Tech Field Day | #AIIFD5 June 10 - 11, 2026 @techfieldday.com Bringing the tech thought leader community together with the coolest technology companies. Part of The Futurum Group.
Site: https://TechFieldDay.com | YouTube: https://YouTube.com/TechFieldDay | Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/techfieldday
Nick Buraglio @forwardingplane.net Sometimes I do computer networking or security things. I like IPv6. 
Keith Townsend @CTOAdvisor @handle.invalid Principal The CTO Advisor LLC
Steve Puluka @spuluka.bsky.social Network & Security Engineer / Cantor & Religious Education Instructor http://puluka.com/home
François Vergès @vergesfrancois.bsky.social 
🇨🇦Marena 🇺🇦 @renegade604.bsky.social Network shaman, recovering switch hoarder and generally crazy Canadian. #gamer #metalhead #hockeyfan #dogmom
Scott Robohn @scottrobohn.bsky.social Networking | AI | Operations | Automation | Grateful
Jason Gintert @bitsinflight.com Network guy who is into bands and stuff.
President of the @usnua.com | #NFD & #CFD Delegate | https://linktr.ee/bitsinflight
Pete Welcher @pjwelcher.bsky.social CCIE #1773. Retired network architect, love blogging (or the sound of my own words?)! Coding, TechFieldDay, hike/travel with wife! Wesleyan U, MIT PhD Math, taught USNA, Cisco training & consulting. Co-founder of NetCraftsmen. Politics: @pjwelcherPoli.
Jordan Martin @networkingnomad.net Digital nomad - networking/cybersecurity - photographer - astronomer 
Corey Hudson Dirrig 🔜 PAX West 2026 @coreyinhd.com Cofounder and CEO at Boss Rush Media. Overseer of the Boss Rush Network. On-Air Host, Creator, Editor, Writer, and Producer.
Business Inquiries: coreydirrig.biz@gmail.com
Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iamcoreyinhd
Greg Knieriemen @knieriemen.bsky.social Hitachi boomerang, cheerleader and cloud / hybrid-cloud / multi-cloud technology advocate. All things #tech #cloud #data
Live in The Land, work in The Valley. x-NetApp
Gina @gminks.bsky.social Product Marketing Leader | Entrepreneur
Austin via Florida Panhandle
Founder & CEO DigitalSunshineSolutions.com
Founder & Cohost techaunties.com
Founder instagram.com/bigmamasbasement
Find me @gminks@mas.to
Think big. Think different. Connect all!
Mark Houtz @sharkfi.bsky.social CWNE #500! I play with Private Cellular and Wifi networks including eduroam. markhoutz.com
SomeClown @someclown.bsky.social Freelance Writer; ASJA and PEN Member; AI-wrangler, Network, Coding, and Unix Geek; CIO, Leader, and Analyst; Tequila Lover; Brain Hacker; Student of Everything; Cancer Survivor; #GuruMeditationError
Phil Gervasi @networkphil.com Network engineering, observability, AI, writing, podcasting, teaching, lifting heavy weights over my head in regular intervals
Follow me online http://linktr.ee/networkphil
Denise Donohue @ladynetworker.bsky.social IT architect, technical author, basic network nerd, Cisco Champion member. Tech Field Day delegate. She/her
Stephen Foskett @stephen.fosketts.net Former sysadmin and storage consultant, present cat herder for Tech Field Day and Gestalt IT, future old man shouting “on-premises” at clouds
@SFoskett@TechFieldDay.net
The Green Girl @thegreengirl.net 真理 | Happy Green #NetworkEngineer Girl running to find a cure for #AngelmanSyndrome | #HamRadio KK6BWC | #AlwaysBeLabbing | #LabEveryday | #CiscoChampion | #RunChat
Karen Lopez 🇨🇦 @datachick.bsky.social ADGP|Digital Smartiskirt|Vibe Code Data Cleanup Specialist|Data Platform MVP|MCT|Space Exploration fan|VR4 fan|Available for contract projects|Troubled projects turnaround specialist
Tom Hollingsworth @networkingnerd.net Tech Field Day event lead. CCIE. Scruffy looking nerd herder. Independent networking analyst. Snarky blogger. Nerd.
Amy Renee @amyengineer.bsky.social All things networking & security.
Sharer of knowledge, purveyor of puns, curator of amusement. Wielder of snark & sparkly bats.
@amyengineer@infosec.exchange
@amyengineer on the Twitters
Warcop @warcop.com Technologist - EFF, Free Software, Big Ethernet
— Mostly Geek/Pretend Analyst
I might say things about Cryptography, Video Codecs, and Vogon Poetry
User #38,062 on Bluesky
PackITForwarding.com @ntwrk80.bsky.social 
Frederic Van Haren @fredericvanharen.bsky.social * Founder of HighFens a Consultancy & Services active in the #HPC and #AI (#MLOps) markets.
