Welcome to Nutanix User Groups

Nutanix User Group (NUG) offers members a space to share ideas, best practices and network with other cloud builders in your community. As a member of the user group you will:

• Network with your peers
• Share feedback and knowledge
• Get answers to your most pressing IT questions
• Increase your visibility by sharing your experiences, tips and ideas

Become a member on the NEXT community and join us for a meeting! Below is a list of current chapters and upcoming meetings. If you don't see a chapter in your local area, send a request to nug@nutanix.com.

Meetings are run by you, our valued customers. NUG leaders are referred to as Chapter Champion, the stars of our community. Champions are the leaders, engagers, influencers, and evangelists of a growing movement to build the future of One OS. One Click. Any Cloud.

Chapter Champions have the opportunity to:

• Engage with your peers and influence technology conversations
• Grow your professional network
• Access exclusive event and training discounts
• Contribute and share your expertise on the NEXT community
• Drive local NUG meetings (goal of 2-4 per year)

If you are Interested in becoming a NUG Champion or to learn more complete this application form.

List of chapters, champions, and community handles

Americas & LATAM
Atlanta, GA - Biju Samuel @bijusamuel; Glenn Baker @glennwbaker
Austin, TX- Chad Phillips
Bogota, Columbia - Jesus Damian Royo @jedamian09
Boston, MA - *Chapter Champ Needed*
Calgary, Canada - Faisal Jawaid
Columbus, OH - Jim Corder @jdcorder & Josh Mancil
Columbia, SC - John Hamilton
Charlotte, NC - Paul Johnson, Reza Ashrafi & Jason Girard
Chicago, IL - *Chapter Champ Needed*
Dallas, TX - Jarod Hallmark
Ecuador - Luis Ruiz
Houston, TX - Robert Wilcox & Randy Alderman
Indianapolis- Nate Crisler
Jacksonville- Bill Vetter
Kansas City, MO - Neal Dolson
Las Vegas- Sean Cundiff
Los Angeles, CA - *Chapter Champ Needed*
Madison, WI - Bill Connor
Michigan - Reed Beaver
Minneapolis- *Chapter Champ Needed*
Nashville, TN - Ross Hunt
New York City- Robin Perez & Nicolas Ignoto
Northern Virginia - Rene Payes
Omaha, NE - Steve Elgan @selgan; Derek Sailors @dsailors; Patrick Bingham @patrbng; Scott Osborne @ozzy01
Orange County, CA - *Chapter Champ Needed*
Ottawa, Canada - Lucien Levreault
Philadelphia, PA - Kevin Grube
Phoenix, AZ - Shawn Thompson
Pittsburgh, PA- *Chapter Champ Needed*
Raleigh/Durham, NC - Chad Holovach, Timothy Lynch & Jeremy Dehner
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Felipe Deco @fdeco
Salt Lake City, UT - Todd Burris
San Diego, CA - Sean Keenan
Seattle, WA- Jake Gilfillan
Silicon Valley, CA - *Chapter Champ Needed*
Springfield, IL - Eric Kyle
Tampa- *Chapter Champ Needed*
Vancouver, Canada - Valeriu Surdu @Valeriu

APJ
Australia - Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne & Sydney
India
Indonesia - Arif Kurniawan & Andri Setiawan
Malaysia - Ehtesham Ihsan
New Zealand - Guy Defryn @AllBlack
Singapore - Renny Lui & Karthi Sivagnanam

EMEA
Frankfurt, Germany - Martin Jaeger
Ireland - Ronnie Hamilton
Israel - Ofir Hadad
Italy - Alessandro Ghizzoni, Alberto Furia & Claudio Abad
London, UK - Paul Maddocks @paul_maddocks
Netherlands - Wouter Kursten & Sibo Attema
Saudi Arabia - Khaled Eldesouky
Spain- Marian de Miguel
Switzerland - René Bigler

Don't see a chapter in your local area? We would love to help you get one started! Please send a request to nug@nutanix.com or fill out the Champ application.

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