Michael Hayes is a seasoned IT consultant with over 20 years of industry experience specializing in infrastructure technology with a focus on server virtualization, consolidation, capacity management, VM hardening with best practices and monitoring with VMware. He spent the last 20 years engineering and supporting the infrastructures of enterprise organizations such as Visiant Health/IKA Systems, Thielsch Engineering, Johnson & Johnson, Hasbro Toys, RBS Citizens Bank, CVS Caremark, EMC, Citizens Bank, Dell, Biogen Idec, Genzyme and McKesson. In addition, Michael has also done work for the Department of Defense. Michael currently holds several VMware certifications including VSP, VTSP, VCPs in VI3, vSphere 4, vSphere 5, 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5.  He also holds certifications with Microsoft and Dell.

Michael’s lengthy tenure in IT and experience with VMware technology has furnished him with unparalleled skills in designing and building robust, highly available virtualized infrastructures that serve as the foundation of cloud computing.