Tony Foster Email & Phone Number

Tony is a virtualization aficionado who has been working in the virtualization industry since 2005, implementing and supporting virtualization solutions. For his first seven years he designed, deployed, and supported hundreds of vSphere implementations across the Midwest for a regional VAR. In 2012 Tony was named a VMware vExpert and has continued participation in the program. That same year he was also named a Dell Tech Center Rockstar. Tony joined VCE in 2012 as a Corporate Engineer specializing in End User Computing (EUC) and helped design many large EUC implementations. In 2014 he joined the EMC as the Principal Tech Marketing Engineer for EUC Solutions. In 2015 Tony was a founding member of the VMware EUC Champions program. In short, Tony built a virtualization practice for a VAR, was part of one of the fastest growing IT companies ever while at VCE, and is now poised to participate in of one of the biggest mergers ever between EMC and Dell all while being social. It has been an awesome ride thus far, and I can’t wait to see what’s next!Education: 1 – Masters Certificate of Business Administration2 – Bachelors Degrees, one with a Minor in Business 3 – Associates DegreesSpecialties: - Virtualization Infrastructure- End User Computing (EUC)/Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) - 3D Virtualized Graphics with GPUs- Virtual Data Protection (SRM and VDP/A) - Desktop as a Service (DaaS) Accreditations: - VCP-DCV 4/5- VCA-DCV- VCA-WM- VCA-Cloud - VTSP SV 2015- VSP SV/DV/SDS/Mobility 2015- VTSP-Mobility- VTSP 3/4/5/2015- VSP 3/4/5/2015- Plus an extensive list of other VMware Partner AccreditationsHonorariums: - EUC Champions 2015 & 2016- VMware vExpert 2012 through 2016- Dell Tech Center Rockstar 2012Hardware Experience: - NVIDIA GRID K1, K2, M60- VCE Converged Platforms - EMC SANs including: XtremIO, VNX, and Isilon- Dell Servers- Dell Storage- Spectra Logic Tape Libraries

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