Alex Tanner is a Senior Staff Solutions Architect for the Cloud Provider Program at VMware in the UK. Alex’s current role includes a special focus on the VMware Sovereign Cloud initiative in EMEA. Alex has worked as an overlay specialist in many parts of the VMware business over the last 10 years including covering the Aria Suite, vCloud Air and NSX. Prior to VMware Alex spent seven years at EMC as a mid-tier storage specialist and senior VMware vSpecialist.