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(Updated 2020-01-06)IT Infrastructure Consultant
Rødvig Stevns, Danmark
Native Danish, Fluent English, Beginner German, Beginner Faroese, Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 18+ års erfaring med implementering af applikationer på Windows platform
- 19+ års erfaring med Microsoft Infrastruktur
- 18+ års erfaring med Citrix
Skills (28)
Applikations implementering
WINDOWS 2003
XENAPP
XenDesktop
CCA
Citrix
DOCUMENTATION
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
METAFRAME
WINDOWS 8
WINDOWS SERVER 2003
CCEA
WINDOWS 2000
IT Infrastructure
MCSE
ASSET MANAGEMENT
SMS
INSTRUCTOR
ARCHITECTURE
DFS
INTEGRATION
DHCP
TEACHING
CCNA
VMware
Cisco
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
STORAGE MANAGEMENT
Summary
I have 30+ years of experience in electronics and IT systems, and a successful track record in achieving first class results in IT design and implementation.
My track records count among others:
- Technical Analyst for Maersk Line IT in an IT-Modernization project that design, build and deploy a new IT-platform for 250+ vessels in Maersk's container fleet. Focus was on application side, which covered vendor and stakeholder contact, planning test and quality insurance. I also designed an LLD for integration of bunker applications. I did also create and modified PowerShell scripts that could deploy and update applications on the vessels via File catalyst
- Primary Citrix SME in Nordea's large insourcing project "Phoenix". I have insourced 11 Citrix farms with around 400 Citrix servers. My task was to contact the different business areas to understand their applications and needs, and then design, build and plan for a smooth transition of applications and backend systems. The business areas were in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic countries, Polen and USA
- Designing and implementing a state-of-the-art Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for 1100 end-users with XenDesktop, XenApp, XenServer and Provisioning Services from Citrix for SimCorp, which resulted in a significant decrease of user incidents
- Designing and implementing an effective Citrix XenApp Farm for training SimCorp's international customers in "SimCorp Dimension" with access worldwide
- Consulting SimCorp customers for Citrix troubleshooting
- Teaching and training end-users in IT systems (Citrix, Lync, and Direct Access)
Beside my technical skills I also have great experience in enabling teamwork and make things happen. Basically, I am a skilled technician that is extrovert, have project leading skills and likes to be creative. I get things done and I like to ensure that complex IT is understandable and is easy to work with for the end users.
ITmovers ApS CVR.36081635 2014 - Present
Freelance IT Infrastructure Consultant and Owner
The company is owned by me and my wife. I am an infrastructure consultant and she is a web-designer.
My role is primarily technical within Microsoft or Citrix products. I prefer to be hired into projects where the assignments are fulltime. I have many years of experience in working for international companies where communication and documentation is done in English.
Professional Experience
2017-01 - 2019-01
I was hired as a Technical Analyst in Project ITMOD, an IT modernization project which focus was to develop a new IT platform for the container fleet in Maersk. My role was to handle nearly 30 business applications in relation to: Contact to vendors, stakeholders and application owners. Ensure good planning for application, testing, roadmaps and collaboration with the rest of the team to meet deadlines and time estimates. I also did a lot of powershell scripting to setup installations and upgrades for each vessels server kit which was build and installed in one of Ericssons factories in Borås Sweden.
