Tom Ruane

Tom Ruane has over 15 years of experience in the IT field. Tom began their career in 2003 as a Computer Hardware Technician for Anysystem.com. In 2004, they moved to Hertz as a Sr. System Analyst. Tom then worked as an IT Manager for Churchill Living in 2008 and Nest Seekers International in 2009. In 2014, they joined IT Vortex, LLC as Vice President Cloud Operations. At IT Vortex, they work with VMWare, EMC, Fortinet, Microsoft, Mitel, Dell, Condusiv, VEEAM, and TrendMicro to bring forth solutions and products in the cloud and on-premises such as Iaas, SaaS, PaaS, DaaS, UCaaS.

Tom Ruane has a long history of education and certifications. Tom started their educational journey in 2003, when they obtained a diploma in Network and Computer Technician from Chubb Technical Institute. Tom then attended Thomas Edison State University from 2007 to 2011, where they obtained a BS in Applied Science & Technology in Technical Studies and an AAS in Applied Science in Computer Studies. Tom has also obtained numerous certifications, including VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design 2021, VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization 2021, VMware Cloud on AWS - Trained Professional, NSE 4 Network Security Professional, VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Virtualization Design 2021, VMware Specialist - vSAN 2021, Horizon - Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure 2021, VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 2021, VMware Certified Professional 7.0 - Data Center Virtualization 2021 (VCP-DCV), VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualization 2019, VMware Certified Professional 6 - Network Virtualization Exam, MiContact Center (MiCC) rel 8.0 Technical Certification, MiVoice Call Recording / Quality Management 8.1 Certification, VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization, NuPoint Unified Messaging rel. 7.0 Technical Certification, MiVoice Business (MCD/3300) rel 7.0 Core Technical Certification, NSE 7 Network Security Architect, Fortinet Certified Network Security Administrator - v4, LANDesk Certified 8.8 Administrator.