vExpert Spotlight: Marc Crawford
Marc Crawford
Today’s vExpert Spotlight interview is with Marc Crawford. I have yet to meet Marc in person but best believe that will happen next week in San Francisco. We started communicating during a project we worked on for VMware’s Cloud Credibility team back in the beginning of 2015. Marc, Andrea Mauro, Mike Medrano, and myself helped create about 180 VCP-DCV Exam Review Tasks in Cloud Cred as another way to help study for this exam. Lots of fun there.
Without any further mucking about, here is today’s vExpert; Marc Crawford…
The Interview
Star Wars or Star Trek?
Star Trek
Peanut Butter?
Crunchy
Favorite Adult Beverage?
Chocolate Milk!
What was your 1st IT gig?
My first IT gig I was a VB programmer in the Air Force.
What is your current job title and role?
My current IT job title is Systems Engineer. My role is to design, implement & maintain anything related to virtualization and storage. I am also one of the St Louis VMUG Leaders.
How many years have you been a vExpert?
This is my 1st year
What other IT Communities are you involved with or frequent?
VMTN & Experts Exchange
What advice would you give to others involved in the VMware community who are looking at becoming a vExpert?
Get involved in your local VMUG group. Network with other vExperts.
Do you currently have a Home Lab environment?
I used to have a large lab with several servers. Then I downgraded it and put everything in VMware Workstation on a beefy laptop. Now I am starting to use Ravello more since they offered free space to the vExpert community.
How do you use VMware products or services in your daily work life?
I work in a POC environment, so I get to work with most of the VMware products on a daily basis.
What certifications do you currently hold (if any)?
CCNA, MCSE, MCTS, A+, Net+, Sec +, VCA-WM, VCA-DCV, VCA-Cloud, VCA-NV, VCP-NV, VCP-DCV, VCP, VCAP5-DCA (Whoa, nice Marc!)
Tell us something about yourself that the community may not already know.
I love to ride my bicycle when I have free time. I rode over 1000 miles last year and I am on track to ride 1200 this year.
What’s your go to song or music genre when work stress becomes too much?
Heavy Metal (For a moment, I could have sworn you were about to say Queen after that last question!)
Do you have a blog that you would like to share?
Yes, http://blog.marccrawford.com
Let us know how to contact you via social media.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/uber_tech_geek
Google Plus: http://gplus.to/marccrawford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcacrawford
Marc it was good to catch up with you buddy. Thank you very much for being a part of the vExpert Spotlight series! I am looking forward to getting caught up during VMworld next week!
Please get with Marc on Twitter, LinkedIn, and also his personal blog.
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