* Co-host of UtilizingTech
@highfens.bsky.social
Liselotte Foverskov @lfoverskov.bsky.social Tech Marketing via http://Textrovert.dk, vExpert 2011-24, vExpert Pro, VMUG Leader #vmugdk,
@techfieldday delegate, Mother. Wife. Psychotherapist.
FrauStief @fraustief.bsky.social grundschützer & geschäftsfortführer | documentarian | analyst | house electrician | herds some cats and one husband | persönliche Sicht auf Enterprise IT | Alter Ego: @datadisrupted.bsky.social
Guy Currier @guycurrier.bsky.social Technologist and technology market expert. Very proud dad and husband who also loves movies, music, language, science.
Adam Fisher @bonzovt.bsky.social long you live and high you fly
and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
and all you touch and all you see
is all your life will ever be.
... and cloud stuff @ wwt
Glenn Dekhayser 🦋 @gdekhayser.me Storage/AI industry and DataCenter junkie, with adjacent addictions to things that house, move, consume or touch data. AI tech fascinates & scares me.
I’m also a performing musician facebook.com/dumbwaitors, like/follow there for my events.
Jack Poller @poller.bsky.social Principle Cyber Security Industry Analyst, expert at leading Marketing, Engineering & Technology functions to deliver programs that translate strategy into actions to trigger growth for technology-led companies.
Jon Hildebrand @snoopj.com Lover of Tech, D&D, video games, 3D resin printing, and baseball. I post mostly nonsense. Managing a hereditary case of major depression disorder.
Gilroy, CA is where I call home.
Andy Banta @andybanta.bsky.social Driving technology
Troy Martin @troymart.bsky.social #Wireless geek | Your whisky, your palate 🥃 | Stay mobile my friends! 🚴🏼🏂🏄🏻♂️
@gingerfi.bsky.social @gingerfi.bsky.social 
Ken Nalbone @kennalbone.bsky.social Posts about tech and food. Mostly food. Principal Specialist Solutions Engineer at AHEAD. Former Event Lead at @TechFieldDay.com
Joep Piscaer @joep.tla-tech.io DevRel Leader building credible developer-focused community participation | Ex-CTO | Platform Engineering aficionado | Industry Analyst | Devopsdays Organizer
Jim Jones @koolaid.info I blather on and sometimes know things. Husband, Dad, WVian & Herd fan. Doing product architecture and stuff. Find me at https://koolaid.info, @k00laidIT on socials and fine bookstores near you. #VeeamVanguard #vExpert #CiscoChampion #AWSCommunityBuilde
Colleen Coll @collcoll.bsky.social Allow myself to introduce…myself. Marketing Warrior Princess | Global Events Empress | Master of Puppets | Podcaster | Kickass Storyteller | Wannabe Tech Geek | Lover of Beautiful Souls…you know who you are. 💕
Kerry Kulp @kerrykulp.bsky.social 
Jay Cuthrell @cuthrell.com Hi. I'm on the #Fediverse over here: 💬 https://cuthrell.com/@jay
Max Mortillaro @maxmortillaro.bsky.social Industry Analyst | Co-Founder at Osmium Data Group | Tech Field Day delegate | Data Infrastructure, AI, Sustainability, Regulations | Husband, Father, and Cat Herder
🌐 www.osmiumdatagroup.com
Jason Benedicic @thedatacentrebrit.bsky.social Consultant/Analyst/Writer | Kubernetes/Cloud Native/Platform Engineering | Content Creation | ADHD/ASD | Northstowe Town Council | Views are my own |
Ian Sanderson @ian0x0r.bsky.social IT nerd doing product management things with data protection products. #VeeamVanguard Blog: https://www.snurf.co.uk
Chris Childerhose @just-virtualization.tech Enterprise Architect at ThinkOn Inc. | Veeam Certified Architect/Engineer | Veeam Vanguard/Legend | VUG Leader | vExpert | VMUG Leader | Pure Navigator | Cisco Insider Champion | Author | Blogger
https://just-virtualization.tech
Chris Williams☁️🐍 @mistwire.com Field CTO @sixfeetup
AWS Hero
Co-Host of vBrownBag
We rise by lifting others
Fearlessly Stupid™ 🤣
https://linktr.ee/mistwire
Rob Coote @rob-coote.bsky.social Rob Coote - Networking and Security geek, learning code and hacking. Sometime blogger. Amateur BBQ'er. Certs and stuff. You're not my supervisor.
