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| Name | Twitter Account | About you (i.e. company, title, nickname, claim-to-fame) |
| Jeff James | @jeffjames3 | Industry News Analyst for Windows IT Pro, former Editor in Chief of Microsoft Technet Magazine |
| Trace McQuaig | @tmcquaig | Blogger, Systems Engineering Manager, VMware based IT Service Delivery evangelist |
| Tony Dunn | @tony_dunn | VMware & VMworld social media jedi |
| John Troyer | @jtroyer | VMware & VMworld evangelist and part-time wookie |
| Luke Kilpatrick | @lkilpatrick | VMware & VMworld social media |
| Steve Jin | @sjin2008 | VMware Software Architect and Open Source Author |
| Alex Maier | @vmwarecommunity | VMware (VMTN) community |
| Ben Scheerer | @benscheerer | Product Manager & Marketing - VMware |
| Russ Stringer | @jeepgeek | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, Brother Russ the Virtual Evangelist, 1st C Class ever deployed |
| Simon Bramfitt | @SimonBramfitt | Writer, Analyst, Advisor and Founder of Entelechy Associates. |
| ic Siebert | @ericsiebert | Blogger, vExpert & Storage Solutions Manager at HP |
| Patrick Redknap | @PatrickRedknap, @VMSpotlight | Community Guy/Blogger, PHD Virtual Tech, vExpert |
| Anthony Bartolo | @WirelessLife | B2B Solutions & Mobile Solutions Evangelist, Samsung Mobile |
| Iman Jalali | @Stealx | Director of Sales & Marketing @ TrainSignal Training |
| Jason Nash | @nash_j | Varrow Principal and evangelist |
| Joe Kelly | @virtualtacit | Varrow Storage Practice Lead |
| Chris Bush | @chris_bush | Technical Solutions Architect, Network Storage, Inc. |
| Ashton Bothman | @BRCDComm | Brocade Social Media |
| Mike Palmer | @XIOMike | CTO at XIOLINK |
| Chris Jones | @cpjones44 | Virtualisation Specialist at IBM Australia |
| Jim Millard | @millardjk | vExpert, VMUG Leader (Kansas City) and Ubergeek |
| Shawn Cannon | @rolltidega | IT Professional - NW Systems Admin, Sr for Gladiator Technology |
| Mary K. Sullivan | @Acronis | Acronis Social Media Chick |
| Maish Saidel-Keesing | @maishsk | Virtualization Architect, Blogger, Author |
| Tim Oudin | @toudin | I claim no fame, play virtualization architect by day |
| Wade Holmes | @wholmes | VMware Solutions Architect, VCDX #15 |
| Damian Karlson | @sixfootdad | Some people call me the space cowboy |
| Christopher Wells | @wygtya | vSamurai Blog, Tokyo VMUG, vSeanClark doppleganger |
| Jae Ellers | @jellers | VCE Vblock wrangler. Not my first rodeo. |
| Rob Markovic | @vRobM | Virtualization Lead at VCE, preside at http://baylisa.org |
| Tony Foster | @wonder_nerd | The wondernerd |
| Cliff Kinard | @ibmsysxblade, @IBMCliff | Social media boy for IBM x86 servers :-) |
| Jane Rimmer | @Rimmergram | virtualization veteran, London VMUG steering committee member, vExpert |
| Joe Baguley | @joebaguley | Chief Cloud Technologist, EMEA for VMware |
| Matt Cowger | @mcowger | EMC vSpecialist, VCDX #52 |
| Tommy Trogden | @vTexan | EMC vSpecialist, Blogger(vTexan.com), vExpert & Interpretive Dance Specialist |
| Kelly Culwell | @kculw | Solution Architect, InterWorks |
| Andrea Meyer | @VMTurbo | Intelligent Workload Management for Cloud and Virtualized Environments |
| Jase McCarty | @jasemccarty | Sr. vSpecialist - EMC |
