Leonardo Coscia

Leonardo Coscia's work experience starts in 2008 as a Presales Engineer at HP. Leonardo then moves on to work as a System Engineer at MGI Consultants, where they work on VMware and Windows administration projects for Total SA. In 2011, they become a Virtualization Consultant and Partner at VIRTIC, where they are involved in various virtualization projects and becomes a Technical Project Manager for Air Liquide. In 2015, they join Metanext as a Responsible for Virtualization & Microsoft Group, and later becomes the Practice Manager for VMware & Cloud in the BU Cloud division. Currently, they hold the position of Director Alliance & Team Leader VMware, where they are responsible for managing the partnership between Metanext and VMware, as well as leading a team of VMware experts focused on the VMware SDDC portfolio. During their career, they have worked on a wide range of virtualization technologies and solutions, including automation, SDDC, HCI, and VDI solutions.

Leonardo Coscia completed their education from various institutions. From 2006 to 2009, they attended ISIMA and earned a Master of Science degree in Consulting Computer Science. Prior to that, from 2003 to 2006, they attended Classe prepa TSI at lycée Raspail Paris 14. Further details regarding the degree and field of study are not provided. Additionally, they attended Victor Duruy, but no specific information about the years attended or any degrees obtained is mentioned.

In terms of certifications, Leonardo Coscia has obtained several from different institutions. These include the Certification Subject Matter Expert - Cloud Management and Automation in 2023 and the VMware for Azure VMware Solution Master Specialist in 2023, both from VMware. Leonardo also holds the VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud certification obtained in 2023, VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Deploy obtained in 2022, and VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization obtained in 2022. Other certifications owned by him consist of VMware Certified Specialist - vSphere with Tanzu obtained in 2022, VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Virtualization Deploy obtained in 2021, VMware Certified Implementation Expert - Data Center Virtualization obtained in 2021, and VMware Certified Specialist - Cloud Foundation obtained in 2021. In addition, they have the VMware Certified Master Specialist - HCI obtained in 2020, VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization obtained in 2020, VMware Specialist - vSAN obtained in 2020, CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator obtained from The Linux Foundation in 2020, Outcome-Focused Sales Practitioner and Outcome-Focused Sales Foundation certifications obtained in 2020, and Master Specialist - VMware Cloud on AWS obtained in 2019. Further certifications held by him include VMware Certified Professional - Cloud Management and Automation obtained in 2019, VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Data Center Virtualization Deployment obtained in 2018, VMware Certified Implementation Expert - Data Center Virtualization obtained in 2018, and VMware Certified Professional 6 – Network Virtualization obtained in 2018.