About

Matt has over 17 years of experience as a Virtualization Consultant, where he has gained cross-industry experience architecting, designing, and implementing IT infrastructure, virtualization, and private cloud solutions. He has developed deep technical expertise implementing enterprise-grade Citrix and VMWare virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI), VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Linux KVM data center virtualization solutions, and designing and implementing orchestration and automation for enterprise private and hybrid-cloud IaaS and PaaS solutions. Matt has designed and implemented these technologies across a large array of industries, including US Federal Government, US Health and Public Services, Telecommunications and High Tech, and Financial Services. Additionally, Matt has experience defining and consulting on enterprise IT strategy.

Matt joined Accenture's Atlanta office in 2009 and transferred to the Melbourne, Australia office in 2011. Matt gained international experience while working Down Under, including coordinating with and managing of off-shore resources in India and the Philippines. In 2013, Matt transferred back to Atlanta, where he was a member of the Accenture/NetApp Joint Initiative.

Matt graduated from the University of Georgia where he studied Management Information Systems, Economics, and Computer Science. Matt is a Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), a VMware Certified Professional (VCP5), a NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA), and a Nutanix Platform Professional (NPP).

Matt has experience in designing, configuring, and managing the following technologies:

Software:

• Nutanix AOS
• Nutanix AHV
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6, 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4
• VMware Virtual Infrastructure/vSphere 3, 5, 6
• VMware vRealize Suite
• vCenter Orchestrator
• vCloud Automation Suite
• vCenter Operations Manager
• ITBM
• VMware Horizon View 4, 5, 6, 7
• VMware Horizon Workspace 1
• VMware ThinApp
• VMware AppVolumes
• Citrix XenDesktop 4, 5, 7.x
• Citrix XenApp 6, 7.x
• Microsoft Windows XP, 7, 8
• Microsoft Active Directory 2003, 2008
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 R2
• Microsoft SCCM 2007
• NetApp WFA
• NetApp Clustered Data Ontap 8.1+
• EMC UIM
• Apache Web Server 2+
• Nagios
• KVM
• OpenVPN

Hardware:

• Nutanix
• NX
• Dell XC
• Lenovo HX
• NetApp FlexPod
• Cisco UCS
• Cisco Nexus Switches
• NetApp FAS Series Storage
• VCE Vblock 700MX
• Cisco UCS
• Cisco Catalyst and Nexus Switches
• EMC VMAX 20K
• EMC VPLEX v2
• Dell Rack Mount Servers
• Dell Equallogic iSCSI SAN
• HP Proliant Blade Servers
• EMC Clariion SAN Storage