Eric S. Charlesworth is a Technical Solutions Architect in the WW Data Center / Virtualization & Cloud architecture organization at Cisco Systems. Eric has over 26 years of experience in the Data Center / Networking field and is currently focused on Cloud Computing and Data Center management, with a specific product focus on UCS Director. Formerly, he worked in various technical leadership positions at companies such as BellSouth and IBM. Eric is also a member of the review board for the Cloud Credential Council (www.cloudcredential.org) and helped to develop and approve material used in the program, as well as for the Cloud Challenge (www.cloudchallenge.com). As a technical editor, Eric has provided technical edits/reviews for major publishing companies, including Pearson Education and Van Haren Publishing.