Ray Heffer

Current

• Technical Infrastructure Manager at The Pensions Regulator

Past

• Senior Technical Consultant at Civica
• Network Manager at Affinity Sutton Group

Education

• University of Hertfordshire

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Ray Heffer’s Summary

I have been working within the IT industry since 1997, including the public sector, government and commercial environments. My extensive experience is backed up by my VMWare VI3 VCP, and MCSE certifications and the passion I have for technology.

My current role is Technical Infrastructure Manager and previous roles have included Senior Technical Consultant, Data Centre Manager for Civica, and Network Manager for a large housing association.

I would best describe myself as a senior technical specialist, with an excellent approach to team leadership and lead management of technical projects. My main area of expertise is virtualization and server infrastructure (VMware, Linux and Microsoft technologies), including storage solutions (EMC and HP).

Ray Heffer’s Specialties:

• Virtualization specialist with VMWare Infrastructure 3 (VCP)
• Over 100 P2V migrations, using PlateSpin, Acronis and VMware Converter
• Linux (RHEL) and Linux ISP technologies (BIND, web hosting, scripting)
• Load balancing with Zeus ZXTM and F5.
• ISP data centre hosting (VMware 2.5 – 3.x, web technologies, Cisco networking / firewalls, hosting)
• SAN storage with EMC and HP
• Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange 2003, ISA 2004/06 (MCSE)

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