About

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Let’s see… who is Russ?

First off, there is this little three part series I posted on the topic if you want to know a bit more about who I really am and what I do:

Part 1: A Little About Myself
Part 2: Decisive Direction
Part 3: Finding Your Way

My current job role/title is leading the CXO Group as the Chief Technology Officer, Field Lead @ SHI International.

However, here is something at a bit of a higher level. I am a extremely enthusiastic and passionate Husband, Farther, Pug Dad, Technology Evangelist, VMware Enthusiast, NTC Member (Nutanix Technology Champion), Gamer, Sports Fanatic, eSports follower, Mentor, and Friend.

How’bout some favorites?

Favorite Movie: Top Gun (Honorable Mentions: Dead Poets Society, Star Wars, Anchorman)
Favorite Show: How I Met Your Mother (Honorable Mentions: Silicon Valley, Big Bang Theory, That 70’s Show, Friends)
Favorite Leadership Book: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
Favorite Fictional Books: Daemon/Freedom by Daniel Suarez and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Favorite Fictional Book Series: Scot Harvath Series by Brad Thor
Favorite Song: Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli (If you think this is odd just wait for the next one…)
Favorite Musical Artist: Eminem (yeah… I realize this doesn’t add up)
Favorite Video Game: Counter Strike (PC Series)
Favorite Sport to Play: Basketball
Favorite Sport to Watch: Football
College Sports: Texas Tech Red Raiders, Wreck’Em!
Pro Sports: DFW Metroplex Squads
Favorite eSports Org: Cloud 9 (Honorable Mentions: Complex1ty Gaming, Optic Gaming)
Favorite Podcast: Virtually Speaking Podcast
Favorite Blogs: http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/, https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/, http://mistwire.com/, https://cormachogan.com/, https://www.codyhosterman.com/, http://www.joshodgers.com/, etc (there are so many more…)

That should just about do it… if your curious about anything else just check out the posts above or hit me up on twitter @RCantw3ll

Cheers!

Russ