Principal Technical Consultant

• 2018 - Present

Senior Virtualisation Engineer.

• Mar 2014 - Present

Nutanix User Group Champion

• Feb 2016 - Present

Nutanix User Group Champion & leader of the Irish & Scottish Nutanix User Groups.Working to create a Nutanix user community in Ireland & Scotland to connect and share knowledge. Nutanix User Group Champion & leader of the Irish & Scottish Nutanix User Groups.Working to create a Nutanix user community in Ireland & Scotland to connect and share knowledge.

Blogger

• Oct 2015 - Present

Tech Blog about all things Citrix & Nutanix Tech Blog about all things Citrix & Nutanix

Citrix User Group Leader

• Feb 2017 - Present

CUGC group leader in Ireland, sourcing speakers and driving attendance growing the group attendance over the past year. CUGC group leader in Ireland, sourcing speakers and driving attendance growing the group attendance over the past year.

Senior Network Engineer

• Sep 2003 - Feb 2014

Recent Projects : Introduction of SSD drives to extend the life of corporate laptops and increase logon times by 60%Redesign of Active Directory OU and GPO structure to facilitate the transition form XP and XenApp 4.5 to Windows 7 and XenApp 6.5.Implemented XenApp 6.5 by extending memory on existing hardware and running XenServer which allowed two server’s per physical box.Print server migration to minimise the amount of print drivers in use and maximise the use to HP’s UPDUse SCCM to create images, task sequences for 400 + desktops which included application package creation and roll out.Using Altiris to create and image HP thin terminals and configure using GPO and scripts to ensure correct connections to the XenApp farm.

IT Systems Manager

• 2002 - 2003

Project manager of all network infrastructure projects Including Cisco network fabric and Cisco VoIP roll outManage Support team providing guidance in resolving technical issuesMaintain network documentation and installation proceduresDesign of Active Directory and supporting technologiesImplementation of Citrix Farm and application roll outManaged student help desk team Project manager of all network infrastructure projects Including Cisco network fabric and Cisco VoIP roll outManage Support team providing guidance in resolving technical issuesMaintain network documentation and installation proceduresDesign of Active Directory and supporting technologiesImplementation of Citrix Farm and application roll outManaged student help desk team

Assistant IT Manager

• Jan 2000 - May 2002

IT budget control for departmentDevelopment of Network & Support TeamCarrying out end of year reviews and updating training matrixManagement of Voice and data contractsImplementation of Shop Floor Data collection systemIT resourse on the ISO 9001 implementation team

Senior Network Engineer

• Sep 1998 - Jan 2000

Worked as Network engineer on all Technical IT projectsProvide support to various manufacturing production linesJD Edwards Support on various processesImplemented various label printing solutions for packaging linesManagment of Lucent PABX