He is also the editor of the Infoworld Virtualization Report (weblog.infoworld.com/virtualization/) and the virtualization news blog, VMBlog.com. Marshall is a Microsoft Certified Professional and holds additional certifications from CompTIA and others. He has extensive experience architecting, deploying and managing complex virtual infrastructure environments for a variety of Fortune 1000 clients over the past six years. Prior to joining Surgient, Marshall was employed by ProTier, an early virtualization service provider acquired by Surgient in 2003, and by BankOne. Marshall holds a B.S. in Finance and Information Technology Certification from the University of New Orleans.