Melissa Palmer

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    Public Speaking, Content Strategy, Cybersecurity, IT Consulting, Backup & Recovery Systems, Blogging, Copywriting, Ghostwriting, and Technical Writing

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Publications

  • IT Architect Series: The Journey (A Guidebook for Anyone Interested In IT Architecture)

    This is the first book I have written and published.

    IT Architect Series: The Journey is for anyone with an interest in information technology architecture. Whether you’re a working professional or simply interested in the field, the guide explains what an IT architect does, how to become one, and how to excel once you’ve established yourself. Part One—“Before We Go”—helps you develop the right mindset and find the tools you need to begin your journey to become an IT architect. Part…

    This is the first book I have written and published.

    IT Architect Series: The Journey is for anyone with an interest in information technology architecture. Whether you’re a working professional or simply interested in the field, the guide explains what an IT architect does, how to become one, and how to excel once you’ve established yourself. Part One—“Before We Go”—helps you develop the right mindset and find the tools you need to begin your journey to become an IT architect. Part Two—“On Our Way”—dives deeper into the core skills required to become an IT architect and why they are important. Part Three—“You’re Almost There”—focuses on gaining different types of experiences once you’ve mastered core skills. The guide also includes appendices to help you along your IT architecture journey, including a self-assessment, instructions to create your first IT architecture design, and ideas for gaining knowledge on your journey.

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  • Creative Director, Virtual Design Master

    - Present

    Virtual Design Master is an online reality show challenging virtualization professionals to come up with innovative infrastructure designs. The brainchild of Toronto VMUG leaders Angelo Luciani and Eric Wright, the premise of the competition was spurred over discussing the reality Ink Master at lunch one day. Angelo and Eric wanted the vCommunity involved from the beginning, so they turned to the community for their competitor pool and challenge ideas, which led to the Virtual Design Master…

    Virtual Design Master is an online reality show challenging virtualization professionals to come up with innovative infrastructure designs. The brainchild of Toronto VMUG leaders Angelo Luciani and Eric Wright, the premise of the competition was spurred over discussing the reality Ink Master at lunch one day. Angelo and Eric wanted the vCommunity involved from the beginning, so they turned to the community for their competitor pool and challenge ideas, which led to the Virtual Design Master team expanding. Melissa Palmer joined the team after writing the first challenge for Season 1, and setting up the storyline of the Virtual Design Master universe, and Jonathan Frappier joined the team after Season 1 after being a competitor.

    Virtual Design Master is set in the world post zombie apocalypse. Competitors are faced with challenges such as building infrastructures with five year old hardware (that’s all they could find after the first zombie outbreak), and designing systems to build spaceships and to support life “Beyond the Clouds”, which is the theme of season two.

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Honors & Awards

  • Veeam Vanguard

    Veeam

  • SE of the Year, NetApp North East Region

    NetApp

    I was named SE of the year for NetApp's North East region in 2015.

  • Cisco Champion 2015, 2016, 1017

    Cisco

  • VMware vExpert, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

    VMware

  • Special Advisor, NetApp A Team

    NetApp

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