Leon Barron

Leon Barron has over 17 years of experience in the IT industry. Leon began their career in 2003 as a Junior Sys Admin (work placement) at the International Space University. In 2006, they moved to Interaction as a Junior Sys Admin. Leon then worked at Kearys BMW as a Sys Admin from 2007 to 2010. From 2010 to 2013, they were a TSE at VMware, Inc. Afterwards, they worked as a vCloud Air Solutions Architect at VMware from 2013 to 2017. Most recently, they have been a Consulting Cloud Architect at OVH US since 2017 and is currently a Solutions Architect at Tigera since 2022.

Leon Barron has a comprehensive education history. Leon obtained a Post-Grad in Games Development from Abertay University between 2005 and 2006. Before that, they obtained a Software Development with French degree from Munster Technological University between 2000 and 2004. In addition to these degrees, Leon has obtained a number of certifications, including a Certified Kubernetes Administrator from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) in 2022, a VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization 2021 from VMware in 2021, a (VCIX-NV) VMware Certified Implementation Expert - Network Virtualization from VMware in 2015, a VCP-NV from VMware in 2014, a (VCAP5-DCA) VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 from VMware in 2014, a (VCAP-CIA) VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Cloud Infrastructure Administration from VMware in 2013, a VCP-Cloud from VMware in 2013, an EMCPP from EMC in 2012, a VCP5 from VMware in 2012, a VCP4 from VMware in 2010, a CCNA from Cisco in 2010, a CCNA Datacenter from Cisco in 2015, a CCNA Security from Cisco in 2013, a CCNP from Cisco in 2011, a CCNP Design from Cisco in 2016, an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2019, and a JNCIA-Junos from Juniper Networks in 2015.