Eric Shanks

Eric Shanks is a Solutions Architect with over 15 years of data center experience focusing on hybrid cloud and automation. He has some of the industry’s highest distinctions including two VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX #195) certifications and many others across a variety of solutions including Microsoft, Cisco, Amazon Web Services, etc. Eric has become a community contributor through his work as a Chicago VMware Users Group (VMUG) leader, blogger, and frequent Tech Field Day delegate. He has been a keynote speaker around the country for several chapters of VMUG and at VMware’s conference, VMworld. He’s been part of community podcasts such as “The Datanaughts” and is also invited to cover product shows such as HPE’s Discovery conference.