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Biography – Mike Foley

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Biography

From 2013 to 2024, Mike Foley worked at VMware.

For the first seven years at VMware Mike’s principal goal was to help vSphere administrators build more-secure platforms that met or exceeded the operational challenges of IT while still standing up to the scrutiny of security teams. After that he was focused on helping the vSphere administrator to enable the vSphere with Tanzu, having authored the vSphere with Tanzu Quick Start Guide. From December 2022 until being laid off in June of 2024, Mike was the Senior Product Manager for vSphere DRS, HA and vSphere with Tanzu HA.
Mike is the author of numerous whitepapers on vSphere with Tanzu 101 for the vSphere Administrator, hypervisor security, virtual machine encryption and the vSphere Security Configuration Guide. He is also a popular speaker at industry conferences such as VMworld, RSA Conference and others.
Mike was awarded a patent (8,601,544) in December 2013 for “Dual-band authentication using the virtual infrastructure”.  As of November 2020 Mike had two additional patents submitted.

Abbreviated Bio for Tradeshows/Speaking Opportunities

Prior to June 2024, Mike Foley was a Senior Product Manager in the vSphere Group at VMware. His focus was on vSphere DRS and HA along with vSphere with Tanzu High Availability. Prior he was recognized as the worldwide security SME for vSphere Security. He has authored numerous whitepapers on vSphere , hypervisor security, virtual machine encryption and the vSphere Security Configuration Guide.
Mike was awarded a patent (8,601,544) in December 2013 for “Dual-band authentication using the virtual infrastructure”. As of November 2020 Mike had two additional patents submitted.