David Convery
Data Center Architect
CDW
Dave Convery has worked in technology since 1998. He has been working with server virtualization since 2002 and has been consulting since 2005. During that time, he has participated in many enterprise-level assessment, planning, design and implementation engagements. Previous to consulting, he worked at a major disaster recovery services company, where he assisted in recoveries during disasters such as 9/11, and hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Dave currently holds the VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) credential for VI3, vSphere 4 and vSphere5. He is one of about 180 VCDXs worldwide. He is also a VMware Certified Professional in VI2, VI3, vSphere 4 and vSphere 5. Dave was awarded the VMware vExpert designation for 2009 and 2010. He also holds several certifications from EMC, Cisco, HP, RedHat, Citrix, Brocade and Symantec. Dave maintains a technology blog at http://www.tech-tap.com.
Tim has lived in the Houston area since joining the Company in 1995. He attended San Jose State University where he majored in Business Management and Computer Science. He has completed Leadership Development courses at both the Wharton School of Business and Harvard Graduate School of Business.
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Joe Maglitta
Contributing Editor
CIO magazine, Computerworld, Network World
For more than two decades, Joe Maglitta has helped enterprise leaders better understand and benefit from information technology, creating top-quality content that is authoritative, innovative and engaging. Award-winning experience as an IT journalist and editor, researcher, analyst and strategic communications consultant gives Joe perspective, vision and credibility matched by few in the industry today. At Ziff Davis Enterprise, Maglitta specialized in creating and delivering strategic content programs, live and web events, video, white papers, web sites and other integrated offerings that provide insight and solutions to IT’s most important challenges. He focused on a range of topics, including virtualization, IT leadership, security, cloud computing, professional services, business intelligence and more. A lively onstage and onscreen presence, Joe is one of the industry’s most in-demand hosts, creating and leading more than 100 face-to-face and Web events a year for audiences worldwide. He has created, programmed and hosted numerous highly successful full-day events, including the Annual CIO Summit, Virtualization Summit, Storage Summit, and Security Summit. He is a twice-weekly columnist for www.SmarterTechnology.com.
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Jesse Singh
Storage Account Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
