Recent Discussions
Hello from Michigan!
Hi everyone! I'm Valerie, a Principal Technologist here are Pure Storage, and I have many more years in the tech industry than I care to admit, including stints at Google, Dell, and EMC. I focus on AI/HPC, automotive, and (of course) cloud while I'm at work; personally, I am married with twin teen boys, and a sassy fur baby. I enjoy gaming (I met my husband while playing D&D in college), walking with my dog, baking, and playing ukulele moderately badly. I'm happy to be here, and look forward to interacting with everyone in the community!
Paul Valvasori (Valve-A-Sorry) Hamilton, ON - Canada
Paul Valvasori (Valve-A-Sorry) Hamilton, ON - Canada Principal Technical Leader @ ArcelorMittal Dofasco - Enterprise Storage and Data Protection. My expertise is in IT/OT infrastructure in a large manufacturing environment. Keep the Pure Storage community alive and kicking... In my free time, I love everything pizza's (trips to Naples, Italy and everything in between). Golfing, Hockey, MMA and tuning my brothers 3000 HP Pro-mod race car. DM if you would like to chat about our PURE journey.
Hi from Seattle!
I’m JD and I’m a Pure Employee leading our US and Canada based Principal Technologist team. I live just outside of Seattle (Lake Forest Park) with my family. I also get to occasionally co-host episodes of The Pure Report podcast with Ludes and anmiller. Outside of Pure I’m into a lot of geeky things. My wife says I collect hobbies. I host a Pathfinder tabletop RPG campaign that’s been running since 2019. I scuba dive. I’m a Ham radio operator (N8JD), and I play golf extremely poorly. I may be best known however for my tendency to get in front of a karaoke mic. I don’t sing well but I do sing a lot. 😝
Hello from Florida!
Hello! My name is David Stamen and I am the Director of Technical Strategy for Cloud and Virtualization. My role allows me to work with our customers, partners and our field to make our solutions successful! I have been happily at Pure Storage for over 5 years now. When not working (or on slack) you can find me 3D Printing, Building Legos, Cycling or Running (New "Hobby"!)
Name & preferred pronouns - Eric "The hammer"
Name & preferred pronouns - Eric "The hammer" Nail Where in the world we can find you - Upstate New York (Albany, NY) Role & Company - Senior Systems Engineer for Pure Storage Gives/Expertise - Enterprise Storage, Virtualization (Hyper-V, ProxMox, and others; not just VMware), Linux and Windows Systems Administration; actively tinkering with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning at home Asks - Please bring your technical challenges and questions to me; I'm a huge gearhead, so I love to talk shop and solve problems Personal Interests - Tabletop RPGs, blacksmithing and bladesmithing, rehabilitating large at risk dogs (mostly retired Military Working Dogs (MWDs), police dogs, and service dogs), tinkering with technology
