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CV / Resume
Windows Infrastructure Architect specialized in Citrix and Virtualization with 17 years of experience and Passion for
designing, building, deploying and supporting enterprise architectures using Microsoft, Citrix and VMware products.
Author of the book Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6 by
Packt Publishing
Founder of the site
CtxAdmTools, dedicated to FREE Citrix, Microsoft and VMware automation
tools. The site is featured in Citrix Community Site and other web sites,
and receives thousands of visitors each month.
Summary of qualifications
Strong expertise in design, configuration, implementation, integration and support in medium to large companies of Citrix products, Active
Directory, Exchange Server, Windows servers, Windows Clusters, High Availability and Mission-critical, IIS Web servers, Virtualization
(VMware/Microsoft/Citrix), SQL Server, SMS, Terminal Server, Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP and Firewalls),
SharePoint servers, Project servers, Scripting and Development Tools (Visual Basic, Visual Basic.NET, VB
Script, PowerShell), etc.
Technical Skills
- +10 years designing, implementing, migrating, supporting and administering Citrix (XP, 3.0,
4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 6.0), Access Gateway, Password Manager, Provisioning Server, Edgesight) and Terminal Servers in international environments
- +8 years working with Virtualization.
VMware (ESX 2.x and 3.x, vSphere, VirtualCenter, VMotion,
HA, Workstation, Server, GSX), Microsoft (Virtual Server,
Microsoft Hyper-V) and Citrix (XenServer) products.
- +14 years designing, implementing, supporting and administering Windows networks (NT 3.X, NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, 2008).
- +14 years designing, implementing, supporting and administering Exchange Server (4.0, 5.x, 2000, 2003, 2007).
- +14 years implementing, supporting and administering MS SQL Server (6.5, 7.0, 2000, 2005, 2008).
- +14 years implementing, supporting and administering Internet Information Server (2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 7.5).
- +13 years of Project Management en
international environments applying best methodologies.
Management skills including working on multiple projects,
entire project lifecycle, prioritize tasks, project
leadership, document projects using MS tools, etc.
- +11 years designing, implementing,
supporting and administering Active Directory networks.
Excellent knowledge of Active Directory design and support
(Group Policies, Schema, OUs, LDAP, Sites, Replication,
etc). Experience in large migrations.
Certifications
- Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix XenApp 6 - January 2012
- Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix Password Manager 4 - November 2008
- Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for
Citrix Access Gateway 4 - May 2007.
- Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for
Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 - April 2007.
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP) on VI3 (Classroom required) - March 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional (VSP - Selling Desktop Manageability & Security Solutions) - March 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional (VSP - Business Continuity) - March 2007.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE: Messaging) in Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 - March 2007.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE: Messaging) in Microsoft
Windows 2000 - March 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional (VSP - Testing and Development Environments) - March 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional (VSP - Selling to Testing and Development Environments) - February 2007.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA: Messaging) in Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 - February 2007.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA: Messaging) in Microsoft
Windows 2000 - February 2007.
- Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP: Database Administrator) - January 2007.
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS: SQL Server 2005) - November 2006.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 - October 2006.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) in Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 - July 2006.
- Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA) for
Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0 - May 2006.
- Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for
Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0 - December 2005.
- Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA) for
Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server - November 2005.
- Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for
Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server - May 2005.
- Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) in
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - March 2004.
- Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) in
Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 - March 2004.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) in Microsoft
Windows 2000 - May 2002.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in Microsoft
Windows 2000 - March 2002.
- Microsoft Sales Specialist (MSS) - November 1998.
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - September 1998.
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) - March 1997.
Exams
- Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6 - January 2012.
- Citrix Presentation Server 4.5: Support - June 2010.
- Citrix Password Manager 4.5: Administration - November 2008.
- Citrix Access Gateway 4.2 with Advanced Access
Control: Administration - May 2007.
- Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Administration
- April 2007.
- Citrix Access Suite 4.0: Common Management
Platform Administration - April 2007.
- VCP310: VMware Certified Professional on VI3 -
March 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: Selling Desktop
Manageability & Security Solutions - March 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: Selling Business
Continuity Solutions - March 2007.
- Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
Organization - March 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: Selling Server
Consolidation and Containment - March 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: Selling to Testing
and Development Environments - February 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: Effectively Working
With VMware - February 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: Delivering the
VMware Message - February 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: VMware Solutions
Overview - February 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: VMware Products
Overview - February 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: VMware Corporate
Overview - February 2007.
- VMware Sales Professional: Virtualization
Overview - February 2007.
- Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange
Server 2003 - February 2007.
- UPGRADE: MCDBA Skills to MCITP Database
Administrator by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - January 2007.
- TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation
and Maintenance - November 2006.
- Planning, Implementing and Maintaining a
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSE on Windows 2000 -
October 2006.
- Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA on Windows 2000 - July 2006.
- Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0:
Management and Maintenance for the Enterprise - May 2006.
- Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0:
Troubleshooting Enterprise Environments - April 2006.
- Citrix Access Gateway 4.1: Administration -
February 2006.
- Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0:
Enterprise Edition Administration - December 2005.
- Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager v2.5:
Administration - November 2005.
- Citrix Securing Application Deployment Over The
Web - October 2005.
- Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, FR3:
Deployment and Support - September 2005.
- Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, FR3:
Enterprise Edition: Administration - June 2005.
- Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager 2.5:
Introduction - May 2005.
- Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, FR3:
Administration - April 2005.
- Designing and Implementing Databases with
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition - March 2004.
- Microsoft: Analyzing Requirements and Defining
Solution Architectures – February 2004.
- Designing and Implementing Distributed
Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 - November 2003.
- Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications
with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 - October 2003.
- Managing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
Environment - May 2002.
- Installing, Configuring, and Administering
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition - March 2002.
- Implementing and Administering a Microsoft
Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure - February 2002.
- Implementing and Administering a Microsoft
Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure - September 2001.
- Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000
Network - August 2001.
- Installing, Configuring, and Administering
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - August 2001.
- Installing, Configuring, and Administering
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - July 2001.
- Microsoft Sales Specialist: Core Skills
Assessment - November 1998.
- Microsoft Networking Essentials - September
1998.
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows
NT Server 4.0 in the Enterprise - January 1998.
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows
NT Server 4.0 - September 1997.
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy
Server - June 1997.
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Internet
Information Server and Index Server - May 1997.
- Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows
95 - March 1997.
Professional Experience
Bank of America Merrill Lynch [Financial Services]
Singapore - February 2011 to Today
Technical Project Manager and
Senior Consultant Windows Design and Build Team
- PACRIM team leader, architect and developer of global datacenter
automation project. This system provides real-time VMware, HP Blades,
NetApp/EMC Storage, Rack, Network information used to reduce server
deployment time.
- Project Management, design and deploy business solutions based in
Windows in +70 datacenters in PacRim.
- Deploying and setup of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers, IIS, Project
Servers, SharePoint and other products on IBM/HP blades/rack servers and
VMware ESX virtual machines.
- Development of applications (VB, VB.NET, C#), web sites (ASP.NET,
Silverlight) and scripts to automatize process, including queries to
inventory system, Active Directory and VMware Inventory tools, Server Build
automation process, etc.
Convergence Technology Consulting [IT Services - Citrix Gold Partner/Microsoft Gold Partner/VMware Premier Partner]
Glen Burnie, MD, USA - July 2010 to February 2011
Senior Consulting Engineer
- Design and implement Microsoft, Citrix and VMware solutions, with focus on Virtualization using VMware ESX, VMware
vSphere and Citrix products (XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer, Access Gateway, etc.) in medium to large companies in Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC.
- Projects included: Install and Configure VMware ESX 3.x and vSphere servers, Build and deploy Citrix Virtual Machines on VMware ESX/vSphere and Citrix
XenServer, migrate farms from Citrix MetaFrame XP and Citrix Presentation Server 4.x to Citrix XenApp 5.0 and 6.0.
- Architect, install and configure Citrix Provisioning server solutions, Setup Citrix CAG for iPad, iPhone and other mobile devices.
- Install, setup and support of Windows servers, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server servers.
- Build Citrix XenDesktop 5 PoC.
Sunrise Senior Living [Premier Provider of Senior Living Services]
McLean, Virginia, USA - April 2008 to May 2010
Senior Systems Engineer
- Technical leader for a large multi-zone Citrix farm with +5,000 concurrent users in multiples countries (USA, Canada and
UK) and +230 Citrix Servers in 3 datacenters.
- Design, build, setup and 24x7 on-call support of Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 and XenApp 4.5 farms, Password
Manager, Web Interface, Installation Manager, SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 and Terminal Services running on VMware ESX.
- Research and build servers, test and deploy virtualization technologies (Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESX Server and
Citrix XenServer).
- Consolidate, Build, Test, Deploy and P2V of XenApp 4.5 (Win2003) and XenApp 5.0 (Win2008) Virtual Machines on VMware ESX 3.5 on HP
Proliant Servers.
- Migrated Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 farm in US and UK to Citrix XenApp 4.5 farm, including Password Manager, Web Interface servers, etc.
Database migration from SQL Server 2000/2005 to SQL Server 2008.
- Assist System Engineers to virtualize Exchange Server 2003 and P2V Windows Servers on VMware ESX.
- Install and document Disaster Recovery (DR) architecture of Citrix XenApp application servers on a remote DR site. This
site includes Provisioning Server, Password Manager, Presentation Server 4.0, XenApp 4.5, Web Interface servers and replicated SQL Data Store.
