation Summit, to the broadcast media, including BBC World News and BBC Talking Business, and appeared in the Computer Weekly UKtech50 and the Information Age Top 50 Data Leaders.

He has played a key role in CloudCamp and other events, communicating how cloud technology fits into the broader IT landscape. Joe previously spent ten years at Quest Software where he was CTO of EMEA, shaping its direction and strategy.

He is a member of VMware’s Executive Sustainability Council, a formalized component of the company’s Corporate Sustainability Strategy to provide insight and oversight, and to drive cross-company initiatives. In addition, Joe is also on several advisory boards at the European Commission and ETSI and is a founding committee member of the Data Centre Specialist Group at the British Computer Society which helped shape the European Code Of Conduct for Data Centers.

Joe is based in the UK with a remit across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

I have worked for software vendors focused in the service provider market all of my career and have a proven track record in product management and product marketing, as well as competitive intelligence. Specializing in cloud provider solutions with venture-backed organizations from a primary footprint in EMEA to much larger scale global ISV. I am a self-starter who thrives on building successful teams & relationships delivering real business results.

Dale recently joined Veeam, a leader in the field of Data Protection. He looks forward to bringing his experience in Cloud, VMware, Data protection, Product Design and Go To Market to further grow both Veeam and his partner, VMware.

I make the connection between technology, partners and GTM by creating alliances with ISV, Technology, Cloud and Channel partners. This includes building and managing alliance relationships, go-to-market planning/execution, sales enablement activities including collateral, presentations, sales training and acting as a subject matter expert on joint sales opportunities.

27 years in the Storage Industry, with a track record of successfully taking products to market and building a loyal channel to exponentially grow the number of touch points to potential customers.

 More recently have built European technology alliances with large storage vendors such as HPE, DellEMC, Hitachi Vantara, Cisco and Seagate.

Niels Hagoort is a Staff Technical Marketing Architect and VCDX #212 working for VMware. In his role, he covers the VMware Cloud and vSphere architecture, resource management, and cloud migrations. He is the co-author of the vSphere Host Resources and Clustering Deep Dive book series. Connect with Niels on Twitter via @NHagoort.

Colby originally from a rural farm town in Missouri, works at VMware as a EUC Customer Success Architect and specializes in cloud desktop virtualization. Colby received his Bachelor’s Degree from Campbell University and Master’s from Michigan State University. Colby served in the United States Army and credits much of who he is today to that experience. Atlanta has been Colby’s home for 5-years. The sport’s teams, the airport, the culture, and the diversity are just a few things that Colby loves about Atlanta.

Justin started racking and stacking servers in 1999 and through that experience gained a true appreciation for engineered and curated solutions. He has spent time as an operator, administrator, sales engineer, and marketer across a number of datacenter technologies. Today he works at Dell Technologies Product Marketing focusing on VMware software defined hyperconverged solutions.

Over 12 years of experience in architecting, planning, and implementation of large-scale on-prem and hybrid storage and systems solutions for several financial, retail, and telecommunication enterprises. Ability to develop deep, trusted relationships with customers at all technical levels, managing projects from discovery to completion, and coaching individuals to success.

Specializing in leading businesses through the transformation and modernization of their technology systems and roadmap. More than a decade of architecture, engineering and administration experience supporting every aspect from conception to design to execution. Leading presales engagements and business development for the VMware Cloud Provider Partner program dedicated to the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, a full VMware stack Software Defined Datacenter.

Waldemar Pera is a Virtual Cloud Network Staff Solution Engineer/Lead Networking & Security Architect at VMware LATAM, supporting the SOLA, NOLA, and Mexico regions, based in Santiago, Chile. As a highly respected professional, Waldemar has worked in various IT and Telecommunications roles over the past 30 years. Before joining VMware, he was a Network Consulting Engineer at Cisco where he was responsible for the development and implementation of complex projects, involving Data Center, SP Backbone, and Security technologies, in several Latin American countries.

He holds various industry certifications (Cisco and VMware, among others), as well as those related to Information Security such as the CISSP of (ISC)2. More information on his LinkedIn Profile.

Bob Plankers is a Cloud Infrastructure Security Architect focused on security and compliance, from on-premises traditional vSphere deployments all the way to the VMware Cloud. Prior to joining VMware he spent 23 years in IT operations, from support to developer to system engineer to manager, and understands the challenges organizations face in trying to lead IT towards simpler, secure, and more reliable systems. Bob is a speaker, writer, blogger, and photographer, both for VMware and on his own. If you dare, you can find him on Twitter at @plankers.

I am a product marketing manager, content specialist, and product manager with 20+ year of experience covering software and hardware technologies for edge computing, cloud computing, hyperconverged infrastructure, disaster recovery, server and data migration, and more

Don is the Senior Product Line Marketing Manager for Business Critical Applications with the Cloud Infrastructure Business Unit for VMware. Don has managed teams of applications specialists, presented at technical and business events and webinars, produced technical podcasts and acted as the moderator for numerous VMware panels over a 30-year career. Don is an vExpert and an Oracle Certified Master. Don presently writes a column for "Database Trends and Applications" publication and is the co-author of the official VMware Press book "Virtualizing Oracle Databases on vSphere". Don has a broad knowledge of VMware, Oracle and the computing industry as a whole. 

