Andrew Thorpe Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Seattle, Washington, US

Seattle, Washington, US

• I work on Absolute's Secure Access (NetMotion Mobility) Research & Development team. I engineer client platform solutions using UEM/MDM tools like JAMF Pro, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune), MobileIron, SOTI.
• Be the go to expert on all things Client Platform
• Build and maintain lab testing infrastructure in Microsoft Azure and VMware vSphere
• Build and maintain UEM tenants
• Build dog fooding and lab testing environments for Secure Access
• Create internal and customer facing documentation for all things EUC engineers need to architect, deploy, and support Secure AccessRecent Projects:

Austin, TX, US

• Retail Infrastructure platform design engineering for the next generation Android and iOS/iPadOS platform to expand in-store functionality allowing for improved inventory and stock management, layout planning, and.
• Application and configuration management for unified Amazon + Whole Foods Market devices balancing the requirements of both organizations to create a consistent, secure, and user friendly platform for both.
• Successfully scaled Whole Foods Market from 3,000 Corporately Owned/Managed Android and iOS/iPadOS devices to 30,000 devices in less than one year.
• Subject matter expert for VMware Workspace ONE and SOTI MobiControl EMM/UEM, Android Enterprise, and Android rugged use cases bringing all management planes together to build automations for device enrollment.
• Managing the relationships between internal stakeholders including application developers, business management, network engineering, and operations/support organizations to promote our mobility platform
• Providing leadership and guidance for the retail infrastructure engineering team, retail technical operations, and tier support organizations with documentation, knowledge, and training around all things mobility

Swansea, Illinois, US

• Professional Services Partner with VMware for End User Computing (EUC) / Workspace ONE.Areas of expertise:
• Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) and Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) expert using the VMware Workspace ONE (AirWatch) and the SOTI MobiControl platforms
• Building Unified Endpoint Management solutions using VMware Workspace ONE or SOTI MobiControl for environments and organizations of all sizes including organizations with 100,000+ endpoints.
• Highly experienced with Android Enterprise, Android Legacy, and Apple iOS Supervised platforms especially transitioning from platform to platform and addressing the migration from Android Legacy (Device Administrator).
• Proficient in building Android/Apple BYOD solutions that balance end user productivity and privacy with corporate data security and policy
• Proficient with integrating Identity and Access Management solutions such as Okta with VMware Workspace ONE Access to allow for convenient SSO functionality balanced with conditional access policies that help secure.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Solutions I have engineered:
• Next Generation Rapid Check-In, Zebra TC75x Rugged Mobile Device & Zebra ZQ510 Printer
• Next Generation Rental Platform, Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2
• Enterprise Mobility Management / Unified Endpoint Management, mobility device research and development, and solution engineering for a fleet of 50,000+ mobile devices at 10,000+ locations worldwide.
• Creating and operationalizing the EMM/UEM IT platform that helps fulfill Enterprise’s company vision to remove barriers between the customer and employee by untethering employees from the counter using powerful.
• Mobile Device and Form Factor Selection: Selecting right platform (Android, Apple, Windows), form factor (laptop, phone, rugged, tablet), and device with related accessories for mobility platform success including.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Stated Simply: Setting the standard for new and existing technology deployment for over 10,000 locations worldwideRecent Accomplishments:
• Field Network Modernization / Future Rental & Branch Technology: Upgrade network circuits, replacement of legacy network infrastructure to comply with new standards in order to implement new business technologies
• Riverbed Implementation / Field Server Risk Mitigation: Rollout of Riverbed Steelhead devices, migration of confidential data to centralized data center file servers, limiting use of or removing local server resources.
• Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 R2 Upgrade Rollout: Upgrading 400+ field application/file servers and virtual servers in the corporate data center from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012.
• Windows 7 / Office 2010 Upgrade Rollout: Upgrading 22,000+ PCs across our corporate and field environments from Windows XP / Office 2003 to Windows 7 / Office 2010Capacities for these projects:
• Heavily involved with standards, process, and procedural changes, development, and execution often working across multiple teams on major tier one projects involving new technology rollouts