Brian Graf
Sr. Manager, DevRel at NetApp Instaclustr
Provo, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Graf is a strategic, hands-on developer advocacy and product leader with 12 years of experience building high-performing teams and customer-centric cloud and automation products. Currently Sr. Manager of DevRel at NetApp Instaclustr, he has held senior roles at VMware and AWS where he shaped features and go-to-market for large-scale cloud infrastructure and automation. Deeply technical and a frequent global speaker, he authored the PowerCLI Reference and is a five-time Microsoft MVP for PowerShell, contributing practical tooling to VMware’s widely used PowerCLI example scripts. He excels at translating customer needs into measurable product requirements and still uses the products he manages, blending engineering rigor with empathetic leadership. An unusual strength: he combines enterprise product ownership over a ~$1.5B portfolio with grassroots open-source contributions and community evangelism.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Information Systems, Management Information Systems, General, Master of Information Systems, Management Information Systems, General at University of Utah - David Eccles School of BusinessUndergrad, Spanish, Business, Undergrad, Spanish, Business at Brigham Young University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
esxi10
powershell10
vsphere10
automation10
automations10
vmware10
vmware-workstation10
vmware-tools10
devops9
cloud-services8
cloud-infrastructure8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
vmware/PowerCLI-Example-Scripts
Jun 2015 - Mar 2018
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:14 commits, 6 pushes in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Brian appears to be a DevOps Engineer contributing to the `vmware/powercli-example-scripts` repository. The commits showcase the creation of a vSphere Hardening Cmdlet, as well as tools for assessing memory usage and setting ESXi lockdown levels. Further contributions also suggest involvement in automation and integration, particularly related to deploying and managing ESXi host clients.
TheBrianGraf/vmc-scripts
Jan 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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