Illyse is a Data Center Cloud Solutions Architect with 20+ years of hands-on IT design, including consulting experience with enterprise datacenters of all sizes across multiple industries. Leveraging in-depth technical knowledge with well-honed strategic analytical skills, Illyse specializes in identifying and remediating environments in need of agile transformation. With expertise in software-defined data center solutions across compute, storage, networking, and enterprise applications, Illyse has led orchestration/automation projects across dedicated, virtualized and public cloud infrastructures. As a member of the “VMware Champs”, an informal Intel group, Illyse is frequently called upon to speak in front of customers, partners and our joint sales staff. Illyse’s industry certifications include but are not limited to: VPC-DV; AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate; and Azure

Specializing in memory tiering and hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) John Hubbard’s charter at Intel includes pathfinding, architecting and evangelizing the best solutions on Intel architecture. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge from networking, storage, virtualization, database, software development and validation across 20 years, he is uniquely positioned with different points of view. John delights in dissecting the toughest problems and identifying the why and how environments operate. As a trusted advisor and technologist, he works to ensure that customers, partners, and end users receive the best possible experience.

I have been with VMware 4 years and serve as a Staff Technical Account Manager covering Enterprise accounts out of Nashville, TN. I am the internal Global Lead for the Skyline Taskforce Team, as well as one of the leaders for the newly developed internal Skyline SME POD. I am the Skyline HOL Captain and work closely with the Skyline Tech Marketing and Product Teams to provide feedback and assist with demos and workshops. I frequently speak at local VMUG meetings, UserCONs, and VMware Explore on Skyline, Patch Management, and vSphere Upgrades. I am a 9x vExpert and hold VCP (VCP-DCV ’22) and VCAP (VCAP-DCV Design ’22) certifications. Prior to working at VMware, I held various Senior IT Management and Engineering Roles for both Regional and Global Organizations in an IT Career that has spanned over 30 years, and previously served as a VMUG Leader and Steering Committee Member for 10+ years in various VMUG Chapters

Steven Dahlin is a 20 year IT veteran based in Minneapolis, MN. He built the European business for startup data storage vendor Compellent, spent 10 years at Dell running datacenter solutions teams, and now runs the VMware Cloud Management specialist team for Canada and Central US for our most strategic customers.

Cato Grace has been a passionate user of VMware technology since 2006. He has worked for VMware in Technical Marketing since 2013, focused on Availability solutions, specifically DRaaS both VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and VMware Site Recovery for VMware Cloud on AWS, Site Recovery Manager and vSphere. Prior to VMware, Cato spent time as both a customer and VMware partner.

Niels Hagoort is a Staff Technical Marketing Architect and VCDX #212 working for VMware. In his role, he covers the VMware Cloud and vSphere architecture, resource management, and cloud migrations. He is the co-author of the vSphere Host Resources and Clustering Deep Dive book series. Connect with Niels on Twitter via @NHagoort.

Jeremiah Megie is a Principal Cloud Solutions Architect for VMware. He is responsible for creating technical content for internal, partner, and customer education and enablement. With more than 20 years of experience, Jeremiah has spent most of his career specializing in the design and implementation of vSphere, converged & hyper-converged infrastructure, and disaster recovery. His focus today is on Azure VMware Solution, but in his previous role, he covered VMware Cloud on AWS. Jeremiah currently holds numerous certifications including multiple VCPs, VCAPs, and VCIX as well as holding the VMware vExpert designation for seven years running. Find him on Twitter: @vMegie

Steve Pantol is a Senior Technical Marketing Architect within the Cloud Infrastructure Business Group (CIBG) for VMware. He is responsible for creating technical content for internal, partner, and customer consumption focusing on Azure VMware Solution, its related integrations with VMware Cross-Cloud Services, and partner integrations on the platform. Prior to joining VMware, Steve managed professional services teams focused on the design and implementation of vSphere, public cloud platforms, and DevOps tools and practices. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT field and has held numerous industry certifications.

Niels Hagoort is a Staff Technical Marketing Architect and VCDX #212 working for VMware. In his role, he covers the VMware Cloud and vSphere architecture, resource management, and cloud migrations. He is the co-author of the vSphere Host Resources and Clustering Deep Dive book series. Connect with Niels on Twitter via @NHagoort.

Oleg Ulyanov is a Staff Cloud Solutions Architect with more than 15 years of experience in virtualization and cloud computing. He is a Subject Matter Expert in VMware Hybrid Cloud, security & compliance, networking, and storage with tons of hands-on experience. He holds a broad range of industry certificates, including VMware VCP 4/5/6, VCAP5-DCD/DCA/CID/CIA, VCAP6/7-DCV, SNIA, Microsoft.

Darin Schmitz is a Technical Marketing Architect at VMware currently focused on Google Cloud VMware Engine. From previous roles, he has experience with multiple disciplines in the information technology industry, most notably within enterprise storage and cloud computing.

Eric Gray is a Principal Architect from VMware Technical Marketing. He joined in 2005 after spending a decade working at a variety of Silicon Valley technology companies. His current focus is Google Cloud VMware Engine; in his previous role Eric provided customers with guidance on operationalizing and automating VMware ESXi lifecycle management, and prior to that he specialized in technical competitive analysis. Find him on Twitter: @eric_gray