SUMMARY:

• Senior Virtualization Consultant
• Design, Install, Maintain, Upgrade, and Monitor VMware Horizon View Environments

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

VMware: ESXi vSphere, VCenter, Health Check, Horizon View VDI (v 5,6,7), App Volumes, User Environment Manager (UEM)

Microsoft: Server 2008 R2 / 2012 Hyper - V, Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager, Private Cloud

Citrix: Xenserver Hypervisor, XenApp, Xendesktop VDI, Provisioning Server, Access Gateway

Technical: Windows Server 2008/2012, Windows Win7/Win8, Active Directory Microsoft Exchange, MS SQL, Veeam Backup and Replication, Lakeside Systrack, Cisco UTMZero -Thin Clients (Wyse / 10Zig / Samsung), Liquidware Labs (Stratusphere / ProfileUnity / FlexApp)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. VMware Horizon View VDI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Traveling Professional Services VMware VDI Consultant / Architect / Engineer
• On-Site at a University Health facility working with their IT staff to help them roll out a new Horizon View 7.0 environment
• Helping in the design, installation, and management of a new Cloud Pod Architecture installation
• Using VMware’s User Environment Manager (UEM) for user profile management
• Using App Volumes to virtualize their clinical and office applications
• Using RDSH Servers to present Application Pools for their main EMR application - Epic Hyperspace
• Helped them setup USB Redirection to support their Fujitsu Scanners, Topaz Signature Pads, and Web Cams

Confidential

Sr. VMware Horizon View VDI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Traveling Professional Services VMware VDI Consultant / Architect / Engineer
• Consult with companies wanting to move to a Virtual Desktop environment to develop the best deployment strategy
• Help design, install and manage a customer’s VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
• Help maximize utilization, performance and capacity planning analytics using vRealize Optimization Assessment (VOA)
• Perform VMware Horizon View upgrades for companies already using VMware Horizon View
• Help customers determine the best endpoints for their VDI deployment (PC vs Zero Client vs Tablet vs Laptop)
• Use VMware User Environment Manager (UEM) to virtualize User Profiles
• Use App Volumes, ThinApp, and RDSH Servers to virtualize Applications
• Work with cutting edge All Flash SAN products to provide the latest in performance and scalability for VDI installations (Nutanix, Pure Storage, Nimble)

Confidential, Oklahoma City, OK

Sr. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, deployed and managed the VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for a large regional hospital supporting over 2,500 VDI desktops which is designed to grow to over 8,000 in the next three years
• Used VMware ESXi for Server Virtualization and VMware Horizon View 6.2 for Desktop Virtualization
• Worked with each department to determine what applications they need and the best way to deliver them that provides the best user experience
• Leveraged the power of VDI to transition the hospital from their current EMR package (Cerner) to Epic
• Implemented Imprivata card scanners for Single-Sign-On (SSO) and secure Follow-Me desktop logins
• Virtualized Nuance Dragon Medical for voice dictation in VDI for Health Care applications
• Added Cloud Pod Architecture for Always On Point of Care with High Availability and distributed processing load between two production Datacenters
• Replaced most physical desktops with Zero Clients to reduce costs and simplify management
• Installed and configured a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) B-Series for server and workstation virtualization
• Used EMC XtremIO with an all Flash Array to host our virtual environment for enhanced performance
• Used VMware vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS / vROPS / vRealize) for server and workstation monitoring
• Implemented App Volumes to simplify Pool Management and control personalized real-time centralized Application delivery based on user requirements
• Used Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity, VMware’s Persona Management and User Environment Manager (UEM) to manage user profiles and settings
• Installed different AV and security products (McAfee Move, Cylance) in conjunction with vShield to protect the environment

Confidential, Ft. Worth, TX

Contractor, Sr. Virtual Desktop Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, test, document and support a VDI infrastructure using Microsoft 2008 R2 Hyper-V for server virtualization and Citrix XenDesktop and Provisioning Services for desktop virtualization for World Wide access for their reservation department supporting over 2,000 desktops
• Design and test back-end storage for optimal performance for VDI infrastructure
• Provide planning, installation, testing and technical support for company applications
• Installed and configured a Lab environment for testing of new software versions and of OS and program patches and updates before going to production

Confidential, Oklahoma City, OK

Virtualization Professional / System Engineer / Security Professional

Responsibilities:

• Presales technical resource used to identify the customer’s needs and provide the hardware and software design to transform customers to a Virtual environment for their servers and desktops
• Design and Implement server and workstation virtualization using VMware vSphere ESX Server and Citrix Xenserver and Citrix XenDesktop to dramatically improve the efficiency and availability of resources and applications
• Using VMware Capacity Planner, assessed customer’s current server utilization to determine how to provide the optimal server consolidation solution
• Convert customer’s physical servers and applications to virtual servers to VMware ESX Server (P2V) using VMware’s Cold Clone. Applications include MS Exchange 2003 / 2008, MS SQL 2000 / 2005, file and print services, and IIS for Web Services
• Utilize commercial and open source software to perform both external and internal network penetration and vulnerability testing

Confidential, Oklahoma City, OK

Director of Technology

Responsibilities:

• Implemented VMware ESXi vSphere, vCenter, and vMotion to virtualize their entire server environment
• Implemented Citrix Xendesktop (VDI) and Provisioning Server to virtualize their desktop environment
• Implemented an EqualLogic SAN for centralized storage to support high server and desktop availability
• Replaced traditional Desktop PCs with Wyse terminals to reduce hardware and support costs
• Installed a Citrix Netscaler Access Gateway for secure remote access from anywhere in the world
• Migrated their active directory domain from Windows 2000 to Server 2008
• Designed and implemented the server and workstation environment to support NextGen EMR/EHR
• Migrated their email server from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2010
• Designed offsite backup and controller based replication for all critical servers

Confidential, Oklahoma City, OK

Technology / Security Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Rendered outsourced IT support services for companies without internal IT staff
• Deployed hardware, software, and security services to support companies in areas of gateway security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, wireless security, full-disk encryption, endpoint security solutions, log management, and policy creation and compliance
• Installed Unified Threat Management Firewalls, Patch Management solutions, Antivirus and Antispyware products
• Installed and tested different AV products such as Kaspersky, McAfee, Trend Micro and Vipre to monitor effectiveness
• Created custom applications to test specialized security conditions using Visual Basic 6.0

Confidential, Oklahoma City, OK

Chief Information Officer / Director of Technology

Responsibilities:

• Directed IT services for a $500 million national financial company with offices in seven cities throughout the U.S.
• Administered technology activities including hardware and LAN / WAN purchasing, installation, and support
• Managed help desk staff and network administration for all offices
• Supervised various technology projects for various business groups; completed projects on time and under budget