Meet Bhargav Shukla, our Director of Product Innovation and Research at KEMP Technologies, building and designing Load Balancer ADC Technology for the Microsoft Platform. Bhargav is a Microsoft MVP with expertise on Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Lync and the Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Platform.

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2. This is Bhargav.
Our superhero
Director of Research
and Innovation

3. Due to the rigors of Microsoft’s
certification; it’s rare for Microsoft
Experts to hold an MCM for more
than one product

4. That is until 2011, when the
rules were broken

5. Bhargav Shukla became one of
very few people to be a Microsoft
MCM in both Exchange and Lync

6. In 2012 Having consulted with his
family Bhargav moved to KEMP
Technologies convinced by Peter
Melerud, it was the right move,
one he has never regretted.

7. Bhargav’s path to KEMP

8. ∂
It all started in 1996...

9. When Bhargav was challenged:
You have 2 weeks to deploy
and deliver a Microsoft
Exchange V4 project and
having no experience is
not an excuse!

10. Then in 1998, Popping out to
help a friend with an Exchange
problem Bhargav one of India’s
few MCSEs found himself
recruited by a US company...

11. And was whisked off
to the United States

12. Bhargav developed his Microsoft
platform skills like a Swiss Army
knife moving across the world
helping resolve
problems

13. 2008. Big shoes to fill for Microsoft.
Recruited as a Microsoft Exchange
Expert, Bhargav was
contracted to
customers as a
specialist, his word
was treated by
customers as
Microsoft’s

14. 2010.
As a recognized
MS Exchange
guru Bhargav
found the only
Hyper-V Virtual
Load Balancer
for Exchange
2010 came from
KEMP!

15. From 2012, having moved into KEMP
Technologies life for Bhargav is never
dull in focusing on Microsoft’s
expanding portfolio of applications
and platforms

16. He constantly
studies how KEMP
Application Delivery
Controllers (ADCs) can
solve the day to day
business problems.

17. What occupies Bhargav today?

18. How to optimize solutions in the cloud

19. Flexibility for easy deployment

20. KEMP ADCs for Managed
services as SaaS with SLAs

21. What drives Bhargav today?

22. Dedication and the constant call that
“life's a wonderful journey with
opportunities to learn at every step”

23. Bhargav’s blog
helps many MVPs
and Microsoft
professionals.
www.bhargavs.com

24. And in 2014, Bhargav was awarded
the coveted Microsoft MVP Status

25. Bhargav is always keen to extend his
knowledge to the community

26. Plan on attending a TechEd,
Exchange, Lync, Azure or other
Microsoft orientated events?

27. Well look out for
Bhargav!
He could be there, take
time to find him as he
will always have time for
a helpful word and some
sound advice!
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29. Resources:
Exchange Load Balancer
http://kemptechnologies.com/emea/products/solutions/load-balancing-microsoftexchange
Lync Load Balancer
http://kemptechnologies.com/products/solutions/load-balancing-microsoft-lync
Microsoft TMG
http://kemptechnologies.com/tmg-edge-security-authentication
Azure Load Balancer
http://kemptechnologies.com/en/solutions/loadmaster-azure
Microsoft Load Balancers
http://kemptechnologies.com/en/products/solutions
Load Balancer Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/kemploadbalancer