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Phone 210-***-**** • E-mail acrhs4@r.postjobfree.com

David R. Wood

Objective

To procure a challenging position in a team atmosphere utilizing abilities evolved through my education and experience in the Information Technology and Management fields. Opportunities for advancement/education strongly desired.

Summary of qualifications

I have been responsible for very large scale software implementations, from inception to proof of concept pilots, to production roll out, some global in scale. I have supported business critical applications, in both terminal server/ citrix implementations as well as through more traditional software delivery methods. I have designed and built the underlying Network Operating Systems that the applications were delivered from, beginning with Netware, and moving to Microsoft, and then Citrix as the presentation layer for the applications and desktops distributed.

I have been responsible for designing, building, and supporting many types of hardware platforms from different vendors over my career, including: servers, networking components, and PC’s, and different peripherals, moving now into the virtual infrastructures, and virtual appliances.

Professional experience

02/2014 to current: Systems Made Simple, occupation; Senior Citrix Engineer- In my current role for SMS, I am a senior Citrix resource for the VA, at one of its Enterprise hosting facilities, in Austin. I manage the current XenApp infrastructure hosting both applications and desktops for different business units within the VA. I have also designed and implemented the first XenDesktop Infrastructure for the VA’s Enterprise Operations, providing Desktops as a Service from our facilities.

04/2013 to 02/2014: Accelera Solutions, Occupation; Senior Systems Engineer- Citrix. My responsibilities are consulting for the company’s clients in all aspects of Citrix implementations, design, installation, troubleshooting and remediation for both private and Federal enterprises.

09/2012 to 04/2013: Citrix Consulting Services, Entelligence, Occupation; Senior Citrix Consultant My primary responsibilities are to design and implement the Citrix core applications of XenApp, XenDesktop, and Provisioning Server, all versions up to the latest. I also perform Infrastructure Assessments, make recommendations, and assist with performance issues regarding the environments.

04/2011 to 09/2012: Accelera Solutions, Occupation; Senior Systems Engineer- Citrix. My responsibilities are consulting for the company’s clients in all aspects of Citrix implementations, design, installation, troubleshooting and remediation. I have been involved in large scale proof of concept and production system designs for XenDesktop, and XenApp implementations.

08/2008 to 04/2011: Christus Health, Occupation; Enterprise Systems Engineer – Citrix. My primary responsibilities were Citrix Server support and implementation for 4 farms initially, mixed versions of Citrix Metaframe 1.8, XP Feature Release 3, and 4.0, consolidating to one server farm and version, 4.0 in preparation for upgrading to current version of Citrix. I then designed and implemented a XenApp 5 farm, and migrated the company’s applications to this infrastructure. I designed the initial published desktop, connecting to Wyse terminals with a 2003 terminal server desktop for the business’ task worker solution. The entire new infrastructure is residing on the Xen Hypervisor, and utilizing Citrix Provisioning Server 5.1, to maintain consistent configurations of all server images. I also at this time implemented as much on the Windows 2008 x 64 platforms as could be allowed, the Web interface, Secure Gateway, Licensing Servers, and Provisoning Server components. The primary business applications were not yet certified to run on Windows 2008, so the farm remained at 2003 Server. I am also responsible for training of other members of team in support, as well as instructing other teams in troubleshooting methodology for problem resolution. I also was instrumental in the design and implementation of the Netscalers at both data centers, in conjunction with the networking team, to implement Smart Access Policies for the Citrix Access Gateway component and our Citrix Farms.

11/2005 to 08/2008: Money Management International, Terminal Services Administrator. My Primary responsibilities were Citrix Presentation Server support for initially two farms, one located in Houston, and one in Rhode Island. The initial farms were Citrix Metaframe XP, Feature Release 3 servers, and 70+ applications. I planned and executed the migration of these to Presentation Server 4.0, on the HP Blade Server architecture, on the x64 hardware platform, which allowed me to condense the number of servers, with the exception of a few applications that had to remain on stand alone servers, due to software compatibility issues. All of the companies desktops were based on 2003 Terminal Server Citrix published desktops. I also implemented and upgraded the latest Secure Gateway, and Web Interface products. I designed and built the Disaster Recovery solution, by implementing a second zone for the Citrix farm in the company’s Phoenix data center, with automatic failover built in. We also began using VMWare during this time to virtualize as many servers as possible. At this time I also implemented the Desktop Broker, Citrix first offering for virtual desktops, not utilizing Windows Terminal Services publishing XP desktops hosted on ESX.

02/2005 to 11/2005 VeriCenter, Inc: Occupation; Citrix Team Lead, on the Windows Engineering team. Responsibilities include server support, builds, troubleshooting errors and escalating as necessary to Microsoft or Citrix. I was the lead for all Citrix implementations, migrations and maintenance for the farms hosted by the company as well. There were varieties of Windows 2000 and 2003 environments as well as versions of Citrix, ranging from Winframe 1.8 to Presentation Server 4.0 supported primarily by myself. I was also responsible for troubleshooting Windows/Exchange/ Active Directory issues not related to Citrix, in my role on the Windows Engineering team. We used VMWare heavily, as virtualization of all servers began while I was employed there.

