With the VMworld US 2018 conference set to start in just over a month, my schedule is beginning to take shape. 2018 will be my 5th trip to the US show and I am extremely excited to be presenting again on several different stages in Las Vegas!

Sunday – TAM Day table from 4:15PM -5PM

Come find me to talk about the full vSphere SDDC, including NSX-v, NSX-T, vSphere, vCloud Director and/or the VCDX certification.

Monday – VMTN Lounge from 1PM – 1:30PM

Session ID: CODE5542U – Enhancing the SDDC with Ansible

New engineers are often unsure how to contribute to an Open Source project and timid when it is time to make their first merge request. Drawing insight from the recent Ansible automation efforts within the VMware Private Cloud team, learn how to identify areas within an Open Source project where you can contribute using a real-world use-case. In this session, we will walk through the open source Ansible VMware modules leveraged to fully automate the deployment of the software-defined datacenter, including vSphere, vSAN and NSX components. We’ll dive into how gaps in the current Ansible modules were identified and how our engineers were able to begin writing additional functionality and contributing it upstream. The presentation will also highlight how improvements to our own VMware Open Source projects on GitHub can benefit and be leveraged by our customers.

Tuesday – experts bar from 11:3oAM – 1:30PM

Come find me to talk about the full vSphere SDDC, including NSX-v, NSX-T, vSphere, PKS and/or the VCDX certification.

Tuesday – solutions exchange theatre 3:30pm – 4PM

Come learn about how VMware utilizes multiple public cloud providers, in addition to our on-premise clouds, to deliver a memorable VMworld Hands-on-Lab experience each year! I will go over the VCDX methodologies and how they were leveraged to design the Hands-on-Lab architecture.

Tuesday – meet the experts @ solutions exchange theatre from 3:30pm – 4PM

Come find me to talk about the full vSphere stack, including NSX-v, NSX-T, vSphere, PKS and/or the VCDX certification.

thursday – Transformers: How vmware IT transitioned to a services-based organization from 10:30AM – 11:30AM

Session ID: LDT1515PU

Hot on the heels of the digital transformation process sweeping across IT organizations worldwide, the VMware private cloud architects will discuss how they are leveraging their operational experience to propel VMware IT into a services-based organization. As VMware IT has learned, the digital transformation process is less about the technologies adopted and more about the people involved. In order to drive true adoption, the digital transformation starts with strong leadership, but also requires engagement from those closest to the consumers. Come discover how to drive your organization’s digital transformation initiatives and gain true adoption from a technical practitioner’s perspective. Challenges and lessons learned will also be covered.