Tim Davis is a Cloud Advocate at VMware where he focuses on public cloud operations and cloud-native applications. He provides consulting guidance to a wide range of customers on these topics and provides a bridge between customers and product teams at VMware. He also works to evangelize native cloud usage, including AWS / Azure / GCP. Prior to his current role, he was a Specialist Systems Engineer focused on VMware’s Networking and Security product line. Before VMware, Tim worked as a Consultant and VMware Architect at Dell Services, working for one of the largest contracts they held at the time. His background is in operations / management, and architecture. He holds numerous industry certifications, including VMware and Amazon Web Services.