The Washington DC Metro Area VMware User Group (VMUG) is a volunteer-led organization. Our current leadership team includes:
Josh Townsend 
Josh Townsend a Sr. Technical Marketing Manager for the vCloud Suite at VMware. Josh has been working with VMware solutions since 2002. Josh was honored with VMware’s vExpert award for 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. Josh blogs on VMware related topics at https://vmtoday.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @joshuatownsend. Josh maintains https://dcvmug.com. Email Josh with questions or comments – joshuatownsend at gmail.com
Mammo Tesfaye
Mammo Tesfaye is a Virtualization Engineer at NTT Communications Cloud Infrastructure Services. Follow Mammo on Twitter @mtesfaye.
Michael Letschin 
Solutions Architect at Nexenta. Follow Mike on Twitter at @mletschin.
Al Rasheed 
Al Rasheed is a Systems Administrator at AEM Corporation. He also carries A+, Cloud+, Linux+, VCA6 & VCP6-DCV certifications. Please follow Al’s blog or on Twitter @al_rasheed.
Mary Frances Mondo
RackTop Systems, a leading full-stack storage and secure cloud technology firm, announced that Mary Frances Mondo has been appointed as our newest Senior Account Executive. Mondo brings more than ten years of connecting IT decision makers with the latest data center technology; she will serve clients in the Baltimore metro region.
Mary Frances has been working as an account executive for media and technology companies, including CBS and Comcast, since 2007. She comes to RackTop after leaving her position as Senior Account Executive with AiNET. Mondo’s reputation among her peers coupled with her outgoing and generous personality makes her the perfect fit for connecting customers and maintaining relationships with ease. Mondo is active with several professional networking and volunteer organizations including Howard Technology Council, AFCEA Central Maryland Chapter and the Fort Meade Alliance Ambassador Committee. She holds a marketing degree from Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Mary Frances has served on the Towson YMCA Advisory Board for 2 years, September 2015-September 2017. She is a DC Chapter VMUG Leader since January 2018.
“Mary Frances is tuned-in with the needs and trends of IT organizations in the Baltimore Washington area. She brings with her an abundance of long-term quality business relationships within our target customer verticals,” said Jonathan Halstuch, RackTop’s COO. You can follow Mary on Twitter @mfmondo13
Nico Stein 
Nico Stein is AVP of Information Systems at Signal Financial FCU, a Maryland based Credit Union with branches in MD, VA and DC. Originally started with IBM Germany, he has over 15 years of IT experiences, managing campus networks and critical systems. He has a passion for all things virtualized and tends to get excited about an ICMP echo reply. Nico holds a CNNA and numerous Microsoft certifications. You can follow Nico on Twitter @nicostein or on his blog https://nicostein.com/