EPIOZ, INC.

Stephen D. Holder, B.S., M.S.

***** ******* ** *** *** Cell Phone: 614-***-****

Farmington Hills, MI 48335 abk5fm@r.postjobfree.com

TECHNICAL SKILLS – CITRIX

Citrix XenDesktop 7.5 and Storefront 2.6

- Deployment of on-demand virtual desktops and applications.

- Creation of multiple delivery groups for corresponding departments within organizations .

- Implementation of Storefront for remote and local clients to obtain their applications / desktops.

Citrix XenApp 6.5 & 7.5

- Installation, configuration and administration of multiple XenApp farms.

- XenApp datastore management.

- Utilization of XenApp and XenDesktop machine and user polices; including printer policy.

- Citrix Receiver client management and configuration for Windows and mobile devices.

- Citrix Web Interface, publishing/disabling applications.

Citrix Provisioning Services 7.6

- Installation and configuration of Citrix Provisioning Server sites, vDisks and stores.

- Streamed services for servers and desktops on bare metal and physical target devices.

- Built provisioned image for users connecting in through web interface.

- PVS Versioning and Microsoft DFS-R implementation for easy management and resilience.

Citrix XenServer 6.2

- Setup vLAN’s for guests’ VM’s.

- Backend storage planning and configuration.

- High availability, capacity planning, disaster recovery planning.

- Installation and configuration of hosts and guests on type-I and type-II hypervisors.

TECHNICAL SKILLS - MICROSOFT

Microsoft Windows Server 2000 – 2012R2

Microsoft Active Directory Services

- Implementation and configuration of Active Directory forests and domains.

- Domain controller management, Microsoft group policy design and management.

- Support for Microsoft DNS, DHCP, WINS.

Additional Microsoft Skills

- Remote Desktop Services, IIS 6.0 and 7.5, RAID configurations, performance monitoring.

- NFTS file permissions, print management, O/S registry editing, power shell / batches

scripting

TECHNICAL SKILLS – VMWARE

ESXi 5.1 & vCenter standup and implementation

- Used vSphere Update Manager (VUM) to update/patch hosts and appliances with provided baseline.

- Used VMShared tools locker to maintain consistent patching among servers.

vSphere VM Management.

- Managed VM guests via the vShpere Web client interface.

- Maintained data store integrity levels by enabling DRS.

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TECHNICAL SKILLS – ADDITIONAL

Networking Remote Access Administration

- Citrix NetScaler setup - HP iLO / Dell DRAC

- TCP/IP, UDP - Cisco WebEX

- Extension of core networks with wireless technologies - Citrix Goto Meeting

- Securing wireless solutions - VPN clients.

Messaging Miscellaneous

- Microsoft Exchange Mail Server 2010 (w/ OWA access) - Linux Ubuntu installation and configuration

- SMTP / POP configuration - MAC O/S 10 (Yosemite) installation

- Mailbox capacity and management planning - Lotus Notes

- Cisco Jabber - Adobe Products

- Open Office

- Visio

CERTIFICATIONS

Citrix Certified Expert – Virtualization CITRIX EDUCATION, Winter 2014

VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization VMware EDUCATION, Fall 2014

Citrix Certified Professional - Virtualization CITRIX EDUCATION, Spring 2014

Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer for Virtualization CITRIX EDUCATION, Winter 2012

Citrix Certified Administrator for XenDesktop 5 .6 CITRIX EDUCATION, Fall 2012

Citrix Certified Administrator for XenServer 6 CITRIX EDUCATION, Summer 2012

Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator for XenApp 6.5 CITRIX EDUCATION, Summer 2012

Citrix Certified Administrator for XenApp 6.5 CITRIX EDUCATION, Spring 2012

CURRENTLY OBTAINING CERTIFICATIONS

Citrix Certified Professional – Mobility CITRIX EDUCATION, Spring 2015

VMware Certified Professional 5 – Data Center Virtualization VMware EDUCATION, Spring 2015

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Server Infrastructure Microsoft Learning, Summer 2015

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Citrix Engineer & LAN Systems Administrator, May 2013 – Present

CHE TRINITY HEALTH: Novi, Michigan

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Manager: Provisioning Services 6.1 -> 7.6 upgrade.

o Delegated tasks to team members. Ensured infrastructure stability. Setup meetings

with corresponding departments.

Lead Citrix Engineer: Consolidation of multiple applications on multiple servers.

o Organized multiple applications which required similar resources. Efforts resulted in a

server reduction count by 90%. Consolidated servers were provisioned and configured

for much easier management.

Maintained multiple Citrix farms including XenApp 6.5, XenDesktop 7.5, and PVS 6.1 spread

across ~2500 servers.

Instrumental in organization's Citrix XenApp 4.5 -> 6.5 migration.

Led and mentored others with the implementation of XenServer 6.2, XenDesktop 7.5,

Provisioning Services 7.6 as well as Storefront 2.6

Provided in-depth education of XenServer 6.2, XenDesktop 7.5, PVS 7.6 and Storefront with

organization-specific documentation, Visio's and in-services.

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Systems Administrator, November 2012 – May 2013

CITY OF COLUMBUS, DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY: Columbus, Ohio

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Managing virtual and physical servers in preparation for City of Columbus police migration.

Quarterly system patching.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007; administration and configuration.

Active directory; maintenance and support.

FTP; setup and configuration.

Citrix Consultant, August 2012 – September 2012

KEYBANK, KEYCORP: Cleveland, Ohio

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Implemented, configured and patched Citrix Provisioning Server 6.1 and XenDesktop 5.6 .

DDCs and PVS Serves were implemented in three different geographical regions.

Migrated XenDesktop 5.6 polices from test environment to Production.

Built production streaming image using XenConvert / VMware.

Contributed to the architectural design and documentation of the XenDesktop VDI deployment.

Wrote simplified scripts for automating installation of Citrix Provisioning Server hotfixes.

Windows Systems Consultant, June 2011 – August 2012

NATIONWIDE INSURANCE: Columbus, Ohio

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead consultant for a 20,000 user Citrix XenApp / 400 blade server farm.

Worked closely with virtualization and engineering teams to complete companywide

server refresh project.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Mathematics Education, December 2011

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNY) COLLEGE AT BUFFALO

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Adolescent Certification (7-12), May 2009

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNY) COLLEGE AT BUFFALO

Minor: French

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Project Manager, January 2008 – May 2008

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HIPERC): SUNY COLLEGE AT BUFFALO

Collaboratively built and organized the construction of a supercomputer

to be used with microbiology research data.

Created a display and conducted demonstrations for technical and lay

audiences.

LEADERSHIP

President, Fall 2007 – Fall 2008

FRENCH CLUB: SUNY COLLEGE AT BUFFALO

Revamped structure including implementation of Email, website, and

mailing list.

Marketed and advertised organization to increase public awareness and

develop membership base.

Collaborated with other organizations on campus, producing campus -

wide events.

AFFILIATIONS

COLUMBUS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS CLUB

L’ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE BUFFALO

LANGUAGES

Native English and Proficient French

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