Post Build Table Topics: Your Cloud Certification Journey

Are you interested in starting your “Cloud Certification Journey” with Microsoft Azure, but don’t know how and where?
Well, in this Table Talk we (guest MVPs) will share our certification journey by addressing the following, somewhat essential questions:

• Why go on a Cloud Certification Journey?
• What does my Cloud Certification Journey look like?
• What are the tips & tricks to keep your Cloud Certification Journey going?
• Who are the influencers in this space and how to get connected?
• What can make you stand out from the crowd in your journey?
• What will Cloud Certification give you?:
  o As an Individual
  o As an employer, leader, manager, executive
  We want to ignite the conversation with you, our audience, and encourage you to start or strengthen your certification journey in Microsoft Azure with actionable tips.

Speakers:
Marcos Nogueira, Microsoft Azure MVP
With more than 18 years experience in Datacenter and Hybrid Architectures, Marcos Nogueira is a Principal Cloud Solution Architect . He is an expert in Private and Hybrid Cloud, with a focus on Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Virtualization, System Center and Office 365. He has worked around the globe in Aerospace, Transportation, Energy, Manufacturing, Financial Services, Government, Health Care, Telecoms, IT Services, and Oil & Gas industries.
Marcos is a Canadian Azure MVP with 15+ years experience as Microsoft Certified Trainer. He has more than 125+ certifications such as MCT, MCSE, MCSA and MCITP, and is also certified in AWS, VMware, CompTIA and ITIL v3. He assisted Microsoft in the development of workshops and special events on Private & Hybrid Cloud, Azure, System Center, Windows Server, and Hyper-V. Marcos has been a speaker at several Microsoft TechEd/Ignite and Microsoft community events around the world.

Elkhan Yusubov, Microsoft Azure MVP
Elkhan is a Sr Cloud and Infrastructure Manager at T-Rex Solutions. He leads a cloud engineering and architect group that provides a mission-critical, economic, multi-cloud solutions to the T-Rex customers.
He is an active member in the T-REX Center of Excellence (COE) and leads the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) program engagements. Elkhan is a results-oriented advisor with extensive experience in software design and operations, and have collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders to build performant teams.
He has been awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for the Microsoft Azure category, and he is a Microsoft Certified Trainer since 2007. He is a Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert and holds 22 other Microsoft Azure role-based certifications.
He has been investing his time and effort in growing the CLL technical community.
Apart from being a regular speaker at several user groups, events, and conferences, he also a co-organizer at CLL (https://www.cloudlunchlearn.com/about-us). He is regularly blogs at https://thecloudmarathoner.com too :)