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Elias is an author, speaker and IT consultant specializing in Virtualization and Cloud Computing technologies.
Elias has written many books and articles on the subjects. He has over 12 years of experience in the IT field and has designed and deployed some of the largest Citrix and VMware implementations in the world across multiple verticals including Financials, Manufacturing, Healthcare and others. His personal website is http://eliaskhnaser.com/. You can follow Elias on Twitter or connect with Elias on LinkedIn.

Awards: VMware vExpert 2011, VMware vExpert 2010

Highlights:

• - Author of VMware ESX Server 3.0 & 3.5 CBT by EliasKhnaser.com
• - Author of "VMware Certified Professional (VCP Exam Cram) (Exam Cram)" by Que publishing
• - Co author of “Citrix CCA MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 and 4.0 (Exams 223/256) (Exam Cram)” by Que Publishing
• - Co author of “MCSE Designing Security for a Windows Server 2003 Network: Exam 70-298 Study Guide and DVD Training System”
• - Co author of “Citrix MetaFrame XP Including Feature Release 1” by Syngress Publishing
• - Contributing Author at WindowsITPro Magazine, Techrepublic.com, Certcities.com, Cramsession.com, and DABCC.com

Marc brings over 15 years of software and hardware experience in the high technology sector to ExaGrid, where he is part of the team that drives product strategy and execution and is responsible for managing product operations. Prior to joining the company, Marc was director of product management for security management products at Altiris. Marc came to Altiris by way of Altiris' acquisition of Pedestal Software in 2005. While at Pedestal Software, Marc was director of worldwide customer services, where he built and was responsible for the team that performed all pre- and post-sales support of Pedestal's products through a period of significant growth for the company. Prior to Pedestal, Marc held various leadership roles in customer service and product management at eDial, Convergent Networks, and Nortel Networks. He holds a BS from Bentley College.

Greg Shields is an independent author, speaker, and IT consultant, as well as a Partner and Principal Technologist with Concentrated Technology. With 15 years in information technology, Greg has developed extensive experience in systems administration, engineering, and architecture specializing in Microsoft OS, remote application, systems management, and virtualization technologies. Greg is a Contributing Editor and columnist for TechNet Magazine and Redmond Magazine, as well as a former columnist for Virtualization Review Magazine. His personal website is http://concentratedtech.com. You can follow Greg on http://twitter.com/#!/concentratdgreg or connect with Greg on http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregshields.

Awards: MVP, vExpert 2011

Highlights: Greg has authored or contributed to eleven books and countless white papers and webcasts. His writing is regularly seen in publications like TechTarget online and the UK-based IT EXPERT Magazine. He also serves as the Series Editor for Realtime Publishers, the world’s leading provider of high-quality content for the IT market. Greg is a highly sought-after and top-ranked speaker for both live and recorded events, and is seen regularly at conferences like TechMentor Events, Microsoft Tech Ed, VMworld, the Microsoft Management Summit, and Windows Connections. His live and recorded sessions consistently receive top scoring with both technical and non-technical audiences. Greg has produced hundreds of hours of video training for CBT Nuggets, TechTarget, 1105 Media, and others. He has also served as Conference Chair for 1105 Media’s TechMentor Conference since 2005, determining content and session structure as well as sourcing speaking talent. Greg is well known for his ability to relate highly technical concepts with a focus on fulfilling business needs.

Andrea Mauro works in IT since 1995 and held several certifications (vExpert 2010/2011/2012, VCP, VCDX, MCITP, CCA, …). He works as a virtualization and storage architect, specialized on VMware (but also Microsoft, Citrix and Linux) solutions. CIO of Assyrus Srl (http://www.assyrus.it), an Italian IT company, founded on 2000. VMware Italian User Group founder and board member, VMTN Community Moderator, passionate blogger, runs his personal blog http://vinfrastructure.it (both in Italian and English).

Awards: vExpert 2010/2011/2012, VCP, VCDX, MCITP, CCA