Calvin Hendryx-Parker @calvinhp.com AWS Community Hero | Python, Django, Orchestration & Containers | CTO and Founder | IndyPy & IndyAWS | FreeBSD, Linux & ZFS
Jody Lemoine CD 🇨🇦 @ghostinthenet.bsky.social Network anarchitect and matrix greasemonkey, CCIE 41436, Mikrotik Certified Trainer, MT*E, Tech Field Day Delegate
(Follow me in the Fediverse at @ghostinthet@hachyderm.io. I’m here, but it’s a side thing.)
Ned @nedinthecloud.com Tech educator, runner, podcaster, music fan, 🌮 devourer
HashiCorp Ambassador and Microsoft MVP
Find my things: https://nedinthecloud.com
Tim Smith @tsmith.co Principal Solutions Architect @Veeam
vExpert
VMUG Leader
IT nerd by day, farmer by night. 
Jasper @packetjay.bsky.social Head of CSIRT at G Data Advanced Analytics. Creator of TraceWrangler. Member of the Board of Directors of the #Wireshark Foundation. My thoughts are my own.
Nigel Poulton @nigelpoulton.com Author of *AI Explained*. All things AI 🤖
Currently undercover at Cyberdyne Systems trying to prevent Skynet.
InfoSteph (92%) @stephandsec.com She/Her. Cybersecurity Educator & Engineer. Writer. Keynote Speaker. LinkedIn Learning Author (150K+ learners). Neurospicy (ADHD). Sharing insights to inspire growth and connection. Black and proud.
Stephandsec.com
Bob Plankers @plankers.bsky.social Heretical modern-day Cassandra. I am the guy AI learns from.
JimTheWhyGuy @jimthewhyguy.bsky.social Keynote Speaker, Technology Advocate, Author. Looking forward to a brighter future for our world!
David Klee @kleegeek.bsky.social Microsoft Data Platform MVP. Self-proclaimed geek. Infrastructure & data enthusiast. Founder of Onyxpected Labs & Heraflux Technologies.
Michael Paul | @micoolpaul 🇺🇦 @micoolpaul.com Opinions always my own. Works in Data Protection. Specialises in #Veeam, #VMware, #Microsoft365 / #M365, Microsoft #Azure.
VeeaMVP | Former Veeam Legend | Former Veeam Vanguard | VMware vExpert | Tanzu Vanguard
Blogs @ https://michaelpaul.cloud
Eric Shanks @ericshanks.bsky.social Technical Marketing at Portworx. Former @VMware/@AHEAD
Kubernetes, golf, F1, clouds, Cubs Baseball. theITHollow.com
Joe Houghes @fullstackgeek.net Husband, Father, Solutions Architect, Geek | Denver VMware, PowerShell & Veeam User Group leader | CTO & Mental Health Program Sponsor - Dads of Castle Rock Community Outreach | Community Geek | MS MVP | vExpert (PRO) | Cisco Champion | Veeam Vanguard
GIFTED LANE® on Twitch & YouTube 👾 @giftedlane.bsky.social 🫠 AWS shenanigans 🌩️ | Public learner, mixing satire & cloud wisdom on the fly 😈 #AWSCommunityBuilder #CiscoChamp #CloudPolyamorous 📬 hello@giftedlane.com
Matt Leib @mbleib.bsky.social Long time tech evangelist/marketing at IBM. vExpert x16, etc. Chicagoan. not interested in the orange menace, crypto, dm’s, or OF. Love movies, music, books. Ally: BLM, LGBTQIA,
Matt Oswalt @oswalt.dev Principal Systems Engineer @Cloudflare, O’Reilly Author, Perpetual Learner. In pursuit of Essentialism.
http://oswalt.dev/links
Chris M Evans @chrismevans.me Owner, founder and Principal Analyst at Architecting IT. Food lover, eater and maker. Husband, father. Lover of all things computing (except perhaps Networking). https://architecting.it
Brian Knudtson @bknudtson.knudt.net Computers, photography, politics, community.
Sean Massey @seanmassey.net Multi-Cloud and End-User Computing technologist. Independent Consultant/Analyst/Blogger, photographer, husband, father of two, pizza enthusiast, vexpert, Pokémon fan, thoughts are my own
Linktree: https://seanmassey.net
Blog: https://thevirtualhorizon.com
🌵 ᑕᕼᖇIᔕ GᖇᑌᑎᗪEᗰᗩᑎᑎ @chrisgrundemann.com Creative|Technologist. Curious. Boisterous. Autotelic Autodidact. Heretic. Rider of Boards. Writer of Words. Systems Thinker. Philosopher. Entrepreneur.
