Rick Vanover (Microsoft MVP, Cisco Champion, VMware vExpert) is Vice President of Product Strategy for Veeam Software based in Columbus, Ohio. Rick’s experience includes system administration and IT management; with virtualization, cloud and storage technologies being the central theme of his career recently. Rick’s passion for challenges led to his commitment to educate and communicate at all levels—engaging those new to availability technologies as well as those who are experts. As a blogger, podcaster and active member of the IT community, Rick builds relationships and spreads excitement about Veeam solutions. Before becoming the “go-to” guy for Veeam questions, Rick was in system administration and IT management. His community designations include Microsoft MVP, VMware vExpert and Cisco Champion.