Technical accountability for the Azure Practice within Parallo.Azure architecture and designProduct developmentVendor management

Consult on Cloud and hosting platforms for multi-tenanted telematics software suiteBuild internal compute stack on HP BladeSystem using Hyper-V

Pre-Sales Solution Architecture; Cost Modelling; Statements-of-Work; Product Development; Account Architect to major account; Owner of the Backup Architecture domain

Contracted to develop Cloud Services

Public Cloud design, build and support for Managed/Hosted Services; Private Cloud design and build for customers; Pre-sales Consultancy; Hosted Microsoft Exchange design and build; Professional Services carried out at client sites, eg, design, build, hand-over. Managed Backup product designed, built and supported: Offering Online backup to customers as well as Managed Site backup.

Public Cloud design, build and support for Managed/Hosted Services; Private Cloud design and build for customers; Pre-sales Consultancy; Hosted Microsoft Exchange design and build; Professional Services carried out at client sites, eg, design, build, hand-over. Managed Backup product designed, built and supported: Offering Online backup to customers as well as Managed Site backup.

Designing and building customer solutions, specifically around VMware. Administering and developing "Cloud" offering of hosted services, built on VMware technology.

Company Information Maxnet started as an ISP and is now a Managed Services Provider with New Zealand's highest density and uptime DatacentreKey Responsibilities VMware cluster administration including backend storage; Commvault administration; Checkpoint Firewall administration; F5 Local Traffic Manager administration; Microsoft Services; Office Active Directory administration; Microsoft Exchange AdministrationAchievements VMware vSphere upgrade Planned and executed upgrade of VI3 cluster to vSphere Commvault design and installation Designed and built a Commvault solution for Maxnet's server backup product Exchange migration from 2003 to 2010 Planned and executed a migration of a 50-user installation of Microsoft Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 WSUS design, installation and development Designed and built a Microsoft Windows Server Update Services server to supply updates to both Maxnet and Customers. Used .NET APIs to automate customer update reports. Customer Solutions Tailored and built solutions for Maxnet Business customers Sharepoint Implementation Technical lead for the Maxnet office Sharepoint document management project Web Farm Built a secure tiered-network Microsoft Windows web server farm with backend file server and SQL server, and built a C# .NET web services provisioning service iSCSI installation Configured Dell PS4000 iSCSI SAN for backend storage to Maxnet's VMware cluster Citrix XenServer installation Installed and configured a Citrix XenServer farm using iSCSI backend storage EMC Fibre Channel SAN Designed and implemented a Meta-LUN storage solution for Maxnet's VMware cluster Customer Active Directory Designed and built an Active Directory structure for Maxnet's Windows based customer services Windows 7 Deployment Built and deployed Windows 7 desktop images for office workstations using Windows Deployment Services

Company Information One of New Zealand's largest banks, ASB leads the industry from an IT perspective.Key Responsibilities Windows Server builds; Server hardware support; Server OS support; ASB application support; Projects; Achievements VMware consultationConsulted with the VMware project team about ASB's VMware solution

Company Information Tertiary education facility. Employed by the Business School.Key Responsibilities Domain administration; VMware administration; Terminal Server administration; SQL Server administration; Desktop OS administration; Server hardware maintenance; OS patching; Software licence administrationAchievements VMware buildDesigned and built a VMware ESX 2.5 cluster and migrated it through to VI3Desktop ImagesBuilt and deployed staff and student Windows workstation images using Symantec Ghost and PXE services.Terminal ServicesBuilt and administered staff and student terminal servers using Windows Terminal Services

Company Information Tertiary education facility. Employed by the Business School.Key Responsibilities Staff and student support; Computer swaps at lease-end; Helpdesk

Company Information Software developer for retail Point-Of-Sale systemsKey Responsibilities Customer telephone support; Remote assistance

Key Responsibilities Checkout operation; Customer assistance