Responsibility:
- Part of a SCRUM team using Azure DevOps
- Create technical designs
- Manage internal and external application owners
- Manage stakeholders
- Schedule and help conduct SIT app testing
- Documentation in Azure DevOps
- Secure handling of dependencies between business / applications
Achievements:
- Created and build a design for ICS/CAMS (Integrated Control Systems/Control Alarm Management systems) for the IT-MOD platform for Maersk container vessels
- Aligned application requests, upgrades and tests for 20+ maritime applications
- Helped in development, deployment and maintenance of the new IT platform for 250+ vessels in Maersk container fleet
2014-01 - 2017-01
I was hired as a Citrix SME in Project Phoenix, Relocation and Migration for Nordea. This project was about insourcing Nordea's datacenter from IBM in Sweden to Nordea premise in Denmark. (6000+ servers, 800+ application codes)
Responsibility:
- Identify all applications installed on current Citrix servers in the IBM datacenter
- Ensure that all applications needed were collected, repacked and installed on new Citrix server
- Transform all application, user or system settings from scripts into GPO's
Achievements:
- In a period of 3½ year, I manage to insource all business areas with applications on 400 Citrix servers to new hardware and datacenter located in HQ of Nordea in Christiansbro Copenhagen
- Together with a large international team we insourced Nordea's datacenters from IBM/Nordic processor. During that period, I had learnt a lot about Nordea's business areas and their needs. Together with the business owners, and the insourcing team we consolidated all business areas smooth and effectively to the new datacenter
2001-01 - 2014-01
Responsibility:
- Daily maintenance on Citrix installations for 1100 internal users and 100 external course users
- Responsible for design, implementation, strategy and vision within Citrix products
- Team lead for Citrix & Front office group
- Member of the Unified Architecture Team in SimCorp Global IT
- Co-writer for Global IT infrastructure regarding strategy and vision
- SME regarding development of "SimCorp Dimension" and customer cases regarding Citrix
- Technical Presenter, executing presentation and demo of new IT solutions for end-users
Achievements:
- Designed and implemented a state-of-the-art Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for 1100 end-users with XenDesktop, XenApp, XenServer and Provisioning
Services from Citrix, which resulted in a significant decrease of user incidents
- Designed and implemented an effective RES PowerFuse environment for 700 end-users on a Citrix platform, supporting the user needs
- Designed and implemented an effective Citrix XenApp Farm for training SimCorp's international customers in "SimCorp Dimension" with access worldwide
- SME in minor and major projects: SaaS, Managed Service, DR, VDI, new AD etc.
- Successfully designed, build and supported the Citrix part of a SaaS/Managed service solution for SimCorp's customers
- Effectively implemented "Point of business" as IT asset management system
- Taught and demoed Citrix, Lync and Direct Access for 100 end-users in NY USA
- Successfully presented SimCorp's Citrix and RES PowerFuse setup for 300 RES customers at a RES user conference in Amsterdam and for 20 Lean-On customers in Copenhagen
- Advising "SAXO bank" in SimCorp's use of Citrix technology, by request from "CITRIX Denmark"
- Assisted with Citrix troubleshooting:
◦ "Erste Management" in Switzerland
◦ "Baloise" in Austria
◦ "Danske Capital"
- Interviewed by version2.dk regarding SimCorp's use of Citrix technology link to article
2014-01 - 2014-01
Conecto is an IT development- and consultant company that from the beginning in 1997 has specialized in implementing and supporting solutions from marked leading brands like Citrix Systems, Blackberry and Microsoft.
Responsibility:
- Fulltime assignment at Nordea as a Citrix specialist. To be the primary responsible to identify, document and recreate the same business applications published through Citrix XenApp in the insourcing Project Phoenix Relocation and Migration. I worked together with a large team of Project Managers, Architect and other SME's from Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltic countries and Poland
Achievements:
- Citrix SME in Project Phoenix, Relocation and Migration for Nordea. This project was about insourcing Nordea's datacenter from IBM i Sweden to Nordea premise in Denmark. (6000+ servers, 800+ application codes)
2000-01 - 2001-01
Responsibility:
- Assisting various customers within Microsoft and Citrix products etc.
Achievements:
- Assisting DIFKO A/S in moving datacenter and headquarter from Copenhagen to Holstebro
- Working for DIFKO in Holstebro, 3 days weekly in a 6 weeks period, supporting the 50+ users
1986-01 - 2000-01
Responsibility:
- Missile and artillery expert for several naval ship classes
- Land based mobile technical naval support, in relation to electronic weapon systems
Achievements:
- Completed education as IT-supporter
- Completed education as Electro Mechanic
- Basic military skills, able seaman, smoke-helmeted fireman, first aid, forklift truck, truck driver and mobile crane certificate
- Awarded NATO and Danish Military Defense Medal, for serving 2 deployments in the Adriatic Sea under FN during the war in former Yugoslavia
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