Craig Waters

Craig Waters is a dynamic IT professional with a background spanning various roles in IT-focused businesses across Customer, Integrator, and Vendor sectors.

His journey began in helpdesk support and has evolved to encompass roles such as Virtualisation Architect, Data Centre Technology Consultant, Enterprise Architect, and currently Product Management and Technical Director.

Specializing in Compute, Storage, and Networking Technologies, Craig's expertise includes Converged/Hyper-converged Infrastructure, Cloud Native containerization, virtualization, and Infrastructure-as-code.

He holds certifications from VMware, Cisco, Nutanix, Microsoft, EMC, and ITIL, showcasing his proficiency in the field.

Craig Waters pursued a Bachelor of Science in Computing for Real Time Systems at the University of the West of England.

Currently, he serves as the Technical Director at Pure Storage and has previously held positions such as Senior Product Manager, Principal Enterprise Architect, and Virtualization Architect at the same organization.

He has been actively involved in various industry groups, including the Silicon Valley VMware User Group Steering Committee, APAC TechTalks, and VMDownUnderground Rangler at vBrownBag.

Craig's career has also seen him contribute as a Board Advisor at Infrx Pty Ltd, Senior Systems Engineer at Nutanix, and Podcast Host at APACVirtual.com, among other notable roles.

His experience ranges from leadership positions at consulting firms like RACK Consulting Pty Ltd to technical roles at Dimension Data, Middletons Lawyers, and more.