Cody Hosterman is the Technical Director of VMware Solution Engineering at Pure Storage and is in charge of the technical VMware strategy for the FlashArray and Cloud Block Store product lines. This includes best practices, VMware product integration, co-engineering projects, and VMware/Pure ecosystem architectures. Cody has been a VMware vExpert since 2013, his blog was voted a #7 vBlog in 2019, was named a VMworld Distinguished Speaker in 2020, and elected to the SNIA Board of Directors for the 2020-22 term.