Stuart Miniman is an active member of the networking (Ethernet and SAN), virtualization (vExpert 2011, 2012, 2013) and cloud communities. Stu is a proponent of linking information and people in IT by leveraging the latest tools and processes from the innovation and social media communities. In past positions including sales, product management and strategic planning, he has focused on the needs of customers by working with partners to deliver the solutions or information that the customers require. Stuart worked at EMC for 10 years; with a primary focus on storage networking and virtualization technologies. He also worked with voice/video/data solutions at Lucent Technologies (now Avaya) and power solutions at American Power Conversion. He has spoken at many industry conferences and writes for his own blog. Stuart holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Bryant University.