Andy Daniel is a Senior IT Engineer at TIAA-CREF, specializing in virtualization, networking, and IP-based storage area networks. He is VCAP-DCA #29, and before joining TIAA-CREF, he worked as a Senior VMware Consultant where he architected and provided pre-sales support for VMware solutions utilizing Cisco UCS servers, Nexus 1kv, 2k, 5k switches, and NetApp FAS storage systems. Andy has designed, implemented, and managed multisite, multitenant virtual environments and large multisite VMware SRM-protected vSphere deployments. He's and avid blogger at his site, vnephos.com, and is leader of the Richmond, Virginia VMware User Group.