08/03 to 02/2005: Southwest Bank of Texas/ Amegy Bank: Occupation; IT Systems Engineer, I was on a team responsible for server builds and maintenance for over 500 servers running a mixture of NT 4.0, 2000, 2003, in a Windows 2000 Active Directory structure. I was also responsible for the initial Citrix implementation for the bank, implementing Presentation Server 3.0, The Secure Gateway and Web Interface components, and designing the first published desktop implementation for branch office solutions.

04/00 to 08/03: Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, Texas. Occupation: LAN Administrator. Responsibilities include: Maintenance of all application/file servers running a mixture of Windows 2000 Advanced Server with and without Terminal Services enabled, NT 4.0, Citrix Metaframe XP, Novell NetWare 4.11 and 5.0, HP/UX. 11 Running Oracle 8I Databases. Daily maintenance of servers, responsible for all software upgrades, service packs, and patches. Third level support for all issues. Responsible for maintenance of 11 remote facilities through Citrix, upgrading the Citrix farm from 1.8 to XP, and migration to Windows 2000 from NT 4.0 network. All remote offices were supported by published desktops from the Citrix Farm. I performed the design and implementation of Microsoft Active Directory, and migrated NDS structure to it. Implemented Exchange 2000 and migrated GroupWise mail system to Outlook clients and Exchange 2000. Designed and implemented first SAN solution for the company.

04/2000 – 11/2000: ThoughtFarm Commerce, Houston, Texas Occupation; Manager, Network Services Responsibilities included, developing budget, monitoring LAN, improving current infrastructure, and designing larger network for anticipated growth. Maintenance Web/Application servers running NT 4.0 and I.I.S. 4.0.Maintenance of mail servers running Linux/Sendmail and database servers running SQL 6.5. Responsible for security on sites and encryption for secure web transactions. Maintaining all records for sites hosted, including mail, and changes with Internic/Network Solutions, and Verisign. Planned and implemented move of application and database servers to hosting solution at Exodus. Implemented Firewall solutions, VPN connectivity, redundant power, internet connectivity, hot swappable routers, and maintained backups of all systems.

04/1998 – 04/2000 - Mayor, Day, Caldwell, & Keeton L. L. P. Houston, Texas. Occupation: Network Administrator. Responsibilities included monitoring LAN and WAN, and all persons under myself, implementing new technologies while upgrading the existing infrastructure and software. Maintenance of servers running NT4.0, SQL 6.5 & 7.0, I.I.S., Exchange server 5.0 & 5.5,Novell, and SMS. Implemented Citrix Metaframe 1.8 solution for remote access. Assisted with design of intranet and purchased applications to run on it. Third level support using HEAT, as well as maintaining Eriksson Phone switch performed nightly backups of all systems using ARCSERVE and Backup Exec. Y2K issues resolution though patching all servers and applications, and ghosting all workstations.

04/94 to 04/98: Lowen Microcomputers: Houston, Texas. Occupation: Consultant/ networking engineer. Responsible for building and configuring systems at company, installation of same systems onsite, implementing networks onsite, and troubleshooting issues at customer sites. Primarily small businesses networks and stand alone systems. Novell was the predominant NOS implemented at this time, as well as Windows for Workgroups. Began to introduce Internet technologies at this time as solutions for same customers.

Education

Over 148 hours of college courses, from both San Jacinto Jr. college, and Houston Community College, working towards computer science degree.

Southern Methodist University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science; Completion of Networking Technologies Program 02/1998.

February 98: NT 4.0 Enterprise Technologies

January 98: Core Technologies of MS Exchange Server 5.0

December 97: Microsoft TCP/IP

November 97: Supporting MS Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies

October 97: NT 4.0 Administration

September 97: Supporting Windows 95

August 97: Microsoft's Networking Essentials

H P 9000 System Management 10/1998

Essentials of Administering multi-user Windows 10/1999

NCD Connectivity Suite, and Thinstar Configuration and Management 10/1999

Administration of Exchange Server 5.5 11/1999

Internet Information Server 4.0 11/1999

Citrix Metaframe 1.8 Administration 12/1999

H P U X System and Network Administration 1 04/01

Citrix Metaframe XP Administration 12/01

Microsoft Security Clinic 06/02

Implementing and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services 07/02

Design & Deploy Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 08/02

Net IQ Security Administration Essentials 1 March 2004

Citrix Metaframe XP Presentation Server, Feature Release 3: Administration Course, March 2004

Citrix Metaframe XP Presentation Server, Enterprise Edition, Feature Release 3: Administration Course, April 2004

Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server 4.0 Support CTX- 1258A1, August 2006

Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Administration: CTX-1259AI, June 2007

Citrix Presentation Serer 4.5 and XenApp 5.0 Support CTX- 1264BI August 2009

Implementing Citrix Provisioning Server 5.0 CPV-200-1I August 2010

Implementing Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 5.0 CXS-200-1I August 2010

Implementing Citrix EdgeSight CES- 200-1I August 2010

References

Excellent references available upon request.

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