1984-1990: Univ/Research 1990-1996: Embedded controls 1996-2008: ISP/WAN services 1999-2009: Virtual Spam/Virus Filters 2000: Cisco CCNA/CCNP 2002-2008: ISP Data Center 2005-2008: ISP Virtualization 2008-2011: Enterprise Virtualization 2009: VSP, VTSP, VTSP4 2009-2011: Virtualization Blog 2009-2011: VMware Virtual Desktop 2010: VMware VCP4, vExpert 2011: VMware vExpert --- I got into virtualization with an early beta of the workstation product and got my first license as a student - taking some graduate level "electives" - at a Linux Users Group in Atlanta, GA. Have had my share of good and bad across the entire VMware line (except the fusion/Mac stuff). Now working as a virtual infrastructure consultant for Solution Oriented LLC in Birmingham, Alabama.