Barry Coombs is the presales director for Computerworld Systems, a UK-based, virtualization-focused value-added reseller. He has been focusing on virtualization, storage, and end-user computing technologies as a customer, consultant, and architect for the last 8 years. Previously, Barry was a member of a team supporting internal and customer solutions and projects for a software house. This role brought with it a variety of experiences, particularly with Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware technologies.
In his current role, Barry manages a team of technical architects and is actively involved in engaging with customers and designing solutions to meet their needs. He also works with his technical director to set implementation standards and act as a point of technical escalation. Barry is responsible for identifying new technologies and speaking at and hosting customer-focused events surrounding virtualization, storage, and end-user computing.
Barry has been awarded VMware's vExpert award for contributions to the VMware community every year since 2010. He is also part of the VMUG leadership team for South West UK and has a VMware-focused blog, http://virtualisedreality.com/. He is active on Twitter (@virtualisedreal), particularly reporting live from many industry-related events.
This is Barry's second book on end-user computing technologies. He was a coauthor of Building End-User Computing Solutions with VMware View published in 2012.
