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Changes – Joining Office of CTO

Duncan Epping · Sep 30, 2014 ·

Almost 2 years ago I joined Integration Engineering (R&D) within VMware. As part of that role within Integration Engineering I was very fortunate to work on a very exciting project called “MARVIN”, as most of you know MARVIN became EVO:RAIL, which is what was my primary focus for the last 18 months or so. EVO:RAIL evolved in to a team after a successful prototype and came “out of stealth” at VMworld when it is was announced by Pat Gelsinger. Very exciting project, great opportunity and an experience I would not have wanted to miss out on. Truly unique to be one of the three founding members and see it grow from a couple of sketches and ideas to a solution. I want to thank Mornay for providing me the opportunity to be part of the MARVIN rollercoaster ride, and the EVO:RAIL team for the ride / experience / discussions etc!

Over the last months I have been thinking about where I wanted to go next and today I am humbled and proud to announce that I am joining VMware’s Office of CTO (OCTO as they refer to it within VMware) as a Chief Technologist. I’ve been with VMware little over 6 years, and started out as a Senior Consultant within PSO… I never imagined, not even in my wildest dreams, that one day I would have the opportunity to join a team like this. Very honoured, and looking forward to what is ahead. I am sure I will be placed in many uncomfortable situations, but I know from experience that that is needed in order to grow. I don’t expect much to change on my blog, I will keep writing about products / features / vendors / solutions I am passionate about. That definitely was Virtual SAN in 2014, and could be Virtual Volumes or NSX in 2015… who knows!

Go OCTO!

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  1. Doug says

    30 September, 2014 at 17:32

    Congratulations and good luck!

  2. Clériston Cardoso says

    30 September, 2014 at 17:37

    Congrats and Good Luck!

  3. Jeff Bruderly says

    30 September, 2014 at 17:38

    Congrats Duncan!!!!!

  4. Chris says

    30 September, 2014 at 17:39

    Big congratulations and well deserved, Duncan. I look forward to seeing even more interesting content from you and your blog.

  5. CP says

    30 September, 2014 at 17:45

    Congrats !!!!

  6. sanjai says

    30 September, 2014 at 17:52

    Congrats and Good luck

  7. David Culotta says

    30 September, 2014 at 17:57

    Awesome!! Congratulations Duncan!!

  8. rupamthakuria says

    30 September, 2014 at 18:14

    Congratulation Duncan ! and best of luck…

  9. Gabrie van Zanten says

    30 September, 2014 at 18:38

    Congratulations !!!

  10. Edy says

    30 September, 2014 at 19:06

    Big congratulations and well deserved, Duncan!

  11. Michael Haines says

    30 September, 2014 at 19:26

    All the very best Duncan.

  12. Jim Smits says

    30 September, 2014 at 20:02

    Je hebt het verdiend Duncan, veel succes!

  13. Marco Broeken says

    30 September, 2014 at 20:13

    Gefeliciteerd!

  14. filipv says

    30 September, 2014 at 21:10

    Congrats!

  15. Willem van Engeland (@WillemUK) says

    30 September, 2014 at 21:19

    Well done Duncan! Congratulations

  16. tietzjd says

    30 September, 2014 at 22:13

    Well Done! Grats!

  17. Amy Manley (@wyrdgirl) says

    30 September, 2014 at 22:23

    Huge Congrats, Duncan.

  18. Michael Wilmsen says

    30 September, 2014 at 22:26

    NIce! and that from a person who lives in Helmond 🙂

  19. Michael Wilmsen says

    30 September, 2014 at 22:27

    Enne uuhhh, moet je nu een stropdas dragen?

  20. Sasi says

    30 September, 2014 at 22:43

    With your tech stakes you truly deserve this. But do not forget your Alma Mater a.k.a yellowbricks.com 🙂 Way to go!

  21. Ronny says

    30 September, 2014 at 22:43

    awesome, congrats! Enjoy your new role and keep up the fantastic work on your blog!

  22. Todd D'Amore (@Virtual_Todd) says

    30 September, 2014 at 23:58

    Congrats Duncan! Best of luck in your new role.

  23. Sajjad says

    1 October, 2014 at 01:44

    Congrats Duncan and good luck!

  24. Harold Simon (@harold_simon80) says

    1 October, 2014 at 01:47

    Congrats Duncan!!

  25. Dhanaraj Ramesh says

    1 October, 2014 at 03:48

    Congrats Duncan Epping! do you continue your technical posts?

  26. Totie Bash says

    1 October, 2014 at 05:25

    Congrats…. Congrats on the EVO Rail project, definitely on my things to watch along with VSAN…

  27. John Nicholson. says

    1 October, 2014 at 09:36

    Congrats. Looking forward to more great VMware posts.

  28. DavidDAVE says

    1 October, 2014 at 12:19

    Wow, congrats and good luck!!!

  29. Fletcher Cocquyt (@Cocquyt) says

    2 October, 2014 at 07:52

    Duncan, what were the top 3 (make that top 100) startup offers you hypothetically evaluated before deciding on OCTO? Love the EVO:RAIL architectures, they are poised to disrupt – gelukwensen !

  30. Raffaele Giordanelli (@jordanelliraf) says

    2 October, 2014 at 09:42

    Congratulations! Well deserved!

  31. etqui says

    2 October, 2014 at 09:46

    As many of us said before, Duncan for CTO! Congrats, man.

  32. Ali says

    3 October, 2014 at 09:47

    Many congratulations, Duncan! Best of luck in the coming years 🙂

  33. Warren says

    3 October, 2014 at 13:46

    Congratulations VMware!

    Best of luck Duncan, we’re all behind you 🙂

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist in the Office of CTO of the Cloud Platform BU at VMware. He is a VCDX (# 007), the author of the "vSAN Deep Dive", the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series, and the host of the "Unexplored Territory" podcast.

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