| Brian Knudtson | @bknudtson | Systems Engineer - Vital Support Systems |
| Kent Altena | @bowulf | Virtualization Evangelist |
| Ruben Spruijt | @rspruijt | VMware vExpert focused on Application and Desktop Delivery |
| Forbes Guthrie | @forbesguthrie | vExpert, blogger, author and reference card maker |
| Luigi Danakos | @nerdblurt | acquisition specialist |
| Will Huber | @huberw | blogger, Solutions Architect, Panurgy |
| Michael Corey | @Michael_Corey | Founder & CEO Ntirety, Inc - Database Administration As A Service® |
| Brian Suhr | @bsuhr | vExpert, Blogger, Technical Architect at Ahead IT |
| Rick Schlander | @vmrick | VMware Architect & Advocate, MN VMUG Co-Leader, NetApp/EMC Storage |
| Gregg Robertson | @greggrobertson5 | A vExpert vNerd Saffa Geek |
| Parikshith Reddy | @preddy777 | Consultant-ePlus Technology |
| Marcel van den Berg | @marcelvandenber | VMware vExpert, Virtualization architect, blogger |
| Todd Wright | @toddw | Virtualization Engineer - FedEx, Gadget geek. |
| Nathan Raper | @potatohead5280 | Healthcare, cloud, blah blah blah |
| Kong Yang | @KongYang | DellTechCenter.com Evangelist, vExpert |
| Vlad Nagornyi | @vnagornyi | Virtualization Consultant |
| Adam Bergh | @ajbergh | DataCenter Engineer for NETech Corp. VCP4 |
| Denny Cherry | @mrdenny | mrdenny.com Microsoft MVP, MCM SQL Server 2008 |
| Jay Fry | @jayfry3 | VP, Marketing, Cloud Computing Solutions at CA Technologies. Cloud blogger |
| Jay Weinshenker | @aus_effendi | vExpert, blogger, Oracle on Linux on VMware expert |
| Peter Tsai | @supertsai | Dell TechCenter Systems Managment Evangelist |
| Lance Boley | @iSCSIKing | Dell TechCenter Storage Evangelist |
| Jeff O'Connor | @cloudpimps | VMworld 2011 Presenter, Desktop and Cloud dude |
| Edward Newman | @vCTO | Director, EMC Cloud & Virtual Data Center Services |
| James Duncan | @jaymzduncan | Just another Higher Ed cloud aficionado |
| Brian Wuchner | @bwuch | Sr. Systems Admin at Indiana Office of Tech, vExpert 2011 |
| Travis Balinas | @Zenoss | Inbound Marketing Manager at Zenoss, Cloud blogger |
| Jeff Cullimore | @mozy | Mozy.com Twitter Account |
| Gordon Haff | @ghaff | Cloud Evangelist, Red Hat |
| David Hurst | @the_super_dave | Sr. Network Engr, Vecellio Group. Held Super Dave nickname for 25 yrs. |
| Jonathan Franconi | @s1xth | vExpert, Blogger, Network Administrator |
| Mike Brown | @mikebrowninx | Senior Virtualization Consultant, INX |
| John Walsh | @jwalsh2 | Manager - Northwestern University Cyberinfrastructure |
| Doug Watkins | @dwatkinsjr | Virtualization Architect & Evangelist, PPG Industries |
| Alex Musicante | @AlexMusicante | VMware Enthusiast, Technology Junkie |
| Dave Henry | @davemhenry | Technical Marketing and Social Media Guy on EMC's VMware Affinity Team |
| Michael Letschin | @mletschin | vExpert, blogger, VMware Architect |
| Sachin Thakkar | @sachin_t | Cisco Nexus 1000V Engineer |
| George Trujillo | @GeorgeTrujillo | Database Specialist in VMware and Cloud Infrastructures |
| Jonathan Copeland | @VirtSecurity | Virtualization Engineer - City of San Antonio |
| Duncan Epping | @DuncanYB | Principal Architect - Blogger |
| Georgiana Comsa | @SiliconValleyPR | Managing Partner - Silicon Valley PR |
| Julien Mousqueton | @JMousqueton | vExpert, Virtualization Architect & Evangelist, Groupe Agrica |
