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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Led infrastructure assessment, design review, and troubleshooting projects of small- to large-scale (up to 200 servers) application virtualization, virtual desktop and hypervisors. Specialize in the the use of XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer and vSphere environments for government, education, insurance, airline, application service provider, and heavy equipment companies.• Assisted a large telecom client in improving their change control process for managing their 100+ XenApp servers with 2500+ concurrent users.• Built XenApp, XenDestktop and XenServers servers for new applications.• Developed and maintained a variety of utilities to support the management of the server farm and automation of various XenApp, XenDeskto and XenServers administration tasks.• Implemented Web Interface sites for a healthcare (10+ servers) company and a law firm (8 servers), which includes, customization of web pages, integration with Active Directory, integration with RSA SecureID solution, and integration with Citrix Secure Gateway.• Presented at Citrix conferences multiple times regarding Windows/Unix application virtualization and graphic virtualization using GPUs.• Multiple customer service excellence and job awards.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed and led the maintenance of web-based new customer registration application for a broadband Internet service provider.• Worked for a technology services company’s Project Management Office (PMO) and assisted various projects in project planning, project mentoring, architecture planning, and issue resolution. • Developed Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) project templates and Release Planning Guidelines for the company’s Project Management Office (PMO).• Managed a contract/lease management application development project for a technology services company. The application was deployed in a number of the client’s European offices. Managed and mentored a team of 20 client staff and consultants including the client’s project manager in various subprojects.• Managed and led the implementation of data mart application for the Order Flow Tracking Reporting system for a mid-sized telecommunications company. The data mart extracted relevant data from four legacy databases (marketing, sales, provisioning, and billing) and generated reports for tracking new accounts, status of orders, and revenues (estimated, booked, and billed).• Managed and architected various enterprise-wide architecture projects with up to 15 technical staff for a large telecommunications company. Assisted 28 concurrent application development projects and 100+ developers in technical and application architecture by providing technology expertise, reviewing designs, developing standards, and enforcing the standards. Led the implementation of IT infrastructure technologies across the enterprise such as enterprise security, high availability systems, error management, distributed time service, batch processing, software configuration management, testing tools, transaction management, performance tuning, capacity planning, and vendor management.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Architected and implemented a client/server based relational database system for navigation database application for NavTech.

Chicago

• Co-architected and implemented a client/server middleware on various platforms such as HP-UX, Solaris, Ultrix, Solaris, VAX/VMS, OS/2 and Windows. The middleware supported various networking protocols such as TCP/IP, Novell SPX/IPX, SNA, and NETBIOS.• Co-designed and implemented an X Windows-based application architecture for a global consumer electronics company. The architecture was comprised of a standardized development environment, error handling, reusable X Windows widgets, keyboard navigationmechanisms, and Kanji-based format and validation facility and other utilities. Developed the graphics user interface for the Travel and Time Reporting application.• Developed the Network Project Management System (NETPMS/1) for the Systems Center. NETPMS/1 is a multi-windowed advance menu system specifically designed to control multiple project environments in a large local area network (around 250 networked PCs).Co-architected and implemented a client/server middleware on various platforms such as HP-UX, Solaris, Ultrix, Solaris, VAX/VMS, OS/2 and Windows. The middleware supported various networking protocols such as TCP/IP, Novell SPX/IPX, SNA, and NETBIOS.• Co-designed and implemented an X Windows-based application architecture for a global consumer electronics company. The architecture was comprised of a standardized development environment, error handling, reusable X Windows widgets, keyboard navigation mechanisms, and Kanji-based format and validation facility and other utilities. Developed the graphics user interface for the Travel and Time Reporting application.• Developed the Network Project Management System (NETPMS/1) for the Systems Center. NETPMS/1 is a multi-windowed advance menu system specifically designed to control multiple project environments in a large local area network (around 250 networked PCs).