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Chris Ward

CTO, GreenPages Technology Solutions

As CTO, Chris is responsible for driving the overall technical direction of the organization and evaluating new and emerging technologies to ensureGreenPages’ consultants and architects are consistently certified to deliver the latest, most advanced IT services to support the needs of clients. Chris is an expert with virtualization and management/orchestration of virtual infrastructures in environments ranging from SMB through the enterprise. His broad virtualization, hybrid cloud computing, networking, data management, and collaboration experience help solve the most complex client business and technical challenges.

Chris has extensive server-based computing experience including numerous large scale server and desktop virtualization deployments. Chris has enterprise level experience with Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange, most VMware solutions, Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop, and hybrid cloud architectures. His certifications include MCSE, VCP, VCAP-DCD, VCAP-CID, CCE-V, and CNE. Chris graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

 

Latest from Chris Ward

Delivering virtualized desktops and applications from the public cloud has been a frustrating journey for years. Early on, the frustration came from the technology side because it simply hadn’t caught up with the requirements. More recently, the technology is top notch but the frustration is still there in the form of draconian Microsoft licensing policies related...