| Eric Wannemacher | @ericwannemacher | Systems Engineer; Geek |
| Stuart Miniman | @stu | vExpert, Researcher & Sr Analyst at Wikibon |
| Bill Petro | @billpetro | Cloud Services BDM at Cisco Systems, blogger |
| Dave Vellante | @dvellante | Chief Analyst and Co-Founder Wikibon |
| John Furrier | @furrier | Founder of SiliconANGLE |
| David Floyer | @dfloyer | CTO and Co-Founder of Wikibon |
| Nick Allen | @stor2 | Sr Analyst at Wikibon |
| Derek Edmond | @wikibon | Wikibon Twitter Account (following remote) |
| Mark Hopkins | @rizzn | Editor in Chief at SiliconANGLE |
| Alex Williams | @alexwilliams | Editor at SiliconANGLE |
| Dennis Smith | @DennisMSmith | Dell TechCenter Evangelist - Networking/Storage |
| Paul Slager | @pslager | IT Director, Virtualization Evangelist, Blogger, Storage Expert |
| Michael Leonard | @michaelcleonard | Product Marketing Manager, VCE Vblock |
| Mike Tellinghuisen | @mtellin | Consulting Architect at Nexus Systems |
| Keith Norbie | @keithnorbie | VP/CTO of @nexusmn Specialty in VDI, VM, Storage & Cloud |
| Tier 3 | @tier3 | Enterprise Cloud Provider. Run mission-critical, production apps in the cloud. |
| Mike Wilson | @m1kew1lson | vTinkerer |
| Joan Richards | @joanrichards | Marketing Maven for Cloud Solutions, Red Hat |
| Andi Mann | @AndiMann | Blogger at "Andi Mann – Übergeek", VP of Strategic Solutions for CA Technologies |
| Calvin Zito | @HPStorageGuy | vExpert, blogger, storage and HP guy |
| Carter Shanklin | @cshanklin | Assistant Senior Vice Chief Director of Product Direction, VMware |
| Lisa Caywood | @TheRealLisaC | Product Marketing Manager, Brocade |
| Jeff Messer | @jefmes | Sutter Health Central Valley - Systems Engineer |
| Tom Eppenberger Jr | @tomeppy | CTO of @lanlogic SMB Network Consulting Firm in SF Bay Area, VMware Partner |
| Roman Tarnavski | @romant | Consulting Architect by day, Systems Engineer by night |
| Bas Raayman | @basraayman | Technology consultant, vExpert, Blogger, Geek, EMC guy. |
| Andrew Sharrock | @AndrewSharrock | DC solutions type person at a UK SI |
| Mike Preston | @mwpreston | Systems Analyst in K-12 Education |
| Jason Silva | @silvaecs | Principal Architect |
| Scott Powers | @CloudsAreGo | Director Product Marketing at Gale Technologies |
| Dave Davenport | @DavidADav | Infrastructure Architect @ Milliman, Blogger, vHomebrewer |
| Philip Sellers | @pbsellers | Systems Administrator at Horry Telephone & Blogger |
| Lauren Whitehouse | @lauwhitehouse | Senior Analyst, Data Protection at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) |
| Jon Hildebrand | @snoopj123 | Senior Systems Engineer, Cerner Corporation |
| Desktone | @desktone | Enabling enterprises by delivering virtual desktops in the cloud |
| Lee Johns | @StorageOlogist | Working at HP on Converged Storage (Server and Storage Unite!!!1) |
| John Reeman | @vminformer | Founder and CTO of VMinformer |
| Greg Schulz | @storageio | vExpert, advisor, consultant, author "Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking" (CRC Press) |
| Vladan SEGET | @vladan | vExpert, IT Engineer, Blogger from Reunion Island (FR) |
| Cormac Hogan | @VMwareStorage | Technical Marketing Manager at VMware for Storage |
