Independent IT consulting for global Enterprise environments. ✔ CCISO✔ CISSP preparation✔ Security Frameworks, security hardening, vulnerability management, AD hardening✔ Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure - HCI ✔ Dell EMC VxRail Hyperconverged Infrastructure - HCI✔ VMware vSAN ✔ Windows 2022 / 2019 /2016 / 2012 server R2 builds, configuration, troubleshooting✔ VMware designs, scoping, Implementations, VMware vCenter and vSphere 6.x, 7.x, 8.x✔ VMware upgrades, SRM, DR, vCenter, Distributed switches, Update Manager, SSO.✔ NUTANIX consulting, cluster sizing, purchase recommendations, design/architecture advice to Enterprise customers.✔ DELL PowerEdge R620 Rack Server hardware (10GbE).✔ DELL storage: EqualLogic PS4110 10GbE.✔ HPE 3PAR StoreServ 8000 Storage administration / support.✔ Integration and Business Continuity work - High Availability of ERP solutions.✔ ELLIPSE ERP - High availability (UNIX back-end, CITRIX XENAPP front-end, Oracle DB high availability).✔ Oracle Data Guard for high availability, data protection, disaster recovery.✔ Design of physical & virtual Windows 2012 Domain Controllers, ADFS✔ Agile Consulting.✔ VMware vSphere monitoring solutions, involving CLI/Powershell.✔ Platespin Migrate 9.2 conversions of physical to virtual machines.✔ MOM, SCOM, MECM✔ VEEAM Backup & Replication, VEEAM for M365, data protection.✔ Auditing VMware vSphere environments, recommendations, corrective actions.✔ P2V and V2V migrations in VMware environments; production farms, 1000s of successful migrations.✔ Dell IDRAC enterprise configurations.✔ QNAP TurboNAS TS-212 installations and configurations for SME customers.✔ Windows server activations using KMS server.✔ IBM X3400 server/domain controller maintenance/Remediation project.✔ HP DataProtector 6.x, 9.x administration & support: 200+ server environment.✔ HP EVA4400 administration / Command View EVA SAN management / MSA2000

VALE accountVale is the global leader in iron ore and pellet production and the second biggest nickel producer. Headquartered in Brazil, Vale is present in 38 countries, directly employing more than 119,000 people across the world and a further 54,000 on projects.✔Virtualization - Designing, building & managing VMWARE environments Multiple vSphere 3.x / 4.x / 5.x farms - design, planning, Implementation, move to production, support✔FC/iSCSI storage solutions✔Enterprise Infrastructure Transformation: Datacenter Consolidation & Remote Site Optimisation✔Servers - HP Proliant (Gen6, 7, HP ProLiant Gen8), IBM xSeries, IBM/HP Blades, other✔Citrix Presentation server 4.x, Load balancing;✔Thin client Technologies: IGEL, WYSE✔Windows 2000, 2003, Windows 2008 deployments (Multiple sites, multiple projects)✔Backups - HP / Overland / IBM tape libraries (FC, SAS)✔NETAPP storage hardware - multiple instances and sites✔HP EVA 4400 /6300 storage hardware & software✔HP DATA PROTECTOR backup software✔MSL8096 tape library systems✔Patch management with WSUS/SHAVLIK technologies✔AV / Security solutions with TREND/SYMANTEC SEP11/12 (extensive Trend management experiences across the Trend suite or products/Symantec Endpoint Protection 11, 12.x management experience across multiple, global sites)✔ MS Exchange 2003/2007 and associated storage solutions (SAS, FC)✔Coaching and supervision of multiple Jr staff members

GORO NICKEL Project - NEW CALEDONIA✔ VMWARE architecture, implementation and support: Design of multiple VMware farms (v3, v3.5, v4) using iSCSI storage (NETAPP) and IBM x3650 host hardware.✔ Active Directory Implementation and support.✔ Citrix thin terminal solutions architecture, implementation and support using IGEL technology.✔ Vizioncore vRanger backup solution for VMware Infrastructure: Design, Implementation, ongoing support.✔ Support of Multiple Citrix Thin desktop farms for 2000 user base.

✔ VMWARE ESX server administration and support (v3) on EMC FC SAN environment.✔ Citrix Presentation server administration and support. Users in different geographical locations, and support of their Business applications. Frequent publishing of apps to the Citrix user base, across test, QA and Production environments.✔ Extensive experience with the Hummingbird Document management system.✔ Extensive experience with mining-electricity industry specific applications.✔ Patch management using WSUS of around 100 server environment.✔ Ongoing server support - operational and Project of server environment across multiple sites.

✔ Active Directory support (multi site, multi campus).✔ Delivery of applications through AD and Group Policy across multi site classroom, Production environments.✔ MS Exchange 5.5 support (more than 15 servers).✔ Citrix Presentation server Support across large, geographically disperse farms.✔ Blackberry support and administration.✔ Windows server Administration and support (more than 300 servers).✔ Support of more than 10,000 workstations through Group Policy.✔ Veritas Backup Exec v10 implementations & day to day support (>300 servers).