Gene Torres is currently a Solution Engineer for Veeam Data Cloud for M365 at Veeam Software since July 2024 and also serves as a VMUG Leader for the Seattle VMware User Group since January 2022. Prior experience includes a tenure at Zerto from November 2017 to July 2024, where positions included Senior Solutions Engineer, Technology Evangelist, Solutions Architect for the West, and Systems Engineer. Gene's career includes roles as a Virtualization Engineer at DaVita Kidney Care, Consulting System Engineer at IVOXY Consulting, Senior Analyst at Puget Sound Energy, and Senior Systems Administrator at DaVita Kidney Care. Additionally, Gene worked as a Systems Engineer at Seattle Children's and an AD and Exchange Administrator at Patient Accounting Service Center, L.L.C. Gene holds an Associate of Science in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications from Heald College and an Associate of Arts and Sciences in Graphic and Web Design from Westwood College - Denver North.