Joining EMC U.S. as vSpecialist

April 15, 2011 · 2 min read

Sometimes opportunities knock in our door and if we are in the right moment in life to accept and take on such opportunities, we should do so with no regrets. I’ve previously moved from Brazil to Australia, and I have recently been presented with another exciting opportunity, this time in the U.S.

I have accepted an opportunity to join the EMC vSpecialist team, starting early May. The role is based in Santa Clara, CA where I am relocating with my family. I’m excited to have my debut at EMC World, which IMHO is very cool as I’m looking forward to the opportunity to meet my new work colleagues.

VMware has been a learning ground for me on a number of aspects. The people in this incredible company are some of the smartest and most innovative that I’ve met.

I’ve been fortunate to gain a 360 view of the IT industry while working as a Customer, as a Channel Partner and also as a Vendor. As it happens, I’ve been involved with End User Computing in all roles, which will continue to be a focus for me at EMC.

APAC Virtualisation Podcast – With me leaving the country, I could not find a better replacement than the 3 smart cookies; Alastair Cooke (@DemitasseNZ), Rodney Haywood (@Rodos) and Roman Tarnavski (@romant), that have already been running the podcast on their own. Thanks guys, for your continuous support and I will try to join the live show times at times, but rest assured I will be downloading every single podcast.

My Blogging - I expect to keep blogging with the same enthusiasm and focus on VDI related content, let’s see what shores this new boat will take me through.

My Book – It’s not a secret anymore that I have been writing a book about VDI with Jason Langone (@langonej). Jason has been into the book a lot more than me, but hopefully we will have it ready for VMworld’11.

Goodbye Sydney, Hello California

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22 comments

VMDoug April 15, 2011

Congrats Andrei!

Angelo April 15, 2011

Enjoy the new opportunity!

Dave Wakeman April 15, 2011

It's been a please working with you Andre, it's not often you meet such a genuine person with a real passion for what they do in the world and willing to share experiences. You are that kind of guy and I really hope you find the time to keep the blog and the passion going!

Mike Holgate April 16, 2011

I have spearheaded the push to virtualization of our desktops in the company I work for and must say that I could not have done it without your knowledge that you so graciously share on your blog. I work near Sacramento, California so I look forward to having one of my vMentors working so close... ;)
Gook luck in your new position!!

bill April 17, 2011

Congrats sir. Welcome to the usa :-)