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Greater Los Angeles Area

Technical Resource Manager supporting AppSense products to customers.

Greater Boston Area

Senior XenDesktop Architect for a major financial organization in the Boston area. Responsible for design, implementation and day to operations of 30,000+ XenApp and XenDesktops users.

Greater St. Louis Area

Citrix Consultant for a Citrix Platinum Reseller•Worked Citrix XenDesktop to customers ranging from SMB to global enterprises with 25,000 users•Deployed VMWare, XenServer, and Microsoft virtualization•Deployed Citrix Provisioning Server for both servers and desktops•Integrate Citrix and Desktops with AppSense user profiles.

Systems Architect for a Citrix Gold Reseller•Worked Citrix XenDesktop, XenServer and XenApp deployments•Deployed VMWare, XenServer, and Microsoft virtualization•Deployed Citrix Provisioning Server for both servers and desktops•Designed large scale solutions for customers throughout the country and followed many of them through deployment•Install Citrix XenApp solutions for customers throughout the country

Greater Seattle Area

Citrix consultant deploying Citrix XenDesktop to enterprise customers throughout the country.

Director and Senior Engineer for a data center support 100 customers with over 600 servers•Responsible for backup and disaster recovery plans for the data center and all clients •Manage multiple environments including Windows 2003, Windows 2008, VMware, UNIX and Linux •Maintain and built out customers Terminal Services, Citrix XenApp 4.5/5.0 and XenDesktop hosted solutions •Maintain data center infrastructure for N+2 with APC, Metro Ethernet and generator backup. •Managed and deployed nine 2007 Exchange servers for customers with the largest deployment of around 1000 users •Managed a hosted Exchange 2007 system of about 250 users

Director, Architect and Administrator responsible for all LAN and WAN network operations, systems disaster recovery; database and systems backup, and network security of the system•Designed and managed all aspects of technology for over 400 employees, including 1300 computers and 3200 students•Supervised 6 person technology support team for 4 schools and School Board Office•Managed all IT needs including policymaking, RFP’s, and Documentation•Maintained 99.9% up time for critical servers during operational hours•Managed and deployed Exchange 2003 and then upgraded the environment to Exchange 2007

Systems Engineer responsible for the management, deployment, administration and maintenance of technology needs for multiple clients throughout the southeast region• Managed communications between company leaders and clients • Cultivated client relationships by maintaining open lines of communication• Reviewed client needs, evaluated existing systems and proposed network designs to leverage effective use of resources• Ensured uniform standards though network documentation, including server and backup configurations, naming conventions and network diagrams• Worked with diverse infrastructures to include Novell, Microsoft 2000, and Microsoft 2003 environments• Supervised deployment teams as Lead Engineer on complex projects• Designed and administered LANs and WANs• Incorporated Internet technologies into LANs through web servers, Internet caching, e-mail connectivity, and content filtering

Systems Engineer responsible for the management, deployment, administration and maintenance of technology needs for multiple clients throughout the southeast region•Cultivated client relationships by maintaining open lines of communication •Reviewed client needs and proposed network designs to leverage effective use of resources •Worked with diverse infrastructures to include Novell, Microsoft 2000, and Microsoft 2003 environments •Supervised deployment teams as Lead Engineer on complex projects •Designed and administered LANs and WANs •Built and designed deployments for 1500 + users for Citrix Metaframe XP in school systems throughout Georgia.

Associates Degree, Applied Science Electronics

High School Diploma, Information Technology