>> chrisgrundemann.com
>> networkautomation.forum
>> impostersyndrome.network
Aaron @aconaway.bsky.social I was on birdsite for about 14 years before it got destroyed. I'm mostly on Mastodon now (@aconaway@masto.ai) but signed up here to test the waters.
Justin Warren @jpwarren.pivotnine.com Principal analyst and managing director at PivotNine.
Lee Badman @wirednot.bsky.social I'm just a swell guy.
Paul Braren, TinkerTry.com @paulbraren.bsky.social Dad. IT Ops Engineer, previously SE @Pure/Dell/VMware, IBM WW Team Lead. VMware vExpert & Certified Pro #2681.
Sustainability advocacy & consulting.
EV Club of Connecticut Co-Lead.
TinkerTry.com -PCs, EVs, home tech, efficiency & more
YouTube.com/TinkerTry
Exchange Goddess @exchangegoddess.bsky.social 
Sean Thulin @sean.thulinaround.com Advisory Solutions Architect, vExpert 2015 - 2023, All around technologist, My Posts are My Own
Ed Horley @ehorley.bsky.social Crazy IPv6 Dude and co-host of IPv6 Buzz Podcast from Packet Pushers
Keiran Shelden @readysetvirtual.com Infrastructure Engineer | Veeam Vanguard | vExpert ‘14-‘24 |- S Scott Lowe @scottdlowe.bsky.social Business coach, former CEO & CIO.
Hin Tang @hangtentech.bsky.social Cloud Solutions Architect | VMCE2021 | VMCA2022 | ZCP | MS Azure | AWS | Father | Retired Ultimate Player | Skier | Snowboarder | Cyclist | Indie Rock Enthusiast | Comic Book Geek | Whisk(e)y drinker
John Mark Troyer @jtroyer.bsky.social Hanging out on the bluffs near Half Moon Bay with my lovely wife, sweet tripod dog, and mean cat. Talks about technology and human beings, not always in that order. Work: Diving deeper on observability for Observe, Inc.
Eric Wright @discoposse.bsky.social 
Todd Scalzott @tscalzott.bsky.social 
@deepstorage.bsky.social @deepstorage.bsky.social 
Falko Banaszak @falkobanaszak.bsky.social Consulting Field Solutions Architect at Pure Storage - #VeeamVanguard | Veeam Usergroup Germany Founder & Leader | #TechFieldDay Delegate | Tweets are my own !
W. Curtis Preston @wcpreston.bsky.social Mr. Backup!
Dave Henry @davemhenry.bsky.social Product Marketing Manager, @StorPool.bsky.social
(Opinions are my own (no one wants them anyway) )
Data Center, Storage, Cloud, Virtualization.
Leader, Instigator, Runs on Snark and Caffeine.
@cincystorage.bsky.social @cincystorage.bsky.social 
Nick Howell @datacenterdude.bsky.social OotCTO, NetApp | HomeLab Enthusiast | Ex-WoW Raider
@raylucchesi.bsky.social @raylucchesi.bsky.social 
Chris Hildebrandt @childebrandt42.bsky.social
Mike Stanley @mikestanley.bsky.social Dad. Cloud Architect in Higher Ed. Poet.
@keithparsons.bsky.social @keithparsons.bsky.social 
Orhan Ergun @orhanergun.bsky.social Founder of www.orhanergun.net www.netsecccloud.com and www.networkconsultancy.net
Computer Network Engineer
CCIE, CCDE Father of 3 💛💙
Michael Stanclift @vmstan.com VMware Remnant 👨💻 Anxious Human
Openly Kansan 🌻 Possibly Canadian
Elder Millennial 👾 Early Adopter
Boldly Going 🖖 Quad Father
vmstan.com/whois
Chris Reed @thecmreed.bsky.social Artisanal WiFi Wrangler
Alex Galbraith @alexgalbraith.bsky.social Cloudy guy…
https://tekhead.it
Christian Mohn aka h0bbel @cmohn.vninja.net Chief Technologist @ Proact | Norwegian | @h0bbel most other places | Use Once and Destroy | https://vNinja.net
Wolfgang Stief @stiefkind.bsky.social open minded geek and engineer ❖ brain as a service ❖ bavarish by nature ❖ vorpommern by choice ❖ vintagecomputing by heart ❖ word lord by profession ❖ resident geek @datadisrupted.bsky.social ❖ 🇩🇪|🇬🇧
#zfs #riscv #ocp #cxl #vintagecomputing
Jason Nash @nchitechredneck.bsky.social Tech geek in the country.