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Tommy Grot
vExpert 2026 SME · VMware Beta Program
// About Me

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Senior Project Engineer · Cyber Security & Cloud Computing Architect
17+ Years Driving IT Infrastructure Excellence

17+ Years exp.
3 Degrees
2 VMware programs
VCF 9 NSX vSAN ESA vCenter Ansible Terraform ELK Stack Palo Alto Cyber Security VMware Horizon TrueNAS Ceph
Virtualisation & Cloud
VMware Cloud Foundation · NSX · vSAN ESA/OSA · VCD · vCenter · Multi-tenancy · vMotion · Private / Hybrid Cloud
Automation & Monitoring
Ansible · Terraform · Elastic Stack (ELK) · Observium · Nagios · ntop · Wazuh · Infrastructure-as-Code
Networking & Security
Routing · VRFs · VLANs · Firewalling · Palo Alto PA-550 · iSCSI · NFS · DMZ · Cyber Security Architecture
About

Senior Project Engineer | Cyber Security & Cloud Computing Architect | 17+ Years Driving IT Infrastructure Excellence | Passionate VMware Expert

I am apart of:

  • VMware Education Contributor – SME Exam Development
  • VMware Beta Program – (VMware Cloud Director, VMware vSphere)

➤ VMware Design & Architecture – Deep experience architecting data center virtualization with vSphere, vCenter, and vSAN; network virtualization via NSX; and full-stack private/hybrid cloud platforms including VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), VMware Cloud Director (VCD), and VMware Cloud Director Availability.
➤ Multi-Tenancy & Cloud Implementation – Expert in building secure, isolated multi-tenant architectures and seamless cloud migrations (vCenter vMotion, Cross vCenter vMotion, v2v/p2v conversions, Organization Migrations).
➤ Networking & Security – Proficient in enterprise networking (Routing, VRFs, VLANs, Firewalling) integrated with virtualization for robust, secure infrastructures.
➤ End-User Computing – Delivery of virtual desktops and applications using VMware Horizon, App Volumes, and Workspace ONE Access.
➤ Automation & IaC – Hands-on with Ansible and Terraform for full infrastructure-as-code deployments, cloud provisioning, and VMware environment automation.
➤ Operating Systems & Management – Broad platform experience across Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Kali) and Microsoft Windows Server/Desktop (2019/10 customization); systems monitoring and security with Ansible, Terraform, Observium, Elastic Stack (ELK), Nagios, ntop, Wazuh.
➤ Performance & Storage – Monitoring via Elastic Stack and ElastiFlow; storage platforms including EMC OneFS, Ceph, TrueNAS, and Windows Storage Spaces.

Certifications I achieved

Degrees I have Accomplished:

  • Colorado Technical University – Masters of Science in Computer Science – Cyber Security Engineering 2019-2020
  • Colorado Technical University – Masters of Science in Information Technology – IT Security Management 2018-2019
  • Colorado Technical University – Bachelor of Science in Information Technology – Network Management 2014-2017
Community & Programs
Beta Program
VMware Beta Tester
VMware Cloud Director & VMware vSphere early access testing