Worked closely with the stakeholders to manage the delivery of two enterprise applications; this is a “hands-on” technical project management role.
▪ Designed and implemented a Windows 2008 Active Directory network infrastructure, Exchange Server 2007, DNS, DHCP on a Greenfield site.
▪ Designed and implemented a virtualisation infrastructure using Microsoft Windows 2008 Hyper-V platform.
▪ Designed a hardened server build and deployed using Windows Deployment Services.
▪ Other tools used include Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Operations Manager 2007 and Data Protection Manager 2007.
▪ Designed and delivered an enterprise CRM system using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 and SQL 2005 on Windows Server 2008. Worked with business teams to design workflows, processes. Managed the data-migration from the previous Salesforce.com toolset.
▪ Designed and implemented a medium size Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 server farm, incorporating an n-tier topology with 2 x IIS7.0 NLB Web front end servers, 1 x Application Server and a 2 node SQL 2005 cluster.
This was delivered using a mixture of physical hardware and virtual servers using Microsoft Windows 2008 Hyper-V technology.
Worked with the business to implement integrated document management, workflows
Other responsibilities include working with 3rd parties, presales, strategic planning and submitting technical proposals to key accounts in the city.

Employed by the BBC to continue the Orion project started while under contract with Siemens.
▪ Worked closely with the Program Director and Project Manager to design and oversee a technical solution aligned with the BBC technology strategy and that met with the Orion project business needs and requirements.
▪ Worked closely with Play Out and New Media teams, ensuring the technical design met the business requirements. This involved attending meetings, workshops and providing detailed design documentation.
▪ Successfully delivered an infrastructure to run an n-tier application, using IBM xSeries BladeCenter with Windows 2003 Server O/S and IBM pSeries with AIX O/S.
▪ SAN technologies used IBM DS4800, Tivoli Storage Manager for backups, Brocade Fabric, Nortel Switches and virtualisation products VMware Infrastructure 3.
▪ Worked within Prince 2 processes and stringent ITIL Change Management Procedures, submitting and attending weekly Change Management Board meetings, justifying technical changes to infrastructure.
▪ Technical lead in a delivery of a thin client applications using Citrix Presentation 4.0 technology.
▪ Team Lead to the infrastructure team, working closely with Oracle DBA team and developers to provide a stable resilient environment and accountable for the infrastructure decisions.
▪ Successfully designed and delivered a Business Object Xi R2 cluster on Windows 2003 front-end platform and Oracle database back-end.
▪ Designed and delivered a Disaster Recovery/business continuity solution at a BBC remote site.
▪ Designed and built a VMware 3 Infrastructure solution on IBM BladeCenter chassis, IBM HS20 blades and DS4800 SAN hardware, using the full VMware suite: ESX, VirtualCenter and VMotion.
The virtual infrastructure was used for the development environment within the project.
▪ Other technologies used include DNS, DHCP, WSUS, Win PE, PXE, MOM, VBScript (WMI, WSH), PowerShell, Command Shell (CMD, BAT).
▪ Other responsibilities included providing detailed design documentation and procedures of all the technologies and assisting the hand over to a managed service.
▪ Assisted in Release management, providing end to end tracking of defects and new releases from development through to production.

As part of the Technical Implementation Group, my key responsibilities were to provide Technical leadership and design skills for various projects within Siemens key accounts. Worked on multiple workstreams, with key business drivers, program directors and project managers, providing technical solutions and designs, hands on technical expertise, working to processes and procedures.

BBC, LONDON - Orion Project
▪ Seconded to the BBC, to firstly evaluate the server infrastructure, and then produce a high level infrastructure design for a complex 3-Tier commissioning and scheduling system, conforming to BBC’s standards and ITIL procedures.
▪ Liaised with the customer, project inter-working teams and 3rd parties to establish key elements and requirements.
▪ Designed and implemented an automated server deployment solution using Altiris Deployment Suite using PXE, wake on LAN technologies, hardened server builds on IBM hardware.
▪ Designed and implemented IBM Director Solution and integrated with existing MOM 2005 toolset. This was used to manage and deliver firmware, hotfixes and software to IBM BladeCenter, xSeries, pSeries, DS4800 SAN, Nortel and Brocade hardware.
▪ Other responsibilities included managing the implementation of the infrastructure, including providing technical assistance to my team.

