Portfolio

Notable work throughout my career:

• Media/Publications
  • Upgrading to VMware vSphere 7.0 (Authored by Nigel Hickey)
  • Upgrading to VMware vSphere 6.7 (Authored by Nigel Hickey & David Stamen)
  • Paging All Tech Vendors: How to Reach Me in the Age of Social (2014)
  • Halyard Consulting Interviews Nigel Hickey on VMware Cloud Computing and the Upcoming VMworld Conference (2014)
  • Older publications listed HERE
• Blogs
  • Personal blog (this site)
  • VMware vSphere Blog (29 posts)
• Video
  • vBrownbag
    • Quitting Is Too Easy (VMworld 2014)
    • vCenterNerd hosts The vExpertSpotlight with Matt Bradford (VMworld 2015)
    • Leveraging User Environment Manager to remove GPOs (VMworld 2017)
    • VMware vSphere 6.7 Upgrade with Nigel Hickey (2018)
    • What’s new with vCenter Server 7 presented by Nigel Hickey (2020)
  • VMware
    • Part 1: SSO Domain Repointing
    • Part 2: Repointing vCenter Server to a New SSO Domain
    • Part 3: Splitting Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM)
    • Changing Your vCenter Server’s FQDN
    • What’s New in vCenter Server 7
    • Update Planner in vSphere 7
    • vCenter Server Multihoming in vSphere 7
    • Upgrade & Migration Improvements in vCenter Server 7
    • Check Out a VM Template in vSphere 7
    • Check In a VM Template in vSphere 7
• Tech Field Day 18 (presenter for VMware, 2019)
  • Day 0 in the Life of a VMware Virtualization Admin
  • Day 30 in the Life of a VMware Virtualization Admin
  • Day 180 in the Life of a VMware Virtualization Admin
  • Day 365 in the Life of a VMware Virtualization Admin
• VMUG/UserCons
  • Speaker at all major VMUGs
    • i.e.; Dallas, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Pittsburg, Vancouver BC, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Kansas City, Madrid, London, etc.
  • Speaker for EUC Day Minnesota
• Conference Speaker
  • SpiceWorld
    • Event DJ/MC (2013)
    • Influencer/Blogger Pass (2014)
    • Quitting is too easy: Balancing IT Careers and the Rest of Life (presenter 2015)
  • VMworld 2018 (US & EMEA):
    • Focus, Plan, and Execute: A Deep Dive into Your vSphere Upgrade Journey (US: VIN1641BU)
    • Preparing to Upgrade Your vSphere Environment (US: VIN2664BU)
    • The vSphere Upgrade Workshop (Two 4hr workshops on-site at conf)
  • VMworld 2019 (US & EMEA):
    • Leveraging vSphere Content Library for Template Version Management (HBI2474BU)
    • A Year in the Life of an HCI Admin (HCI1576BU)
  • VMworld 2020 (US & EMEA)
    • 99 Problems, But A vSphere Upgrade Ain’t One (HCP1830) co-presenter with Emad Younis [ranked number #3, highest attended session during 2020]
    • Upgrading to VMware vSphere 7 (HCP1934) co-presenter with Niels Hagoort 
    • Leveraging Super Features to Gain Superhero Results (HCP1955) co-presenter with Michael Wilmsen
    • Simplifying vSphere Lifecycle for Consistency and Easy Updates (HCP1937) co-presenter with Niels Hagoort