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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Burlington, Ontario

St Catharines, Ontario

• Design, build and maintain Meridians physical and virtual datacentre• Provide Tier 3 support to all area of IT from End User Computing to Security Operations• Excellent analytical skills in providing problem resolution and root cause analysis• Scaled out Virtual Desktop initiative to over 300 desktops across multiple sits built from the ground and detailing all areas from Server, Broker to Desktop.• Completed numerous vSphere upgrades (running latest vSphere version at time of writing)• Achieved 100% Server Virtualization • Completed numerous datacenter re-locations on time, on budget and with no business impact.• Improved and consolidated servers and services to improve SLAs and minimize business interruptions• Member of the Architect Committee providing Strategies, Roadmaps and direction for current and emerging technologies• Have implemented next generation technologies to reduce the datacenter footprint by over 60% resulting in $2m dollars saving in operational expense.• Have led numerous internal projects and managed team-members• Strong documentation and presentation skills. Ability to speak to all levels of the business with accuracy and confidence • Adapt to fast paced and ever-changing environments, with the ability to provide fast recommendation or remediation

St Catharines, Ontario

St Catharines, Ontario

St Catharines, Ontario

• Responsible for 230+ PS4.x Citrix Servers running on Windows 2000\2003 with 6000+ concurrent connections, both internally and externally• Re-engineered multiple applications to run on Citrix, including proprietary and third party software for various clients• Helped design and engineer external access to the Citrix Farm for remote users using Citrix Access Gateway (CAG) and Citrix Web Interface• Engineered a DRP project for Citrix installing servers in a remote datacentre for redundancy• Improved reliability of Citrix Farm to support 25% increase in user load by reconfiguring existing hardware and software• Act as primary troubleshooter for all major system’s including Citrix, Active Directory, IIS , Antivirus, Backups• Monitor and maintaining server uptime using Citrix Resource Manager and third party NOC software• Currently working on the migration to Presentation Server 4.5 and windows server 2003• Ongoing research into best practice for Citrix implementations• Strong experience with Windows NT|2000|2003 Server|IIS|ActiveDirectory2000\2003• Helping with high level projects, PCI, DRP, Home Agents, Virtualization and Server consolidation• Helped initiate virtual servers (Citrix\VMWare), as well as open source Instant Messaging tool (Openfire | Pandion)• Helped automate setup of company laptops and PC using imaging software tools• Strong background with thin client technologies (Wyse terminals)• Excellent background with all Microsoft products, Windows2000|XP|Vista|Office|Project|Visio• Help compile ongoing network documentation• Participate in an on-call rotation offering 24\7 support

St Catharines, Ontario

Manchester, United Kingdom

• End-user desktop and server support• Desktop PC, Server, and printer service (Move, add changes)• Software maintenance including security patching• LAN/WAN management• Diagnosis and/or escalation of all technical issues in regards to Y2K• Technical advisor to several large multi-national companies• Responsible for maintaining care, control of their desktop environment

Manchester, United Kingdom

• End-user desktop and server support• Windows 98\Microsoft office 97\HP LaserJet printers• Desktop PC, Server, and printer service• Help migrate from 16bit to 32bit OS• Helped build and support a training room to teach new technologies to members of staff• Software maintenance and patching• LAN/WAN management • Install new cable drops

Manchester, United Kingdom

• End-user desktop and server support• Desktop PC, Server, and printer service• Including hardware upgrades and service• Help migrate from BNC network to CAT5• Software maintenance• LAN/WAN management