- Create tools and scripts to support the environment using MFCOM with VB, VB.NET and VB Script
(CtxAdmTools) and Command Shell.
InfoGroup Sistemas [IT Services - Citrix Gold Partner/Microsoft Gold Partner/VMware VIP Enterprise]
Madrid, Spain - November 2006 to November 2007
Technical Project Manager and Senior Consultant
- Project management, design and implementation for medium to large companies
in Spain.
- Work with internal resources (sales and technical) and external
partners to implement and deliver complex technical solutions.
- Work with customers face-to-face to enhance sales and customer satisfaction.
- Manage and mentor a team of systems engineers and prvide resolution to level 3/4 escalated incidents.
- Team with sales force on proposal responses and sales presentations (technical and non technical).
- Present project status information to management.
- Provide training to our customers in Microsoft, VMware, Citrix and Symantec technologies.
- Design, setup, documentation, support of projects related with Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 servers
(Active Directory design, implementation and migrations), Citrix products (MetaFrame Presentation Server, Access
Gateway, etc), High Availability and Windows clusters (File & Print, DHCP, Web, Exchange, SQL Server, Exchange Server
5.5/2000/2003/2007 (design and migrations from Exchange 5.5/2000/2003 to 2003/2007), SQL Server 2000/2005, MS Terminal Server,
VMware Infrastructure servers (ESX Server, VirtualCenter, HA, VMotion, P2V, etc), MS SMS 2003, MS ISA Server 2000/2004/2006, SharePoint,
Backup Solutions, etc.
- Setup, configuration and support of Dell PowerEdge, HP Proliant and Fujitsu Primergy servers,
Dell, HP and Fujitsu blades, HP MSA, HP EVA and Fujitsu FibreCAT storage solutions, HP StorageWorks backup
libraries, HP Think Clients, Windows Mobile, etc.
A partial list of some of my projects is available in Experience
Avanade Spain [Technology Integrator joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft]
Madrid, Spain - July 2006 to November 2006
Project Manager and Systems Engineer (II)
- First Project: Project Manager of Active Directory migration (and merger) of the most popular TV
channel in Spain (Telecinco) from several Novell NDS trees and 25 Windows NT/2000/2003 domains with over 2,100 users and 1,500 workstations in more than
20 sites to Windows 2003 Active Directory. Design, installation and setup of sites, replication, group policies, OUs. Centralization of multiple file servers
(Windows/Novell) into a NetApp filer. Built Windows 2003 clusters for DHCP and printer servers and migrated multiple DHCP and print server. Development of
several migration tools and scripts in VB, VB.NET and VB Script. Manage and mentor junior systems engineer and provided resolution to escalated incidents.
Present project status information to management.
- Second Project: Working as Data Manager, improved data quality and optimize a .NET application (ASP/C#/PL-SQL)
running on Oracle 9i/10g databases for the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS-CASA).
Agora Solutions [IT Services - Citrix Gold Partner]
Madrid, Spain - July 2004 to June 2006
Technical Project Manager and Senior Consultant
- Project management, design, implementation and 24x7 technical support for medium to large companies in Spain.
- Manage, coordinate and mentor a team of support engineers working on-site to provide technical support and resolution to
escalated incidents.
- Team with sales force on proposal responses and sales presentations (technical and non technical).
- Active Directory design,
migration of Windows NT/2000 networks to Windows 2003, setup and migration of e-mail servers to Exchange Server 2000/2003, implementation,
support and configuration of Windows 2000/2003 servers (32/64Bits), Windows
clusters (File & Print, Exchange and SQL Server), Internet Information Server
(IIS) web servers, Windows 2000/2003 Terminal Server (32/64bits) and Citrix
MetaFrame XP and Presentation Server 3.0/4.0 farms. Creation of group, security
and backup policies.
- Implementation of TCP/IP (DNS, WINS and DHCP), VMware ESX servers, McAfee/Symantec Antivirus, VERITAS backup software, SMS
2003, SQL Server database servers and SharePoint servers.
- Setup, configuration and support of Dell PowerEdge, IBM xSeries, HP Proliant and HP Integrity servers, HP StorageWorks backup libraries, HP MSA, HP EVA.
A partial list of some of my projects is available in Experience
The Mills Corporation [Real Estate Investment Trust]
Arlington, Virginia, USA - May 2003 to June 2004
Project Manager and Senior Network Engineer
24x7 technical support of headquarters and 30+ remotes sites in USA, Canada and Europe (servers, network, users).
Installation, setup, and administration a CISCO network of 150+ HP/Compaq servers, SAN EMC, desktops, notebooks.
Design, installation, configuration, documentation, testing and support for several projects with Citrix, SQL Server,
Windows 2000/2003, Active Directory, Exchange 2000/2003, SharePoint, VMware, Project Server 2003, IIS, Windows
Clusters, Blackberry, SMS, VPN, etc.