| Rodney Haywood | @rodos | vChampion, Blogger, Manager Cloud Architecture and Development |
| Colin Steele | @ServerVirt_TT | Senior Site Editor, SearchServerVirtualization.com and SearchVMware.com |
| David Owen | @vmackem | DC Solutions Architect |
| Rick Byrne | @rickrbyrne | VMware Professional and overall vGeek |
| Ben Clayton | @grob4ever | VMUG Board Member, vExpert, Leader KCVMUG |
| Seth Bokelman | @sethbokelman | Univ. of Northern Iowa, SysAdmin, VMware & Backup guy |
| Doug Hazelman | @VMDoug | Lead Veeam Twitterer |
| Kyle McMaster | @KyleMcM | Infrastructure Consultant, Atos |
| Eric Sloof | @esloof | VMware Certified Instructor |
| Chris Wahl | @chriswahl | Sr Virtualization Engineer - Career Education Corporation |
| Taylor Salditch | @syncsort | Digital Marketing Manager - Syncsort |
| Warren Byle | @WarrenAtDell | DellTechCenter.com Community - Enterprise Client Evangelist - Dell |
| Bill Hill | @virtual_bill | vExpert 2011, Co-Leader PDXVMUG, Lead - IT Infrastructure |
| Kanuj Behl | @vmwise | vExpert, VMTN Guru, novice blogger, Architect in Fed Arena for Base Technologies |
| Kris McGlone | @krismcglone | Digital Marketing, User Engagement, Demand Generation and Social Business |
| Brian Tobia | @btobia | Technology Consultant, general VMware geek |
| NEC | @NEC | Leading provider of Internet, broadband network & enterprise business solutions |
| Joan Wrabetz | @SmapperTech | VP marketing, Smapper Technologies |
| Philip Ditzel | @philditzel | Phil the Virtualizer |
| Phillip Jones | @p2vme | Dad and IT engineer specializing in VMware and Citrix |
| Justin Lopinot | @Savvis | Work on the corporate side; this is the official Twitter account for Savvis |
| Michelle Liro | @michelleliro | VMware partner |
| Gregory Duescher | @iShBuu | Univ. of Wisconsin Oshkosh - SysAdmin, VMware everything guy |
| Kevin McLaughlin | @kmclaughlincrn | Virtualization beat reporter, CRN |
| Mark Lockwood | @_mlockwood | Eli Lilly Global Virtualization Architect |
| Josh Atwell | @Josh_Atwell | VMware Admin for CH Reynolds Electric - PowerCLI Rocks! |
| Lane Leverett | @wolfbrthr | VCDX #53 Senior Engineer at ENS Inc - VMware Partner |
| Mike Foley | @mikefoley | Virtualization Evangelist at RSA, the Security Division of EMC |
| Gabriel Chapman | @Bacon_Is_King | Virtualization and Storage Engineer, proponent of pork products |
| Patricio Cerda | @patote83 | vExpert, blogger, VMware Senior Consultant and a virtualization enthusiast |
| Shane Williford | @coolsport00 | vExpert, Sr. Systems Admin, MCSE/MCSA Sec, Dad, Conservative, all-around geek |
| Chris Haaker | @ntpro | VMworld speaker, Solutions\Messaging Architect and Ohio State Buckeye fan. |
| Jason Shiplett | @jshiplett | Virtualization Architect at NetStar Systems Intl. |
| Henri Hamalainen | @henriwithani | Architect (vmware, emc, clariion, san, iscsi, esx, vsphere, dr, srm), VCP, EMCISA |
| Matthew Norwood | @matthewnorwood | Network guy seeking more t-shirts, pens, and coffee mugs. |
| George Crump | @storageswiss | Storage Switzerland, analyst firm focused on storage, virtualization and cloud |
| Ken Schroeder | @ken_schroeder | Cisco IT lead cloud design engineer, VCDX #63 |
| Yves Sandfort | @yvessandfort | VMware Instructor, Consultant and CEO at comdivision Group |
