Last Friday VMware released the official list of the honorees for the VMware vExpert 2016 program. I’m proud to have been chosen for this award for the third year, and even prouder to see how many other NetApp employees, including our new Solidfire brethren, and “extended family” are on the list:
- Aaron Patten (@Jedimt and jedimt.com), TME for Solidfire at NetApp
- Andrew Sullivan (@andrew_ntap and practical-admin.com), vTME & Docker dude at NetApp
- Chris Gebhardt (@chrisgeb), vTME and Dr. Desktop, Lord of EUC at NetApp
- Dan C. Barber (@dancbarber and datacenterdan.com), Solutions Architect at Netech Corporation and NetApp A-Team member
- Dave Morera (@GreatWhiteTec and greatwhitetec.com), Senior Solutions Architect at H.A. Storage Systems and NetApp A-Team member
- David Klem (@davidklem and davidklem.com), Principal Architect for Converged Infrastructures at NetApp
- Ed Morgan (@mo6020 and edmorgan.info), FlexPod Architect at ANS Group and a NetApp A-Team member
- Gabriel Chapman (@Bacon_Is_King and gabrielchapman.com), Systems Engineer for Solidfire at NetApp
- Henry Vail, Senior Architect for Converged Infrastructures at NetApp
- Jeramiah Dooley (@jdooley_clt and blog.vmforsp.com), Systems Engineer for Solidfire at NetApp
- Joel Kaufman (@thejoelk), TME Director for manageability at NetApp
- Josh Atwell (@josh_atwell and vTesseract.com), TME for Solidfire at NetApp
- Justin Parisi (@NFSDudeAbides and whyistheinternetbroken.wordpress.com), NFS TME (and yes, Dude) at NetApp
- Keith Norbie (@keithnorbie), BDM for Solidfire at NetApp
- Kyle Murley (@kylemurley), Systems Engineer for Solidfire at NetApp
- Michael Cade (@MichaelCade1 and vzilla.co.uk), Systems Engineer at Veeam and NetApp A-Team member
- Mike Colson (@Mike_Colson and virtuallymike.com), TME for Solidfire at NetApp
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Shawn Lieu (@ShawnLieu), Solutions Architect at Veeam and NetApp A-Team member
If there’s anyone that I’ve missed in the above list, please let me know and I’ll be happy to update & make sure that you’re included.
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