David Hill (S7, M8) is a Senior Solutions Architect working at VMware, specializing in cloud computing, disaster recovery, and virtualization. He is a VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP) and a VMware Certified Professional (VCP). David is a lead architect for the vCloud Architecture Toolkit. Before joining VMware, he was a self-employed IT consultant and architect for about fifteen years, working on projects for large consultancies and financial institutions.