| Charles Hood | @charleshood | Brocade Systems Engineer from Atlanta, Ga. I'll be working booth #710, stop by and say Hi. |
| Fletcher Cocquyt | @cocquyt | vExpert, Principal Engineer |
| Ron Singler | @rsingler_ | Solutions Architect with Datalink |
| Rod Gabriel | @ThatFridgeGuy | Infrastructure Engineer, vExpert, Wisconsin VMUG Leader & VMUG Board member |
| Lisa Crewe | @ljcrewe | Virtualization and Storage management, NetApp OnCommand product marketing |
| José María González | @jose_m_gonzalez | Virtualization Specialist, Blogger, Author and CEO at JmG Virtual Consulting |
| Eric Gray | @eric_gray | Purveyor of critical virtualization on VCritical |
| Aneel Lakhani | @aneel | marketing geek @ cisco |
| Joep Piscaer | @jpiscaer | VMware vExpert 2009 & 2011; Virtualization Infrastructure Architect |
Rodrigo Flores | @rfflores | CTO / Founder newScale, now Cisco Cloud Portal |
Jason Schroedl | @jschroedl | VP marketing newScale, now Cisco Cloud Portal |
Matt Green | @matt_green | Infrastructure Architect |
Jay Rogers | @jrr001 | VMware Virtualization Architect |
Jonathon Weisenfeld | @GKonthecloud | Global Knowledge Training. 2011 VMware Education Partner of the Year. |
Steve Beaver | @sbeaver | vExpert, Blogger, Evangelist, Architect, Engineer and all around nice guy |
David Elliott | @stratogen | Technical Director |
Ed McNamara | @SHICloud | SHI International Corp. Communications and Marketing Manager |
Shawn Logan | @shawnlo | Systems Admin, ITpro, VMware Admin, Exchange etc.. |
Aaron Delp | @aarondelp | vExpert, Blogger, Podcaster, Does Anybody Read This? |
Jon Owings | @2vcps | Blogger, High Fiver, vSpecialist with EMC. Sat next to John Troyer once... |
Edward L. Haletky | @texiwill | vExpert, Virtualization Security Podcast, CEO/Analyst The Virtualization Practice, LLC |
Abhijeet Kulkarni | @abhikulk777 | Product Marketing at Calsoft Inc. |
Shannon Snowden | @shannonsnowden | Best of VMworld Judge, Manager of Delivery Services New Age Technologies |
Calsoft Inc. | @calsoftinc | Storage, Virtualization Product development company |
Sharad Sharma | @Sharad_NY | Senior System Admin |
John Peck | @targ3t | Technical Support Analyst |
Matt Lorimer | @virtualhints | Systems Administrator for Utah State University |
Jairo Ammirati | @jairoammirati | Cloud Specialist at Vmware for Latin America |
Alex Rosemblat | @VKernel | Product Marketing Manager at VKernel, Virtualization Management Blogger |
David Antkowiak | @dmn0211 | Solutions Archtiect, Cisco |
Dan Bettinger | @grigz | Connoisseur of all things Austin, Rodeo Clown, Channel Director @ Egenera |
eXo | @eXoplatform | Java middleware for cloud services - exoplatform.com |
Benjamin Mestrallet | @benjmestrallet | Founder of eXo Platform SAS |
Mark Downey | @markd0wney | Developer Evangelist at eXo. Interested in JavaScript, Java, Ruby on Rails |
ManageEngine | @ManageEngine | Enterprise IT Management Software Company. Division of Zoho Corporation |
FlashSoft | @FlashSoftCorp | Software that enables SSD & PCIe Flash as a server-tier, read-write cache |
William Lam | @lamw | vExpert, Sr. Systems Engineer - virtuallyghetto.com |
Mike Hurst | @mhurst | Infrastructure Architect |
Brian Johnson | @thehevy | 10Gb Ethernet and Virtualization Technologies @ Intel Corporation |
