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The ecosystem surrounding VMware and its virtualization and cloud infrastructure software is still vibrant. There is a great community (VMTN) but also a huge number of bloggers (VMware employees and not only) with some good list of them available from v12n/vExpert Blogs and also the vLaunchPad blogger list (with the Top 100 VMware/virtualization people you MUST follow on Twitter – 2017 edition).

Influence Marketing Council, a membership organization for B2B technology marketers who work with influencers, advocates, and community, has also presenting their list of top 50 overall influencers for VMware. This is an algorithmic list based on who is followed the most on Twitter by other “insiders”, so it’s not completly related to the blog posts quality, but mostly on social media metrics.

I’m really proud and honored to be part of this new list (it was also unexpected considering that in the last year I’ve reduced, a lot, my posts and my tweets, due to family and business time constraints)

Top 50 VMware Influencers

  1. Duncan Epping. @DuncanYB. Chief Technologist @VMware | Author of http://Yellow-Bricks.com , Essential Virtual SAN, Clustering Deepdive | Hyper-Converged, Software-Defined Storage, vSphere
  2. William Lam. @lamw. Staff Architect II, VMware R&D | Blogger | Evangelist | Technologist | Hacker | VMware vExpert 2009–2017
  3. John Mark Troyer. @jtroyer. Human-centered techie, talker, community guy. @TechReckoning newsletter, @Geek_Whisperers podcast. Ex-VMware, vExpert creator
  4. Cormac Hogan. @CormacJHogan. Office of the CTO, Storage and Availability BU at VMware. Author and Blogger.
  5. Alan Renouf. @alanrenouf. My personal account where anything I say belongs to me and is the thoughts of myself and not the company I work for (VMware).
  6. Scott S. Lowe. @scott_lowe. An IT pro specializing in virtualization, networking, open source, & cloud computing; currently working for a leading virtualization vendor (tweets are mine)
  7. Frank Denneman. @FrankDenneman. Senior Staff Architect at VMware R&D for VMware Cloud on AWS. Tech advisor @ITQ and @EVOventurepartn | Co-author vSphere technical deepdive series | VCDX29
  8. Rawlinson Rivera. @PunchingClouds. Chief Technology Officer, Global Field @ Cohesity, Inc | Inventor | Opinions are all mine
  9. David Davis. @davidmdavis. Partner at http://ActualTechMedia.com , Author at http://Pluralsight.com , Speaker, 7 x vExpert, VCP, VCAP, & CCIE# 9369
  10. Chad Sakac. @sakacc. Dad, husband, friend, curious explorer and global traveller. By day, lead Converged Platforms & Solutions at Dell EMC. Views are mine, not that of my employer!
  11. Chris Wolf. @cswolf. VP & CTO, Global Field and Industry @VMware | Husband | Father | Friend | Instigator | Runner | Sucker for a song about hope
  12. Steve Herrod. @herrod. MD at General Catalyst (@gcvp), ex-VMware CTO. Enjoy Italian coffee, California wine, Belgian Beer, and US sports.
  13. Pat Gelsinger. @PGelsinger. CEO @VMware. Engineering pioneer, proud grandfather, Christian, philanthropist, farm boy at heart. Values are the most enduring thing leaders create.
  14. Jason Boche. @jasonboche. VMware vEvangelist, VCDX3 #34, VCDX4, VCDX5, VCAP4-DCA #14, VCAP4-DCD #35, VCAP5-DCA, VCAP5-DCD, VCPx4, VCA-DCV/Cloud/WM, vEXPERTx7, MCSEx3, MCSAx2, CCAx2.
  15. Chris Wahl. @ChrisWahl. Published author, tech writer, double VCDX, PowerShell MVP, and @Datanauts_Show host. Chief Tech Evangelist at @RubrikInc
  16. Eric Sloof. @esloof. As a VMware certified instructor I’m helping organizations who want to maximize the benefits of the VMware virtualisation and cloud products.
