ABOUT US

Here’s just a quick insight in to the founding members of the UK Veeam User Group, if you’re wondering what we are all about then just click here.

James Kilby

James

is a Liverpool based geek working in the Virtualization space primarily around the VMware stack he works for a leading VMware consulting company.

He has been a vExpert for the last 5 years is also heavily involved with Veeam and has been honoured to be awarded Veeam Vanguard for the fourth year running. He is one of the co-founders of Veeam Usergroup in the UK. I big into Photography and a Bit of Climbing and exploring here and there.

Craig Dalrymple

Craig has been dabbling in IT for over 20 years. Currently a Senior Systems Engineer at Brightsolid. Enjoys virtualization at work, and rugby/archery away from work. Craig is one of the original Veeam Vanguards he is active on Twitter @cragdoo or via his personal site www.cragdoo.co.uk

Nick Furnell

Nick now works as the Cloud Systems Engineer for Veeam in the UK & Ireland and previously a Solution Architect at a Leading UK Based ISP. He has used Veeam in anger as an end user, consumer and reseller since 2010. Nick was also privileged to be picked as one of the original Veeam Vanguards back in 2014, and attended VeeamON events from 2015 through to 2017. He can be found on Twitter @NickFurnell and runs his own personal site Talking IT sharing his knowledge of 25 years in the IT industry.

Ian Sanderson

Ian has been working in the virtualisation space for the last 10 years with a keen focus on infrastructure design and deployment. Currently working for SITS Group and a Veeam Vanguard. Ian has presented at previous Veeam User Group sessions as well as at VMUG events. You can find Ian on twitter @ian0x0r or at his blog www.snurf.co.uk

Andy Pilkington

Andy has worked in IT for over 25 years and in his current role as Chief Technologist at the UK based MSP the Pure Technology Group, he is involved in the development, architecture and support of enterprise managed services and solutions.
Virtualisation, data availability and data protection are Andy’s passions and he holds VMWare VCP, Veeam Certified Architect (VMCA) and Dell Proven Professional certifications.