
Citrix Network and Projects Manager at Berkeley Group
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Citrix Network and Projects Manager at Berkeley Group
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Working for 8 years dedicated to support and implementation of server based computing and virtualization solutions mainly with Citrix and Microsoft products.
I hold two CCEA certifications (since 2001), a recent CCA certification for XenApp 5 for Windows 2008 and a MCP certification.
Additionally I run a personal web site about scripts and server based computing technologies at http://www.robertoalves.com where I keep articles about Citrix products and related products, and scripts that I develop to improve implementations and support.
Citrix XenApp, Access Gateway, Secure Gateway, Branch Repeater, Application Streaming, XenDesktop, XenServer, Microsoft Terminal Services, App-V, Active Directory, Group Policies, Windows NT/2000/2003/2008, IIS, VBS, Powershell, ThinPrint, Uniprint, AppSense, VMware, NetIQ, Linux various distros, Apache, Samba, Dns, Ftp.
(Public Company; Construction industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Responsible for all technical support and implementation of the Citrix environment in the Group. Including about 20 servers with various products like XenApp 4.5, Secure Gateway, Web Interface 5.0, ThinPrint, etc.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
May 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Implementation of Citrix solution at Redecard, a company that manages credit cards with over than 1000 users. Support and administration of Citrix servers, Virtualization environments, Active Directory, File Server, Net IQ and others.
Eventual support and projects to other Citrix environments of clients as Sadia (199 servers) and Saint-Gobain (30 servers). Develop of solutions with huge reductions of calls to help desk of these clients.
(Partnership; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2004 — May 2007 (2 years 7 months)
Implementation of solutions for big corporative networks (over than 1000 users)
Participating in projects planning, management and in the implementation of network solutions, mainly the related ones to the Citrix Metaframe, Windows 2000/2003 and others network solutions
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2001 — November 2004 (3 years 11 months)
Implementation of solutions for medium corporative networks (over than 200 users)
Participating in projects planning, management and in the implementation of network solutions, mainly the related ones to the Citrix Metaframe, NT/Windows 2000 and Linux.
(Education Management industry)
January 1999 — December 2000 (2 years )
Administrator of an academic network of 50 computers, having experience with Windows NT/98, Linux, WinGate, Visual Basic, cabling, hardware maintenance, etc.
BSc , Computer Sciences , 2001 — 2004
1997 — 1999
Virtualization technologies, music and software developing
2008 - CCA (Citrix Certified Administrator) for XenApp 5 for Windows 2008
2007 - CCEA (Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator) for Presentation Server 4.5
2007 - CCA (Citrix Certified Administrator) for Presentation Server 4.5
2006 - MCP (Microsoft Certifed Professional)
2001 - CCEA (Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator) for Metaframe 1.8
2001 - CCA (Citrix Certified Administrator) for Metaframe 1.8