Veeam vExperts for 2012

Henk Arts
Senior System Engineer, Veeam Software

Certifications: VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), EMC Proven Professional Technology Architect (EMCTA)

About Henk: IT professional with over 20 years’ industry experience. Specializes in (virtual) data management and backup, restore and archiving technologies; technical sales and pre-sales. Henk lives near Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Blog: vmStarter
Twitter: @vmhenk
LinkedIn: Henk Arts (vExpert)
vExpert Spotlight: VMTN Blog

Chris Dearden
Solutions Architect, Veeam Software

Certifications: VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Advanced Professional-Datacenter Administration (VCAP-DCA), and Advanced Professional-Datacenter Design (VCAP-DCD); Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Technology Specialist in Server Virtualization (MCTS), IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator (MCITP: EA), and Database Administrator (MCDBA); ITIL & Prince2 Foundations

About Chris: IT professional with over 10 years’ industry experience from operations to architecture. Specializes in VMware, troubleshooting, complex solutions design and implementation. Chris lives in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.
Blog: J.F.V.I
Podcast: Co-host of vSoup
Twitter: @ChrisDearden
LinkedIn: Chris Dearden
vExpert Spotlight: VMTN Blog

Doug Hazelman
Vice President of Product Strategy, Veeam Software

About Doug: Works with Veeam’s R&D team to enhance and develop new Veeam products, and advises customers on best practices for managing virtual environments. He is an IT infrastructure expert also specializing in help desk management and consulting on virtual server infrastructure implementation. Doug lives in Columbus, Ohio USA.
Blog: Veeam
Twitter: @VMDoug
LinkedIn: Doug Hazelman

Rick Vanover
Product Strategy Specialist, Veeam Software

Certifications: VMware Certified Professional (VCP); Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), IT Professional (MCITP), and Systems Administrator (MCSA)

About Rick: Rick is a respected VMware pundit with extensive virtualization expertise. He is a writer, blogger, former IT infrastructure manager, and host of the Veeam community podcast. Rick lives in Columbus, Ohio USA.
Blog: Rickatron
Podcast: Veeam Community Podcast
Twitter: @rickvanover
LinkedIn: Rick Vanover

Andreas Neufert
Sales Engineer, Central EMEA

Certifications: Veeam Most Valuable Professional MVP, Veeam VMSP, Veeam VMTSP, Veeam Sales Professional EMS, VMware vExpert 2012, VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP), VMware Sales Professional (VSP), IBM Certified Specialist Open System Storage Solutions, IBM Certified Specialist XIV Storage Systems, IBM Partner Certification for IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage SONAS, IBM Certified Specialist Storage Networking Solutions, IBM Professional Server Spezialist, IBM eServer Certified Spezialist xSeries, Citrix Certified Administrator (outdated), Citrix MetaFrame Administrator (outdated), IBM Service Authorization (outdated), SuSE Linux Enterprise Administration and some Quality-Management DIN ISO 9001 Certifications.

About Andreas: Andreas Neufert is a virtual environment consultant specializing in high availability and operational optimization for strategic Veeam key accounts and partners. With a 16-year IT infrastructure background, the focus of his career has been consulting and project management of major IT infrastructure projects for public IBM-storage and virtualization-environment customers. As a business development manager, he gained several additional years of experience implementing growth plans and sales concepts for IBM (premier) business partners. Andreas has been leading teams for over 10 years.
Blog: Neufert@Veeam (mostly in German)
Twitter: @AndyandtheVMs
LinkedIn: Andreas Neufert

David Siles
Director of Worldwide Technical Operations, Veeam Software

Certifications: David was named a VMware vExpert for 2009, 2010 and 2012. In addition, he is the Chicago VMware Users Group founder and past president.

About David: Before joining Veeam, David served as Hipskind TSG CTO and VP of Professional Services. Previously, he worked for over 5 years as the Kane County, Ill. Chief Technical Officer. He has also held technology-leadership positions for Illinois Trading Company, Novopoint, City of Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, Business Systems Engineering, DeVry University and American Northcoast Internet.
Twitter: @dsiles
Blog: silesville
LinkedIn: David Siles

Vladimir Eskin
Veeam Sales Engineer

Certifications: VMware Certified Professional (VCP); Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), IT professional: Server Administrator (MCITP: SA), Technology Specialist (MCTS); and IBM Certified Specialist: System x High Performance Servers

About Vladimir: Vladimir Eskin has 13 years of IT-sphere experience, especially in the system-integration segment. A Veeam Sales Engineer since 2010, he previously worked on complex infrastructure development and deployment projects for both enterprise and government organizations. Since 2006, his focus has been system integration of virtualization-specific solutions.
Twitter: @eskinv
Blog: veskin
LinkedIn: Vladimir Eskin