James Bowling is a VCAP5-DCD, VCAP5-DCA, VCP5-DCV/IaaS, VCP-Cloud, VMware vExpert (x3), Cisco Champion for Data Center, Houston VMUG Leader, and virtualization enthusiast living in Houston, TX with over 13 years of experience. He has received the 2009 COMMON/IBM Power Systems Innovation Award for Energy Efficiency for his design and implementation of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Datacenter in Arlington, TX. James has held presentations on automation and orchestration at VMworld US and EMEA. His experience spans designing, deploying, and maintaining large-scale cloud infrastructures. He is currently a Cloud Architect for General Datatech, LP in Dallas, Texas. He can be reached on Twitter (@vSential) or through his virtualization blog (vsential.com).

Andy Grant is a Technical Consultant for HP Enterprise Services. Andy's primary focus is datacenter infrastructure and virtualization projects across a number of industries, including government, healthcare, forestry, financial, gas and oil, and international contracting. He currently holds a number of technical certifications such as VCAP4/5-DCA/DCD, VCP4/5, MCITP:EA, MCSE, CCNA, Security+, A+, and HP ASE BladeSystem. Outside of work, Andy enjoys hiking, action pistol sports, and spending time adventuring with his son.

Christopher Kusek is a technology visionary and Internet personality known as @cxi on Twitter. A VMware vExpert, he has worked for enterprise vendors such as EMC and NetApp, leading global teams of Virtualization and Cloud Professionals. He is currently leading the charge for virtualization for the war effort in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Brian Wuchner is a Senior Systems Administrator for a government agency. He has over 10 years of industrial experience with specialties in infrastructure automation, directory services, and data center virtualization. Brian holds the VCA-Cloud, VCA-WM, and VCP5-DCV certifications and was awarded the vExpert title from VMware for 2011-2013. He can be contacted on LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/bwuch), on Twitter (@bwuch), or through his blog at http://enterpriseadmins.org.