Paul Burns | @neovise | Industry analyst covering Cloud Computing |
Scott Lowe | @scott_lowe | Blogger (blog.scottlowe.org), Author, Speaker, vExpert, CTO of vSpecialist team at EMC |
Josh Townsend | @joshuatownsend | Blogger @ http://vmtoday.com, DC VMUG Leader, vExpert |
Russ Parker | @HPConverge | HP Converged Infrastructure info |
Gurusimran Khalsa | @gurusimran | Blogger (vbrowncoat.com) and VMware enthusiast |
Sean White | @seanmwhite | EMC Marketing Man for Global Services |
Adriana Dunn | @doyenz | VMware Disaster Recovery in the cloud |
Allan Robertson | @dba_emc2 | EMC Principal Solutions Engineer and Oracle Specialist |
Matt Bennett | @mattb_mt | Sales Engineer for @doyenz |
D.J. Rose | @drose0 | Systems Engineer, Partner |
Brandon Willmott | @bdwill | Baton Rouge VMUG Leader |
| Michelle Peterson | @MichelleAtDell | Senior Usability Engineer for enterprise software at Dell |
Kasia Lorenc | @freeITtraining | Free IT Training and News |
Kristie Popp | @PoppAtHP | News and other stuff from HP Servers, Storage and Networking |
Haley Hebert | @haleyhebert | Social Media Manager for LEWIS Pulse, supporting @vCloud and @VMwareSP |
Gina Rosenthal (Minks) | @gminks |
Storage Evangelist - Dell |
Kristine deGuzman | @kristine_dg | Social Media Specialist for LEWIS Pulse, supporting @vCloud and @VMwareSP |
Paul Valentino | @sysxperts |
VMware Evangelist, #vTrust Chairman @vcommunitytrust http://www.vcommunitytrust.org |
| Ian Koenig | @iankoenig | Infrastructure Systems Engineer for a Large Financial Services Company in Southeast Wisconsin - Blogs at http://www.itsjustanotherlayer.com |
| Ray Balli | @DellPowerVault | Storage Evangelist - Dell |
| Greg W. Stuart | @vDestination | Virtualization blogger, VCP4, vExpert 2011, Dad of 3, 15 handicap golfer |
| Sven Huisman | @SvenH | Blogger, VCP2/3/4, VCP-DT #8, vExpert 2009/2010/2011 |
| Brian Gracely | @bgracely | vExpert 2011; Cloud Evangelist @ Cisco; Co-Host of The Cloudcast (.NET) |
| Matt Piercy | @cloud_matt | VP NEMEA, VMware. |
| Kevin Komiega (CommVault) | @CommVault | CommVault PR manager, data management. All things Simpana, virtualization, backup, dedup, etc. |
| Abner Germanow | @abnerg | Juniper Networks - Datacenters, fabrics, virtual & physical firewalls, security. http://abnerg.tumblr.com |
| Bob Stephens | @stephensvm | VMware Journey and Customer Benchmarks |
| Denver Hutt | @denverallison | Marketing, Client Relations and VMware enthusiast |
| Lance Braswell | @lance_braswell | Cisco Engineering IT, Virtualization |
| Matt Patterson | @usrlocal | System Engineer at LightEdge Solutions |
| Justin Paul | @recklessop | vExpert, VCAP-DCD @ SMSproTech |
| Sean Jennings | @vcdx17 | VCDX, VP Cloud Solution Architect at #Virtustream |
| Jason Staffin | @jstaffin | Cisco DC Networking & UCS, EMC Storage, VMware Cloud Platforms, VCAP-DCA |
| Mat Mathews | @plexxiin | A startup in the enterprise and cloud computing data center networking space |
| Mary Hall | @IBMSTG | Digital Marketing for IBM Hardware and Blogger |
| Andreas Groth | @andreasgroth | Virtualization Architect Europe (IBM) |
| John Clark | @johntclarkii | Virtualization Architect |
| Intel Ethernet | @IntelEthernet | Great Ethernet leadership and products for over 25 years. |
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