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| Name | Kong Yang |
| Location | Round Rock, TX United States |
| Short Description | Inventor; 15-years of Getting IT Done specializing in solution stack performance analysis/capacity planning/sizing; blades; power & cooling; x86/x64 performance modelling. |
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| Website/Blog | http://konglyang.com |
| http://www.twitter.com/kongyang | |
| Overview | I am an enterprise solutions architect with technical and B2B marketing expertise. I have organized, lead and launched numerous initiatives including competitive performance benchmarking, future technology integration and analysis, the 1st Dell online Virtualization capacity planner tool, Dell at VMworld social media activities for the past four years and Dell TechCenter User Group Events. Moreover, I have been a core team member in nine Dell major server releases as a lead engineer, as a solutions architect and as a technical marketing manager. Next, I am an inventor with one US patent granted, one US patent pending and sixteen Dell recognized patent disclosures. Finally, I have over 15+ years of experience in the Enterprise technology space and I am constantly exploring simple solutions to complex problems. For the past 4-years, I have been the Community Manager covering the Virtualization, Blades and Power & Cooling sections on DellTechCenter.com. During my time, site traffic has grown from 20k+ pageviews per month to over 800k+ pageviews per month with close to 400k unique visitors per month. I have been awarded VMware vExpert for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 for my contributions to virtualization evangelism, engagement and influence. I have also lead highly visible and highly rated discussions on virtualization and cloud during BrightTALK webinars, G+ Hangouts, live Ustreams, Executive Briefings and online customer demos. Furthermore, I have created numerous how-to & best practice wikis, videos and blog posts for DellTechCenter.com and Dell.com. Lastly, I am the co-host of ‘So Say SMEs in Virtualization and Cloud - A Dell | VMware Production.’ This unscripted and unedited video blog covers the latest virtualization and cloud trends with a definitive sports twist. I am @KongYang on Twitter. Feel free to connect. |
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| Publications and Speaking Engagements | VMworld 2007, DTCUG-IO, DTCUG-IP, Dell World 2011/2012, BrightTALK - From Virtualization to Private Cloud, So Say SMEs in Virtualization & Cloud Season 1 & 2 |
| User Groups and Communities | Austin VMUG, VMTN, DTCUG |
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