Michael Shuster Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On

Bringing customers the best in technology spanning infrastructure solutions, multi-tenant digital workspace design, managed services, architecture planning, and advisory consultation. Ferroque is focused on end-user computing (digital workspaces) and datacentre virtualization with customers across the globe. Our certified core technology acumens include Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware Systems Integration, Project Management, and architecture advisory services. Ferroque is part of the global… Show more Bringing customers the best in technology spanning infrastructure solutions, multi-tenant digital workspace design, managed services, architecture planning, and advisory consultation. Ferroque is focused on end-user computing (digital workspaces) and datacentre virtualization with customers across the globe. Our certified core technology acumens include Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware Systems Integration, Project Management, and architecture advisory services. Ferroque is part of the global Citrix "brain trust" and are entrusted by Citrix to take on many of their most strategic or challenging engagements in partnership. Our depth of expertise in this field as enabled us to be recognized as one of North America's top Citrix authorities and we represent a level of skill and professionalism few Citrix professional services organizations can match. Our customers and partners choose Ferroque because we are without equal in this arena. Get in touch, we'd love to find out about your business landscape and how we might help accelerate your growth, and enhance your security posture.Over the course of my technical career within Ferroque, I have personally logged tens of thousands of hours of specialized consulting on VMware, Citrix (Virtualization & Networking products), Microsoft (Windows Network Infra, SQL, Exchange, Microsoft 365, Azure) technologies directly with customers (including UHN, William Osler, RBC, TD, H1, and more) or in partnership with HPE, IBM, Citrix, OnX, Softchoice, Bell Business Markets, Blair Technology Solutions. I have been privileged through the last decade and a half to have designed / implemented many of the largest Citrix, VMware, and NetScaler deployments across the globe, spanning a wide selection of industries in the public and private space. Show less

Toronto, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

As a strategic consulting partner of Citrix, I am a member of an elite group of Citrix Professionals with a proven track record of promoting user enablement and security within Citrix’s professional services clients. I lead strategic consulting engagements across North America across healthcare, financial, and retail industries. I provide management consultancy expertise to customers and Citrix account teams on multi-technology integration to assist in streamlining customer operations… Show more As a strategic consulting partner of Citrix, I am a member of an elite group of Citrix Professionals with a proven track record of promoting user enablement and security within Citrix’s professional services clients. I lead strategic consulting engagements across North America across healthcare, financial, and retail industries. I provide management consultancy expertise to customers and Citrix account teams on multi-technology integration to assist in streamlining customer operations, leveraging a multidisciplinary technical and business strategy skill set. Entrusted to architect, engineer, and provide guidance on enterprise-class Citrix digital workspace platforms targeted to supporting between 3,000 to over 300,000+ users of varying business cases, feature sets, and availability goals. In addition, I design, deploy, secure, and integrate Citrix ADC (NetScaler) platforms for customers ranging from the most basic of implementations on-prem or in cloud, to global deployments comprising of dozens of ADCs and thousands of virtual servers.I have a track record of results through various engagements and engagement phase from assessment and design through enterprise technology roadmaps and issue resolution. Proven effectiveness at building client relationships, promoting brand value, industry leadership, and identifying additional Citrix account opportunities resulting in closing over $40M USD in deals. While not working on engagements, I enjoy working with the consulting organization to develop new standards and producing documentation to assist customers make the most of their technology investments. Show less

Ottawa, On

In the role of analyst and QA tester for a once start-up, now industry leader software company specializing in the education sector, provided a range of technical business support services. Responsible for testing software upgrades and migrations, proofreading of english and french content, data entry with Adobe Acrobat & FileMaker Pro, and beta testing of new software releases on both Windows and Mac OS platforms.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Design, Management, Cryptography, Linux

Infrastructure Analyst (Diploma)

Ccia, Cce-V, Cce-N, Cc-Vad-Ma, Cc-Sdp. Citrix Specialist Practicums, Citrix Virtualization Technologies

Vcp, Vmware Virtualization

Microsoft, Vmware & Citrix Technology Platforms

Mct, Technical Training

Trab Training Inc.

Quantum Alumni, Personal & Financial Development

Itil Foundations V3, It Service Management

Information Technology

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