Episode #8 - A Conversation with Guy Leech, CTP, MVP, & VIPP
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Join us in Episode #8 of ControlUp Community Radio, where your host, Douglas Brown, welcomes Guy Leech, a distinguished CTP, MVP, and VIPP. In this engaging episode, Guy shares his extensive experience and insights on the role of scripting in EUC (End-User Computing) and ControlUp, along with his thoughts on how AI will disrupt the industry. With his deep expertise in EUC and a wealth of knowledge accumulated over the years, Guy makes for an incredibly informative and entertaining guest. This is one podcast episode you won't want to miss!
In this episode featuring Guy Leech, you will learn about:
- Guy's professional journey into coding and his expansive background.
- His role at ControlUp and perspectives on the importance of certifications in the tech world
- A comprehensive overview of ControlUp scripting, its capabilities, and integration with third-party services such as Salesforce and Microsoft Intune
- The variety of ControlUp's features and the script types that are most impactful for both Guy and the ControlUp customer community
- Guy's views on the evolving role of coding in the age of AI and its anticipated influence on the future of the industry
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About Guy Leech
Guy has been working with products from Citrix, Microsoft and others for almost 30 years during which time he has worked for software vendors, Citrix partners, start-ups and most recently, himself. Having been a software developer, he specializes in using PowerShell for not just automation in the EUC space but also for troubleshooting, producing many scripts which he shares via GitHub and Twitter, along with tips ’n’ tricks, and also presents at CUGC, E2EVC and similar events. He is also a Microsoft MVP, VMware vExpert and Parallels VIPP and invented and wrote the product that is now Ivanti Application Control, a desktop-oriented security tool.
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About Douglas A. Brown
Douglas Brown is the VP of Community at ControlUp, where he plays a pivotal role in invigorating the company's customer and partner base. His responsibilities include cultivating and expanding the ControlUp Community.
As VP of Community at IGEL, Douglas Brown grew their community to 9,000 members with 330,000 messages, led the VIP Program with 45 experts, managed Technical Publications, and was the Global Technology Evangelist.
With 25+ years in virtualization and cloud computing, Doug Brown founded DABCC, Inc., a pioneering and top-visited EUC website.
Doug was honored as Citrix's SE of the Year in 2002, received the Microsoft MVP award from 2005 to 2016, and earned the Citrix CTP and VMware vEXPERT titles. A regular speaker at industry events, he has been an active author for two decades.
Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to "social content management," US#8903912.
Mr. Brown hosted the #1-rated EUC podcast show, DABCC Radio.
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