Project leader migration (and centralization) from Windows 2000/Exchange Server 5.5 servers distributed in 30+ branch
offices to Windows 2003/Exchange 2003 running in cluster.
The Mills Corporation (Madrid Xanadú) [Real Estate Investment Trust - Shopping Mall]
Madrid, Spain - May 2002 to May 2003
IT Manager, Telecomm Manager and Network Engineer
Technical support 24x7 for +200 local users (Madrid) and remote users in Europe.
Installation, implementation and administration of servers in Europe and USA (Windows, Exchange, Blackberry and Citrix
servers), network design (Hardware, Software, Communications and Active Directory) for Europe.
Work in a virtual team consisting of Systems Engineers in Spain and USA to provide technical support and problem resolution.
Implementation of phone systems inside the mall as well as for the offices of the Development Team.
Implementation of videoconference equipment between Madrid and USA.
Viamericas Corporation [Financial Services]
Bethesda,Maryland, USA - April 2001 to May 2002
Webmaster, DBA, Network Administrator, Telecomm Manager and Developer
Responsible for the installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of the company’s LAN/WAN; the direction and
coordination of the telecommunications system; and addressing issues relating to business system programming.
Installation, setup, and administration of web servers running IIS, database servers running SQL Server 7/2000, mail server
running Exchange Server 2000, firewalls (hardware and software) and VPN servers.
Implementation of Windows 2000 Terminal Server and Citrix MetaFrame XP servers, TCP/IP (DNS, WINS and DHCP), group,
security and backup policies, recovery plan design, Symantec antivirus, and telephone systems.
Administration, design, and development of the web site and internal applications built in HTML, ASP, SQL Server and COM.
Independent Infrastructure Consultant
Buenos Aires, Argentina - July 2000 to April 2001
Extensive work in Active Directory design, implementation of Windows 2000 servers, migration of Novell and Windows NT servers to Windows 2000.
Installation and migration of e-mail servers to Exchange 2000.
Installation and configuration of ISA Server 2000, web servers running IIS, database servers to SQL Server 7/2000, Windows 2000 Terminal Server and
Citrix MetaFrame.
Migration of workstations to Windows 2000 and implemented group, security and backup policies. Implementation of Symantec applications
(Ghost, Norton Antivirus Corporate, etc), mail servers, database servers, and communications support.
A partial list of some of my projects is available in Experience
Net Solutions Argentina [IT Services]
Buenos Aires, Argentina - December 1997 to June 2000
Founder, Managing Partner and Senior Consultant
Senior consultant for the design and implementation of networks using Microsoft technology and integrations with UNIX and Novell.
Lead development and support team of 10. Specialized in implementing Symantec applications for corporate accounts.
Training clients and internal support staff in Windows NT Server, Exchange Server, IIS, Proxy Server, SQL Server and Visual Basic.
Handled or oversaw the installation, implementation, and support for Active Directory design, TCP/IP, e-commerce sites, Exchange Server, Windows NT 3.5x/4.0/2000, Terminal
Server, SQL Server, Lotus Notes, Novell 3.x/4.x, SCO Open Server and SCO UnixWare. Developed client/server and web applications in Visual Basic.
Founded Net Solutions with two partners; the company was purchased three years later by a private investor group.
A partial list of some of my projects is available in Experience
Microsoft of Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina - February 1996 to December 1997
Sales Representative and Microsoft Technical Support Engineer
Demonstrated Microsoft products, and providing training and technical support for Windows NT, Internet and Intranet
technology in various venues including the “Comdex 96” and “Computación 96” expositions.
Provided operating systems support as a Microsoft Technical Support Engineer (DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95) and subsequently BackOffice and
Development Tools products (Windows NT, Exchange Server, SQL Server, SMS, Proxy Server, IIS, SNA Server, MS Mail, Visual Basic, etc)
Independent Infrastructure Consultant
Olavarría/Buenos Aires, Argentina - July 1994 to February 1996
Developed software for small businesses in MS Visual Basic (DOS/Windows) and data base managers like
Clipper, MS FoxPro and MS Visual FoxPro.
Development of applications using Turbo Pascal, MS Quick Basic, COBOL, Assembler and C/C++.
Provided training and technical support for small businesses.
Education
- 2001 (USA) - Bachelor Degree with a major in Computer Information Systems accreditation certificate.
- 1994-1997 (Argentina) - Computer Science Degree in CAECE University in Buenos Aires.
- 1989-1993 (Argentina) - High School diploma in Physics and Mathematics in Olavarría, Buenos Aires.
Personal Information
- Citizenship: Argentina and Italian (European Community Passport).
- Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent), French and Italian (basic).
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