Craig Bruenderman

Craig Bruenderman has extensive experience in the field of solution architecture and consulting for data center architectures. Craig began their career at CBTS in 2007 as a Senior Solution Architect, where they specialized in complex data center architectures for mid-market and enterprise customers. Craig'sexpertise included working with VMWare and Cisco UCS, Nexus 1/2/5/7K line. In this role, they were responsible for consulting, scoping, generating statements of work, estimating, and implementing complex single and multi-tenant virtualized data center platforms with cross-functional teams. Craig stayed with CBTS for eight years before joining RoundTower Technologies, Inc. in 2015 as a Consulting System Engineer. After one year, they returned to CBTS in 2016 as a Senior Solution Architect. The exact end dates for their roles at CBTS and RoundTower Technologies, Inc. are not specified.

Craig Bruenderman has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Louisville. Additionally, they have studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Dayton. In terms of certifications, they have obtained several, including Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate from Microsoft in April 2023, Arista Technical Accreditation 2022 from Arista Networks in November 2022, Juniper Networks Certified Associate - Junos (JNCIA-Junos) from Juniper Networks in October 2022, OLAN Planning & Design Associate and OLAN Planning & Design Knowledge from Tellabs in October 2022, CompTIA Security+ from CompTIA in January 2022, Ham Radio Technician from the Federal Communications Commission in October 2020, AWS Sysops Associate and AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in May 2020 and October 2017 respectively, VCP-NV VMware Certified Professional from VMware in February 2017, and CCIE Data Center from Cisco in January 2015. Craig also holds a VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) certification from VMware obtained in October 2010. Other certifications include Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE) and Accredited Sales Expert (ASE) from Palo Alto Networks, CCA Netscaler from Citrix, CCDP - Cisco Certified Design Professional, CCNP - Route/Switch from Cisco, F5 APM Specialist and F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator from F5 Networks, and IASA from Infoblox.