Cloud & Virtualization Live! Advisory Board
Conference Co-Chair:
Greg ShieldsCloud and Virtualization Live! Conference Chair
Senior Partner and Principal Technologist, Concentrated Technology Greg Shields is a Senior Partner and Principal Technologist with Concentrated Technology. He also serves as a contributing editor and columnist for
TechNet Magazine and
Redmond Magazine, and is a highly sought-after and top-ranked speaker for live and recorded events. Greg can be found at numerous IT conferences such as Tech Ed, MMS, and VMworld among others, and has served as Conference Chair for 1105 Media's TechMentor Conference since 2005. Greg has been a multiple recipient of both Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" award as well as VMware's vExpert award.
Advisory Board:
Bruce HoardEditor in Chief, Virtualization Review
Magazine Bruce Hoard has been editor in chief of
Virtualization Review for two and a half years, during which time he has been responsible for putting out the print magazine version of the publication while blogging and developing blogs for the publication's extensive website. Prior to working at 1105 Media, he was a successful freelance writer, editor and project manager for 20 years, working on a wide range of custom publications for the IT industry.
Keith WardEditor in Chief, Visual Studio Magazine
Keith Ward is editor in chief of
Visual Studio Magazine. He's been a technology journalist for more than a decade. In that time, he's covered all aspects of the industry, from IT administration to virtualization to software development. He was founding editor of
Virtualization Review magazine, editor of
Redmond magazine and senior editor of
Microsoft Certified Professional magazine. He served as editor in chief of
MSDN Magazine before his current role with
Visual Studio Magazine.