  17. Mike Laverick. @Mike_Laverick. Teessider, Techknowologist and Tweets are my own… Formerly of VMware, now volunteering for http://www.aquabox.org/
  18. Simon Long. @SimonLong_. EUC Architect at VMware (Double-VCDX #105), | Fitness fiend, CrossFit lover | #vExpert
  19. Ray Heffer. @rayheffer. Architect of clouds for VMware. Double VCDX. Member of CTO Ambassador program. Blogger and presenter. Passion for code, coffee, PC gaming & Linux
  20. Eric Siebert. @ericsiebert. VMware evangelist, virtualization nut, 9x vExpert, storage guy, book author, blogger, speaker, motorcycle rider, old west guns lover, work for HPE
  21. Chris Colotti. @ccolotti. Principal Architect at VMware, Diamond Team Beachbody Coach, Co-Owner STK Promotions with my wife, and Jeep Owner. Love ’em or hate ’em, my tweets are my own.
  22. Kit Colbert. @KitColbert. Work at VMware. Into tech, politics, running, snowboarding, and good beer & whiskey. All tweets my own!
  23. Sanjay Poonan. @spoonen. Chief Operating Officer @VMware. Former President, Platform & Industries @SAP. Loves Leadership, Piano, Sports, My Family & Jesus Christ
  24. Joe Baguley. @JoeBaguley. VP & CTO, EMEA — VMware : Virtualization, Containers, Cloud, SDDC, Datacenters, EVs, Energy, Science, Photography, Shooting, Fireworks, Cars & Gadgets!
  25. Rick Scherer. @rick_scherer. Lead Global Architect/CTO Ambassador at @DellEMC supporting @AmericanExpress & @Intel. Cloud Native Aficionado, Twin Dad, VCDX #21. Founder of http://VMware.Tips
  26. Manish Patel. @Mandivs. Loving life! Living in present.vExpert, CiscoChampion,VCP3/4/55/6/DV/DT/Cloud/NV,VCAP4/5DCA/DCD,VTSP5/6,CCNA/P,CNA/E, SCSA/NA,MCSA/E,ASE, Redhat Foundations
  27. Wade Holmes. @wholmes. VMware Sr. Technical Product Manager — NSX, Micro-segmentation Day 1 author, vCAT co-author, VCDX Panelist, VCDX#15, VCP-NV, CISSP, CCSK, NSX vExpert.
  28. John Arrasjid. @vcdx001. Principal Architect, VCDX-001
  29. Jad El-Zein. @virtualjad. Principal Architect, CMBU @VMware | tweeting/blogging all things vRA and SDDC @ http://virtualjad.com | Tweets are mine | Live Life and you will Love Life.
  30. Rick Vanover. @RickVanover. RICKATRON. I work for Veeam. vSphere & Hyper-V, Windows server, storage systems, hardware, cloud. Father, Husband, Work in Progress. MVP/vExpert/Cisco Champion
  31. Andrew Mauro. @Andrea_Mauro. ITPro. Accreditations: vExpert 2010–17,MVP 2014–16,NTC.Some certifications: VCDX-DCV,VCAP-*,VCP-*, MCSA,MCSE,MCITP,CCA,NPP. VMUG IT Co-Founder and board member.
  32. Gregg Robertson. @GreggRobertson5. VCDX #205 (VCDX5-DCV) | Cloud Practice Solution Lead @DellEMC ,vExpert 2011–17,VMware Communities Moderator,EMEA vBrownbag host & Saffa geek.
  33. Cody Bunch. @cody_bunch. Doer of things.
  34. Tony Dunn. @tony_dunn. Chief Social Media Architect @VMware. Digital Marketing strategy, community mgmt, web dev/design & tech wizardry
  35. Michael Webster. @vcdxnz001. NPX-007, Author: Virtualizing SQL Server on VMware: Doing IT Right, VCDX, vExpert, Virtual Business Critical Apps in Software-Defined Datacenters, Tweets my own
  36. Jason Nash. @TheJasonNash. Something or other at @ThinkAheadIT. VCDX #49. Father. Jeep guy. Dodge Hellcat tamer. Skeet shooter. Apple fanatic. Hi-tech redneck.
  37. Christian Mohn. @h0bbel. Snr. Solutions Architect @ #TeamProact | http://vNinja.net | Author | vExpert | VMUG Leader http://vmug.no
  38. Josh Atwell. @Josh_Atwell. Husband to renowned COO & creative visionary of The Atwell Family, Stephanie Atwell. When not helping raise 3 kids I work as a Developer Advocate at @SolidFire
