vMA TechCon 2020 – Sprekers

Jose Cavalheri
Jose is a Automation Specialist at ITQ and also part of VMware Professional Services (PSO) team, mainly in Belgium and Netherlands. He brings solutions from Architecture to implementation of VMware Cloud Management Platform, where his biggest focus is automation scenarios within vRA & vRO portfolio.Jose holds multiple vendors certifications, including VCAP’s CMA from VMware.Jose also shares his knowledge within #vCommunity and also helps to increase number of #vExperts in Belgium. Follow him via twitter @JoseCavalheri or his blog vra4u.com.
Jeremy Van Doorn

Jeremy van Doorn is the Senior Director of Pre-Sales for the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) Division in the EMEA region.

Solely responsible for the technical go-to-market strategy of the VMware SDDC Division within EMEA. Jeremy leads the team of pre-sales specialists that educate customers and partners on the benefits and possibilities of VMware’s Data Center Solutions, including VMware vRealize, VMware vSAN, VMware NSX, VMware AppDefense and VMware SD-WAN.

Jeremy possesses over twenty years of experience in the IT industry. Prior to joining VMware in June 2004, Jeremy worked as an Internet Security Engineer at British Telecom (Syntegra), advising customers on Intranet and Internet security and the optimization of international and intercontinental connectivity.

Jeremy studied at the International School of Economics in Rotterdam (ISER) and the Small Business School in Haarlem. He holds certifications for VMware, CheckPoint, Cisco, Packeteer, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Novell.

A highly motivated tenacious leader, who consistently over delivers on results. Jeremy is married with a young daughter and lives in the Netherlands. When time permits, he loves to travel with his family and participate in sports.
Michaël van de Gaer
Michaël joined the IT consultancy world in 2014. The VMware fever got into him in the beginning of his career and has been growing ever since. He is an Automation Specialist at ITQ in Belgium & Netherlands focusing on vRealize Automation & Orchestration.Michaël also shares his knowledge within #vCommunity and you can follow him via Twitter @vdgMichael or his blog vra4u.com.
Alain Geenrits
Alain draait al meer dan 30 jaar mee in de IT molen. Van Compaq naar Novell, NetApp, Sun tot VMware. Alain is nu actief als onafhankelijke tech enabler! De rode draad door zijn carrière is toch wel systems management. Van ManageWise en ZenWorks bij Novell over Sun XVM Ops Center tot VMware vRealize Operations.

Alain heeft bij VMware Benelux gewerkt als cloud management SE. vRops, Hyperic, Log Insight, vCM en vRA/vRO waren zijn babies en is hij lab captain geweest op VMworld. Daarna heeft Alain Blue Medora naar EMEA gebracht, een tech partner die plugins maakte voor vROps. De True Visibility Suite van Blue Medora maakt nu deel uit van VMware.

Alain werkt nu als contractor en helpt partners en klanten met vRealize Operations en andere VMware oplossingen. Hij is actief lid binnen de vExpert community en lid van de cloud management en security subgroepen.

Geboren en getogen in Antwerpen woont Alain nog steeds dicht bij de metropool. Zijn andere passie is astronomie en zijn hond.
Rudolf Kleijwegt
Rudolf is een freelance IT consultant en cloud system engineer. Hij heeft een ruime ervaring op het gebied van IT infrastructuur en heeft zich in recente jaren gespecialiseerd in het portfolio van VMware. En in het bijzonder de producten die de kern vormen van het SDDC, namelijk vSphere NSX en vSAN. Rudolf is online te vinden via Twitter @rkleijwegt of blog op vcloudvision.com.
Sam McGeown
Sam is part of the Technical Marketing team for Cloud Automation at VMware. His technical expertise includes design, development and implementation of cloud platforms, automation, networking, Kubernetes and the VMware software-defined datacentre.

Sam is a long-time vExpert, regularly presents at VMUGs, can be found blogging on his personal blog, and is a proud member of the VMware community - you can get in touch via @sammcgeown on Twitter.