VIRTUAL GPU COMMUNITY ADVISOR PROGRAM

Sr. Sales Engineer

Ronald Grass a is Sr. Sales/Systems Engineer at Citrix Systems since 2008.Based in Germany he supports customers,SIs, Citrix & Technology Partners in promoting and deploying joint solutions (i.e. NVIDA vGPU with Citrix HDX-3D Pro).As a NVIDIA vGPU Community Advisor and Subject Matter Expert for Citrix High Definition User Experience (HDXô) technologies he has deep knowledge in the NVIDIA's vGPU architecture and Citrix protocol technology like encoding methods, transport protocol) and optimization of these. Since the support of passthrough and hardware based GPU virtualization technologies (vGPU / GVT-g / MxGPU) in Xenserver he focused on virtualization and central delivery of graphics-intensive workloads. With his experience he is able to constantly give feedback to Citrix and NVIDIA product management to improve the quality and performance of NVIDIA vGPU products and Citrix HDX-3D Pro.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldgrass/?originalSubdomain=de

WWDC VDI TSA

Bryan is the Global VDI Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco. After joining Cisco in 2013, he accepted the worldwide VDI TSA role in February of 2017 helping customers globally achieve their VDI business goals. Bryan is passionate about desktop virtualization and ensuring customers can deliver an excellent end user experience without compromise. Customers can find Bryan presenting VDI content at trade shows like VMworld, Citrix Synergy, NVIDIA GTC, and Cisco Live. In his free time, Bryan enjoys time with his family, camping, martial arts, and being outdoors. Twitter: @VDI_Geek

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanhilton

Principal Architect

Marc Huppert is a Principal Architect with 19 years of experience. He is responsible for technical designs, implementation standards and architecture guidelines. He is the technical leadership of VMware Solutions at Computacenter. Marc is also a VMware Certified Instructor since several years, teaching internally and externally. He is often invited to be a guest Speaker at customer events. In Addition to the VCDX (5+6), Marc holds the following other certifications: VCP2/3/4/5/6/6.5/6.7(2019), VCIX-NV, VCIX6.5-DCV, VCI Level 2, Specialist vSAN(2017+2019), Master Specialist HCI, VMConAWS-SDDC, SD-WAN, VxRail, vExpert(2012-2019), vExpert NSX(2016-2019) and vExpert vSAN (2016-2019).

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-huppert-b1879114/

Consultant

"Rody Kossen is an IT Consultant, his primary focus is around Workspace. Delivered by technologies from Citrix, NVIDIA and Ivanti ( formally RES Software ). Rody was one of the first picking up the technology from NVIDIA to virtualize the 3D Graphics with GRID. With his previous job he gained knowledge about optimizing the User Experience over long-haul WAN connections. He is also certified and experienced in Citrix SD-WAN to further improve the User Experience. Rody is part of a community Team RGE (Remote Graphics Experts) and speaks on events like NVIDIA GTC. He is also a Co-Developer of RDAnalyzer. Rody has been awarded as a Citrix CTP and NVIDIA NGCA."

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rody-kossen-186b4b40/

Staff Cloud Solutions Architect

Sean is a Staff Cloud Solutions Architect with VMware, where he focuses on helping VMware’s cloud solutions partners deliver end-user computing solutions to their customers. He has 10 years of experience in IT and blogs at thevirtualhorizon.com. Sean is also well known in the virtualization community via his community work in the VMware vExpert program, and he is VMware Certified Design Expert #247

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanpmassey/

Senior Sales Engineer

Jan Hendrik Meier is an Expert for Infrastructure- and Virtualisation-Solutions with a focus on SBC/VDI environments. He has a background of more than 15 years experiences with Microsoft- and Citrix-Products. Thus he has an excellent stock of knowledge in this area and combines this with a deep understanding of the technical connections. In the last years he published several books and articles about Citrix Virtual Apps / Desktops and NVIDIA (v)GPU. 2019 he was awarded with the Citrix Technology Award and NVIDIA vGPU Community Advisor. Follow him on Twitter (@jhmeier) or watch his blog (http://www.jhmeier.com).

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhmeier/

Principal Sales Engineer

EUC computing expert transitioning to Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and data analytics with extensive experience in the oversight, planning, design and delivery of diverse technical applications and systems. Combined hands on sales and systems engineering experience with demonstrated competencies in oversee the complete sales cycle, including account management, solutions development, design, deployment and user training. Dedicated and actively involved in enhancing the user experience through the development and delivery of effective training materials for sales engineers, clients, partners and user groups. Recognized for advanced leadership skills with strengths in training, mentoring and ongoing development.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/roy-tokeshi/

Workspace Architect

Magnar is a Workspace Architect, blogger, speaker, and community tool developer with 18+ years experience in End User Computing. Based in Bergen, Norway, he has worked with Citrix, Microsoft, and VMWare products since 1999 and with NVIDIA products since 2012. Magnar has a passion for technology, computer visualization, and virtual reality, as well as experience in 3D modeling, graphic manipulation, and video effects. He has assessed, designed, implemented, and supported many virtual graphics solutions based on NVIDIA technology for small to large companies in the oil and gas industry in Norway. Magnar shares his knowledge, tools and experience on his blog, www.virtualexperience.no, www.gpusizer.com, www.teamrge.com, and speaks at numerous industry conferences including Citrix Synergy, Briforum(GeekOut365), Citrix User Group and TeamRGE events.

