Chris Mutchler is a seasoned VMware Certified Design Expert with two decades of experience in system design, implementation, and support of enterprise environments. He specializes in designing and implementing robust Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service offerings to handle Cloud Native applications. With a passion for emerging technologies, Chris maintains a technology blog (http://virtualelephant.com) and enjoys speaking at conferences worldwide, sharing his expertise on operationalizing IT organizations. Chris has worked in various roles throughout his career, including as a Cloud Infrastructure Architect at VMware and as a Senior Systems Administrator at Verio. In his current role as a Customer Success Staff Architect at VMware, he continues to assist companies in understanding infrastructure architectures to handle large-scale deployments.