Level up! I will be joining Nerdio

I have some big news to share. As of 01-06-2020 I joined Nerdio in the role of Field CTO for the EMEA region. I am extremely excited and cannot wait to get started. They have an excellent team of highly skilled, motivated and ambitious IT professionals who give it their all every single day, the way I like it best.

As an WVD enthusiast and active Microsoft MVP in the Enterprise Mobility category, which includes RDS and WVD as well I am thrilled to announce my employment with Nerdio. It feels a bit like entering the Formula 1 of Windows Virtual Desktop solution providers.

What I will be doing

From day one I will be talking with customers, partners, and other interested parties about how Nerdio enables Managed Service Providers (MSP’s) and companies of all sizes to quickly build a successful Cloud practice on Microsoft Azure – where to get started, what’s involved, and how they will benefit. With WVD being one of the leading actors.

Of course, I’ll make sure that any feedback I collect along the way will find it’s way back to the Nerdio Team.

I will explain and show what it is that sets our Cloud native software apart from others, what drives our company, team, and products. I will accompany, support, and train organisations before, after, and during their transition to the Microsoft Azure Cloud backed by either Nerdio Manager for WVD and/or Nerdio for Azure.

The community brand

I’ll concentrate on building out the brand, on-boarding new (channel) partners and organizations by visiting companies, writing articles, doing webinars, giving presentations, visiting events (globally), roundtable sessions, recording videos and other related sales activities.

And, since I have my roots in various IT communities, community involvement will also play a very important role. We will continue to support multiple initiatives as we’ve done for the past couple of years, though a Nerdio backed community program will be worked on actively as well – soon! We’ll start small, shape it together, and take it from there! Something I’ve wanted to do for a long time.

And I know some of you want to be part of this, right?! Drop me a DM (Twitter or LinkedIn) for some more details. Or send me an email at [email protected]

In other words, if you have any questions about what it is that sets Nerdio apart, how we enable companies to grow revenue in Azure, and add value on top of WVD, please let me know, we will schedule some time and I, or one of my colleagues will fill you in from A to Z.

A little bit about Nerdio

Nerdio makes Azure IaaS, DaaS, and Windows Virtual Desktop deployments easy. Easy to set up, easy to migrate, easy to manage, maintain, optimize, and easy to sell. Best thing is, their products are applicable to companies of all sizes, small, mid-sized and large Enterprises.

There’s a lot happening under the hood from a technical point of view, though as an administrator, or MSP in general you don’t have to have any specific Azure, PowerShell, or Windows Virtual desktop knowledge. You’ll be good to go within hours instead of day’s weeks, etc…

A perfect marriage

Microsoft is doing an excellent job with WVD. They are constantly improving the core technology on which WVD is built, adding in features, functionalities and such. Of course, the recent 2020 spring edition and the progress they are making around MSIX AppAttach are both excellent examples of that.

With Nerdio Manager for WVD we continue to do the same, taking it a few steps further even, innovating on top of WVD – a perfect marriage, both companies work closely together. Our roadmap is long and impressive – if I say so myself.

Customer feedback plays a big role in all this, by the way. Think about future updates like: Azure WVD cost modeling and auto-scale savings reporting, deployment automation for Azure NetApp Files and Azure Files with AD integration, Ephemeral OS disks, Desktop Image versioning, Role-based access control, and (much) more. I’ve already had a sneak peak on what’s coming, and it’s really, really, nice!

Salomon IT

I had a great time throughout the last couple of years while learning a thing or two along the way. They have a very professional team and a fantastic atmosphere to go with it – thanks very much guys! I am happy that I was able to help Salomon to get where they are now, though we still have some unfinished business to take care of, which, together with Nerdio we will!

Who knows what the future will bring. Looking forward to what lies ahead!

Thanks for the support everyone, I will see, or talk to you soon.

Stay safe!

Bas –

Field CTO @GetNerdio.

Bas van Kaam

Field CTO EMEA by day, author by night @ Nerdio

Father of three, EMEA Field CTO @ Nerdio, Author of the book Van de Basis tot aan Meester in de Cloud, Co-author of the book Project Byte-Sized and Yuthor of the book: Inside Citrix – The FlexCast Management Architecture, over 500 blog posts and multiple (ultimate) cheat sheets/e-books. Public speaker, sport enthusiast­­­­­­­­: above-average runner, 3 x burpee-mile finisher and a former semiprofessional snooker player. IT community participant and initiator of the AVD User group Community world wide.