About & Contact

Eric Marsi

My name is Eric Marsi! I am a 5-Time Microsoft MVP and the Founder & CEO at VulTech Solutions, LLC and the Principal Solutions Architect at 8th Layer Technologies, LLC! I work directly with customers on-premises and cloud-based deployments to bring new meeting experiences to all. I bring over 10 years of experience from the different IT industry areas and can communicate effectively with network engineers, systems engineers, end users, and business leaders.

I have different personal hobbies such as reverse engineering/security research, skiing, and electronics engineering. I also spend a lot of my free time working with products such as Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Exchange, Hyper-V, System Center, and more in my home lab! I strive to empower others to do more by providing guides and assistance to everyone.

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Interests

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Unified Communications (UC) is my primary field of expertise. In 2016, I was introduced to the Microsoft UC platform. Since then, I have developed a passion for Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business as these products are able to transform the way that a organization collaborates. When a deployment is complete, there is a sense of accomplishment that cannot be explained.

I also occasionally post on my blog regarding updates to the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, give product reviews, create how-to guides, and more!  The primary purpose of this blog it to give back to the community that has helped me get to where I am at now in my career.

IT is more than just a career to me, it is my life-long hobby.

Speaking Opportunities

I had the amazing opportunity to speak at Comms vNext 2019 on upgrading from Lync 2013/SFB2015 to Skype for Business Server 2019. This was truly a remarkable event and one that I will remember for a lifetime. Sadly, I stopped counting how many times I’ve spoken after this event 😛

Active Certifications

  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Support Engineer Specialty
  • MCSE: Productivity Solutions Expert (MCSE)
  • Microsoft® Certified Solutions Associate: Office 365 (MCSA)
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
  • AudioCodes Certified Associate (ACA)

Group Memberships

I am the Director of Content & Technology of The National Teams Users Group and the and the former Local Chapter Organizer of both Cleveland, OH & Columbus, OH for the group. The group is where IT professionals that are interested in/actively working with the Microsoft UC platform get together to discuss different topics about the product.