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Gillingham, Kent ME7
DOB: 18/07/1970
(Mobile) 07921 237 662
Email: brett.loveday@thintech.co.uk
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Specialising in VDI desktop delivery with Citrix
Xen App Server and remote access solutions with Citrix Access Gateway,
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
A motivated and
ambitious Citrix Infrastructure consultant with over 10 years of strong,
demonstrable experience in managing IT operations within large,
multi-site companies with complex internal systems. Quick to find exact
and tailored solutions to a wide range of individual problems and
requirements. Possessing advanced communication skills, enabling
effective liaison with all levels of professionals, including clients,
fellow employees and senior management staff. A dedicated and
hard-working individual, always willing to go the extra mile in leading
teams to the achievement of excellent, unprecedented results, in line
with the wider goals and targets of the business.
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EDUCATION
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Post Graduate:
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Management
Diploma
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MBA:
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Business Operations (Open
University)
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HNC:
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Higher National Certificate
in Business IT
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City & Guilds:
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Level II in IT, Business IT,
Applications & Programming
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ITIL:
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ITIL (BS 15000) Service
Excellence - Interquad
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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
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Citrix:
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CCEA Citrix Enterprise Architect Xen App, CCSP Citrix
Sales Professional Citrix Xen App Platinum
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Microsoft:
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MCSE 2003, 2000 and NT4
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VMWare
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VCP 3.0
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Cisco:
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CCNP
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Project Management:
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Prince II & CompTIA
Project+
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CAREER SUMMARY
Mar 2005-Present Thintech
Limited , Senior Virtualisation Consultant
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Senior technical director for
a highly respected virtualisation consultancy working on a number of large
blue chip projects highlighted below:
IPES International
Limited
 Citrix Presentation server 4.0 VDI Desktop solution
delivered to every desktop (Design and Build)
Citrix Xen Server 4.1 Enterprise installation
Equallogic SAN installation
Active Directory redesign and implement
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Bank of Tokyo
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Vmware 3.02 data centre
relocation project
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Vmware server cluster design
and implementation
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Virtualisation of 200 server
on to server IBM 3950 servers
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Citrix Xen App 4.5 farm
design and implementation
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Dresdner
Kleinwort Benson
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Building presentation server
farm for 700 users split over three sites.
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Single farm configuration
with three zones utilising presentation server 4.0, Access Gateway,
Advanced Access Control and Web Interface 4.5
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Mandatory profiles utilised
with hybrid, flex profiles and profile data redirected.
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Application deployment
through Citrix Installation Manager and Softgrid Softricity.
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Server security and performance manage through Appsense.
Server builds managed with Altiris rapid deployment ki
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Server builds managed with Altiris rapid deployment
kit.
Mourant Financial
Services
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Utilising advanced technical
acumen within a Citrix Consultancy role, in support of Mourant's
Window's 950 user, Citrix Metaframe VDI Desktop v3/4 infrastructure
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Achieving unprecedented
results within the role, servicing an end user base of 950 users across
over 200 servers
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Performing to the highest
professional level on all tasks, focusing upon WAN VMWARE, Altiris,
Licensing model and network monitoring tools, Windows 2003 AD redesign,
Citrix redesign & documentation
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Managing the full lifecycle
of projects, from their initial conception through to their eventual
completion to deadline and budget
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Employing strong leadership
skills to educate and train all levels of users in the use of specific
technologies
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2002-2005 Kent
Reliance Building Society, IT Operations Manager
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Managing the IT
infrastructure of the Building Society, in a role that was expanded
from an initial 6-month role of troubleshooting the Citrix Metaframe
1.8 XPE VDI Desktop infrastructure
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Overhauling existing
practices and procedures within the branch to increase efficiency and
profitability, including initiation of an unprecedented migration of
backend Mortgage and ISA operations to India (the first by a UK
building society)
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Vastly increased the
effectiveness of internal systems through the strategic upgrade of a
branch network to DSL with IDSN failover and the upgrade of the core
network with 100% failover using Cisco HSRP
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Gaining prestige as the first
in the UK to roll out ADSL/ISDN failover VPN for remote Citrix users
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Pivotal in initiating a
number of key implementations, including the deployment of network
monitoring using Big Brother and subsequently Nagios
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2001-2002 Southend
NHS Trust, Windows 2000 & Citrix Server Consultant
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Gaining strong recognition
during a six-month contract to redesign the Windows 2000 infrastructure
to accommodate Citrix XPe 1.8 and implement an XP Server farm to 3500
VDI Desktop users
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Successfully developing a
wide range of exact and tailored solutions to individual problems,
including Design Exchange 2000 disaster recovery and the development of
group policies to accommodate users using back policies
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Achieving a series of
excellent results leading to high level recognition as a front-page
feature in Computer Weekly
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Utilising an excellent
knowledge of Citrix IM and packager to automate server deployment and
in so doing overcome existing problems caused by the large numbers of
servers
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2001 Advanced
Television Research Ltd, Network Manager
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Overseeing Network management
operations within a technologically advanced television research
company, with overall responsibility for the support of Windows 2000,
Exchange 2000, SCO Unix and Interbase systems
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Increasing internal security
within the systems, through the effective implementation of a firewall
and VPN
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Managing key security
maintenance within a role that demanded a consistent focus upon the
delivery of secure material, due to the fact that all UK Satellite
viewing statistics are produced from the company's data
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1999-2001 ASW
Holding PLC, Senior Citrix Systems Engineer
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Acting effectively within a
senior project role, playing a pivotal part in all major IT projects
within the ASW group
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Managing a wide range of
duties effecting sites across the UK and Europe, within a large-domain
environment that used the Windows NT4.0 operating system
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Employing an expert knowledge
of Citrix Metaframe in the deployment of desktops to industrial
production systems via 8021b wireless networks
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Developing a strong,
transferable knowledge of AIX UNIX, AS400, Novell (4.1) and Cisco,
within a role that demanded the ability to communicate knowledge
effectively through the creation of technical documentation
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1997-1999 Mayer
Parry Recycling Ltd, Terminal Services Systems Administrator
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Working within a position of
high responsibility as the Systems Administrator for a recycling company
with 21 UK sites and delivering a VDI Desktop with Terminal Services
4.0
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Vastly improving the
effectiveness of systems in a number of areas, including coordinating
the roll out of MS NT 4.0 services to the 21 sites over a kilostream
network
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Managing multiple platforms
within the role, including NT 4, MS BackOffice Components SQL,
Exchange, Proxy, RAS and SCO UNIX
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1989-1996 Lucas
Diesel System PLC, Mechanical Engineer
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