Sr. Systemconsultant and partner at Conecto A/S

As a Virtualization-enthusiast, Rasmus has more than 15 years of experience with operating, implementing and optimizing Citrix virtualization environments. He has been working enthusiastically with GPU’s since 2013 on the evolving graphics virtualization technologies and how to leverage these with the single goal of providing the best user experience possible. These interests have led to presenting sessions at international events like Nvidia’s GTC Europe but also at community driven events like E2EVC and the German-speaking Citrix User Group, besides national, Danish, Conecto TechTalks as an employee and Sr. System consultant of Conecto. His primary motivation is the optimization: How to design and configure an optimal solution for the end users. He is certified in all relevant Citrix products as well as a member of the independent group TeamRGE (Team Remote Graphics Experts) group. A group dedicated to examine and test graphics remoting technologies. He was also among the founding members of the NGCA – Nvidia GRID Community Advisors.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rasmus-raun-nielsen-6592726/

Technologist

Ruben Spruijt is Sr. Technologist at Nutanix, former CTO at Frame and a well-regarded author, speaker, market analyst, technologist. An all-around End User Computing geek.
He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), NVIDIA GRID Community Advisor and was in the Citrix CTP program from 2008-2017 and VMware vExpert from 2008-2018.
Ruben (co)founded several independent industry bodies such as Project Virtual Reality Check (VRC), VDI Like A Pro, Team Remote Graphics Experts (TeamRGE), WhatMatrix, AppVirtGURU wrote and co-authoring multiple disruptive research papers. Ruben has presented more than 450 sessions at national and international events
 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rspruijt

Solution Architect

Adam Strizzolo is a Solution Architect and Product Manager for VDI solutions at BeanTech. As a solution architect I daily collaborate with commercial area of our company to design and deploy complex VDI solutions based on VMWARE stack ( ESXI / HORIZON VIEW / VSAN ) and NVIDIA vGPU technology. I work with top customers like: Scavolini, Riello, Luxottica, Autovie Venete, Inglass, etc to deploy, manage and plan future infrastructure upgrades. I’ve studied and I’m certified on Vmware technology (VCP-DCP 2019 and VSAN Specialist 2019) to design and deploy the best of hyperconverged infrastructures. I’m certified in NVIDIA solution with VGPU Technical Curriculum since 2016. For DELLEMC and Beantech I act as a speaker in the main VDI events in Italy (ex. DELL Tecnology Forum, Nuovamacut live, CAE Conference.)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstrizzolo/

IT Director

Jeremy Stroebel is a IT Director for Indianapolis based architecture firm Browning Day where he enables their firm of 55 people to produce recognized projects throughout the Midwest and beyond. Jeremy has 17 years of experience in IT and the AEC world in various roles from technical support, computer hardware integrator, architectural designer, side programmer, to his current roles as BIM manager and IT Director, overseeing both direction and execution of Browning Day’s entire IT environment. In the past 6 years much of his time and effort has been spent focusing on EUC around Citrix and NVIDIA GRID. He has presented on their multiple successful deployments at multiple NVIDIA GTC conferences and Autodesk University which has provided many great opportunities to share the lessons we learned and help others in the community with their VDI initiatives and why it might be helpful to other firms dealing with many of the same issues.

Jeremy has strived to push technology in the AEC field to deliver smart, flexible solutions to allow his firm to move forward faster than ever before. He manages a VDI deployment using Citrix (XenServer and Apps and Desktops) and NVIDIA GRID to allow his users to be productive anywhere, while also being able to adapt to new and changing software needs. He’s always on the lookout for the next game changing technology that can help his company innovate faster than the competition.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremystroebel/

Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer

Over two decades of experience on providing Infrastructure Automation, Security, Messaging and Data Protection solutions for Data Center. Suresh is a passionate Technologist and love to empower the team.

Currently, working with NetApp creating validated design guides focused on Virtual Desktop and application solutions using Citrix and VMware products. NetApp HCI includes NVIDIA Tesla M10 and T4 GPU cards.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sureshthoppay/

Technology Evangelist/Consultant

Thomas Poppelgaard enjoys Design/Advice/implement Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality solutions how these solutions can be combined with remote graphics.

Thomas is specialized in how CAD/CAE/CAM/entertainment/media applications can be virtualized with Citrix/VMware/Microsoft (SBC/VDI/WVD technologies) with NVIDIA

Specialized in remote streaming solutions for AR/VR/MR/XR.
Specialized in Cloud design for Azure, AWS, GCP

Thomas Poppelgaard is specialized in EUC, Security, Assessments, Health check, Audit, Automation, User Persona, App Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Graphics Virtualization,Visual Computing

Globally, Thomas is a speaker at conferences, webinars, seminars, and roadshows about remote visualization Citrix, VMware, Microsoft and NVIDIA in the World. Thomas is a speaker at NVIDIA GTC, Autodesk AU, Citrix Synergy, Citrix Summit, HPE Discover, CopenX, E2EVC, Citrix User Group, VMUG

https://www.poppelgaard.com