July 2007-Present

GlassHouse Technologies

Chicago, Il/Boston, Ma

Practice Manager / Director, Virtualization Services

§  Responsible for the Virtualization Services delivery organization including;

o   Profit and loss on sold projects

o   Presales project scoping and deliverables definition

o   Technical liaison for vendors and partners in the Virtualization and Microsoft space

o   Management of technical staff and all project resources

§  Responsible for the team’s interaction with sales, project scoping/estimates, and ultimate

delivery of the sold projects

§  While running Virtualization Services I continue to act as a delivery architect for numerous

VMware and Microsoft technology implementations

 

 

2006-June 2007

Rapid Application Deployment, Inc.

Chicago, Il

CTO, Senior Technical Architect

§  Responsible review of new technologies and to act as the RapidApp contact with vendors and

partners on potential solutions/products being brought to market

§  Managed a team of 20+ engineers delivering VMware, Citrix and Microsoft solutions

§  Directly responsible for engineering staff  training, utilization and recruiting

§  Responsible for creating Scope of Work documents (SOWs), defining deliverables for

RapidApp sales teams, and managing the technology leads and project managers (post sales) for

every RapidApp project

§  Acted as the Senior Architect on 15 projects, for customers that included: AMD, PepsiCo,

Russell Financial, JohnsonDiversey,  Johnson Controls, Eli Lilly, GE HealthCare, and Microsoft

  

 

2001-2005

Rapid Application Deployment, Inc.

Chicago, Il

Senior Technical Architect

§  Acted as a Project Lead for RapidApp implementation services including:

o   Citrix implementations into the hundreds of Citrix MetaFrame servers

o   Active Directory designs and migrations

o   Early VMware ESX implementations

o   Windows application delivery services

§  Responsible for the technology design and project planning for more than 75 projects

§  Assisted sales staff on qualification, SOW creation, and general pre-sales

§  Acted as a mentor and level 3 technology resource for RapidApp Engineering staff

§  During this time co-authored the book: ESX Server: Advanced Technical Design Guide

§  During this time co-authored the book: Windows 2003 Terminal Services: Advanced

Technical Design Guide

 

1998-2001

Progressive Network Solutions

Downers Grove, Il

Senior Network Engineer/Citrix Team Lead

§  Responsible for a team of 12 engineers delivering Microsoft and Citrix solutions

§  Responsible for the design and oversight of every Citrix implementation delivered by

Progressive staff

§  Acted as a team lead, level 3 support for internal staff, and as a Certified Citrix Instructor for

the advanced Citrix course

§  During this period co-authored the Citrix MetaFrame XP for Windows Administrator Study

Guide

 

Certifications/Notables Achievements

 

  • VMware Certified Professional (since ESX 1.5x) and VMware Authorized Consultant
  • Microsoft MVP – Windows Server – Terminal Services (one of 19 world wide)
  • Citrix Technology Professional (one of the original 14 inducted into the original group of CTPs)
  • Co-author of three published books:
    • Citrix MetaFrame XP for Windows Administrator Study Guide
    • Windows 2003 Terminal Services; Advanced Technical Design Guide
    • ESX Server: Advanced Technical Design Guide
  • Web author of numerous articles on virtualization and server based computing, including acting as a resident expert for searchservervirtulization.com on Virtualization strategies