I am a virtualization advocate and enthusiast. With nearing two decades of experience in the system administration world, I have recently been concentrated on hybrid IT architecture in order to leverage cloud-based solutions. I have had the opportunity to work with many enterprise customers and assist them with implementing their cloud strategy. I have extensive experience with VMware's vCloud Air service, being one of the inaugural members of the Client Experience team. From there I have helped grow the service and have focused on being a liaison for strategic customers and product teams. I have been able to contribute to architecture designs that push the limits of cloud capabilities and then help productize those designs for greater consumption. Recently, I have been fortunate enough to be able to develop my own solutions to address areas of the business that are lacking. I have used my passion for software design and programming to create solutions to be adopted by multiple business organizations within VMware. I would like to continue this trend and push the limits of my own talents to enable me to both learn and contribute more than I can today.

Lead Consulting Cloud Architect @ From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Owner @ I help small businesses bridge the gap into virtualized infrastructures. Traditionally an enterprise space, small businesses stand to benefit from many of the features of a virtualized environment, even if that means virtualizing a single server. I design solutions around limited budgets and demonstrate that benefits can be almost immediately realized at a reasonable cost. From August 2010 to Present (5 years 5 months) Consulting Cloud Architect @ From May 2014 to May 2015 (1 year 1 month) Solutions Architect @ Solutions Architects are in-depth and experienced technical consultants for the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service customers. Solutions Architects handle the design and implementation of complex customer scenarios within the vCloud Hybrid Service environment. Solutions Architects also serve as an escalation point for resolving more demanding technical issues that customers experience within the vCloud Hybrid Service offerings. From December 2012 to May 2014 (1 year 6 months) Escalation Engineer @ From April 2012 to December 2012 (9 months) Technical Support Engineer II @ From April 2011 to April 2012 (1 year 1 month) System Administrator @ Windows System Admin duties Exchange Administration Active Directory configuration and installation From August 2010 to March 2011 (8 months) Network Administrator @ Designed network topologies, configured networking equipment including managed switches and firewalls, troubleshooted network issues relating to performance, outages, and restructuring. From August 2005 to March 2011 (5 years 8 months) Field Technician @ Use troubleshooting skills to diagnose and repair workstations. Set up and configured Windows-based workstations for business customers. Managed software deployments and configuration. From August 2003 to August 2005 (2 years 1 month)

Scott S. is skilled in: Python, Virtualization, Hybrid Cloud, VMware, Networking, SQLAlchemy, Go, RESTful WebServices, JSON, Haskell, Software Design, Software Development, C, VMware Infrastructure, VMware vSphere