  39. Gurusimran Khalsa. @gurusimran. Virtualization geek, @VUPaaS co-host, VMware Availability Tech Marketing, #vBrownbag crew, vExpert, VCAP5-DCD/DCA, father/husband, always learning
  40. Luc Dekens. @LucD22. vExpert 2009–2017 / PowerShell MVP 2013–2016 / Co-author VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference Eds 1 & 2
  41. Stephen Foskett. @SFoskett. Just some guy talking about data storage, virtualization, the business of IT and whatever else. I run @TechFieldDay. My tweets are http://bit.ly/CCbySA
  42. Kendrick Coleman. @KendrickColeman. Developer Advocate @codeDellEMC | go/node/ruby/docker/mesos | Previous @VMware life | @BourbonPursuit Podcast Host | #BBN | Bow Tie Wearer | moar bourbon
  43. Michael Dell. @MichaelDell. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Self employed 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Grateful to Customers http://DellTechnologies.comhttp://msdf.orghttp://msdcapital.comhttps://www.facebook.com/MichaelSDell
  44. Mike Foley. @mikefoley. Husband, Dad, Geek. This is my account full of my PERSONAL views. Follow @vSphereSecurity for VMware stuff. Get off my lawn kids. This is NOT my 1st rodeo
  45. Massimo Re Ferre’. @mreferre. “Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders”. Technical Product Management at #VMware.
  46. Andre Leibovici. @andreleibovici. Alliances Eng. & Vertical Alliances @Nutanix. Ex-VMW CTO Office, Mentor @alchemistacc, Founder @devonportvc, Investor @KeewiInc @YotaScale, Advisor @workspot
  47. Jase McCarty. @jasemccarty. Virtualization Professional at VMware. I focus primarily on HCI & storage in general, with some coding too.
  48. Anthony Spiteri. @anthonyspiteri. Technical Evangelist @Veeam | Tech Addict | vCloud Director | vExpert 2012–2016 | vExpert NSX/VSAN | — Cricket|Golf — Essendon ManU, Heat
  49. Jonathan Frappier. @jfrappier. VMware stuff for days, DevOps, GitHub, Ansible, & Agile wannabe by night. EMCCAe VCAP5-DCD VCP6-NV VCP6-CMA VCP5-DCV Scrum Master #vExpert#vBrownBag#Commitmas
  50. Angelo Luciani. @AngeloLuciani. #Nutanix #VMware#Toronto#VMUG#SiliconValley#vExpert#VirtualDesignMaster#Openstack#CommunityManager#EnterpriseCloud#Cloud #Podcast#Growth #cmgr
  51. Martin Casado. @martin_casado. General partner at Andreessen Horowitz. https://keybase.io/casado
  52. Scott Bollinger. @kfalconspb. IT pro and technology certification junkie. #vExpert 2017, CCAx3(XA/XS6,XD5), CCAA, VCP5, CISSP, CCNA/DA, MCITP, MCSE, CIW, CEH, GIAC GCIH, & Comptia(7).
  53. Adam Eckerle. @eck79. Tech Marketing for vCenter @VMwareVCIX, @MotoGP/@WorldSBK fan, Triathlete, @SpaceCampUSA(@NASAAstronaut reject) & @RoseHulman alumni. Dad 2 twin boys.
  54. Simon Seagrave. @Kiwi_Si. Virtualization, Cloud & IT Tech Lover. VMware vExpert. Works for Dell EMC. Podcaster (Data Center Insiders & vChat). Blogger http://TechHead.co
  55. Brian Graf. @vBrianGraf. Senior Product Manager — Distributed Resource Management #DRS at #VMware, Author, #PowerShell MVP, #PowerCLI evangelist,#vExpert. Tweets are my own.

For more informations (including why are there 55 people in a list of top 50) see the original post: The Top 50 Overall VMware Influencers

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Virtualization, Cloud and Storage Architect. Tech Field delegate. VMUG IT Co-Founder and board member. VMware VMTN Moderator and vExpert 2010-24. Dell TechCenter Rockstar 2014-15. Microsoft MVP 2014-16. Veeam Vanguard 2015-23. Nutanix NTC 2014-20. Several certifications including: VCDX-DCV, VCP-DCV/DT/Cloud, VCAP-DCA/DCD/CIA/CID/DTA/DTD, MCSA, MCSE, MCITP, CCA, NPP.