National Assembly of Wales (NAFW) Project
▪ My prime responsibilities within the project team were to deliver a Windows Server 2003 architecture design to be incorporated within the New Chamber Building at the NAFW and to head a technical team to manage the development and implementation of the technology.
▪ Technologies used include Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SQL Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003, Citrix Presentation Server, IIS6.0, HP Proliant, StorageWorks SAN hardware, Clustering,
▪ Designed a gold server build and automated the delivery is Altiris Deployment Suite.
▪ Implemented a BlueCoat Network Appliances for secure web gateway and WAN optimisation.
▪ Part of the solution included implementing video streaming technologies for all the media terminals in the new building and working with a 3rd party software house to implement.
▪ VMware ESX was used for consolidation and migration.
▪ Designed and implemented a thin client solution using Citrix Presentation Server 3.0 server farm, in order to deploy thin desktop applications to the chamber building

Design & Verification Team
▪ Involved in the design & verification of all aspects of an active directory implementation.
▪ Evaluated new hardware footprints such HP Proliant server hardware with Windows 2003 Server standard build and Sun SPARC M4000 with Solaris with including new hardware such as SUN, HP.
▪ Used automating tools and scripting technologies to troubleshoot.
▪ Worked closely with other support teams such as 3rd and 4th line Server support and application support teams in order to evaluate new software applications, hotfixes and firmware patches.

Wintel Server Team/Server Compliance Project
▪ As part of the Wintel Server Team, my role was to support and troubleshoot 1500+ HP Proliant Servers & StorageWorks SAN hardware across two Datacenters and remote locations throughout the UK.
▪ On a shift basis, my tasks included using Remedy to pick up calls, take ownership of problems & work towards defined SLAs, following Change Management ITIL processes.
▪ Migrated Windows NT 4.0 servers & applications to Windows 2003, Server consolidation using MS Virtual Server 2005, managed the processes involved in data migration & 4000+ printer migration using scripting & various resource kit utilities.

Merlin Transformation Project
▪ Designed a high level Server Virtualisation Architecture at NAFW and produced a strategy technology roadmap and positioning paper based on VMware, Windows 2003 and HP hardware. The paper detailed how the technology would be used for server consolidation and legacy support.

IPIDS Project for the Home Office
▪ As part of the Bid Team, my role was to design and implement a model office as a proof of concept, as set out by the Home Office bid requirements.
▪ The technology was then showcased to Home Office.
▪ Technologies used within the design included MS Windows 2003 Server, Active Directory, Group Policies, DNS, DHCP, Windows Clustering, Exchange Server 2003, SQL Server 2000, and IIS on HP hardware.
▪ Implemented ManageSoft Enterprise Software Deployment Application and demonstrated the feasibility of remote deployment of Operating Systems and software applications.
▪ Tested two collaboration software suites, EMC Documentum and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2003.
▪ Designed an Active Directory GPOs and security strategy.
▪ Implemented NetIQ DRA to provide account and resource management, delegation and reporting.
▪ Showcased Biometrics and Single Sign-On Technologies.

Exchange Mail Migration Project
▪ Planned, managed and performed an Exchange Server 5.5 mail migration to Exchange Server 2000. This was a 1000+seat migration which included migrating mailboxes, distribution Lists, Public Folders and Exchange connectors. Software tools used include Exmerge and NetIQ Exchange Migrator.

▪ Designed and implemented a Windows 2000 Active Directory and Exchange 2000 infrastructure at the UK HQ and remote offices.
▪ Migrated the existing NT4.0 domain to Windows 2000 Active Directory
▪ Migrated Exchange Server 5.5 to 2000 (all mailboxes, distribution lists, public folders and Exchange connectors).
▪ Designed a group policy strategy and implemented.
▪ Designed a hardened O/S gold build and deployed across the estate using remote deployment tools.
▪ Worked with third party suppliers, managed the set-up of WAN links between HQ UK and Italy, HQ UK and all remote sites, using leased, ADSL and ISDN technologies.
▪ Installed and configured CISCO hardware, Routers, Switches, and Firewalls.

▪ Main responsibilities consisted of 60% Server support/maintenance and 40% Project based, providing a technical lead, delivering IT solutions Client/Server environment at Barclays.
▪ Responsible for supporting Compaq/HP Server farms on Microsoft Windows 2000, NT4 Server, Terminal Services/Citrix Metaframe, Exchange 5.5, SQL, Proxy, IIS 4.0/5.0 and SNA.
▪ Proficient skills in DNS, WINS, DHCP, Registry, Resource Kit, Scripting, Policy Editor, NetIQ, Service Account Manager, VLAN configuration.
▪ Other responsibilities included supporting my line manger as team leader, designing and producing Server builds, defining and documenting processes, testing and evaluating new products.

Projects undertaken:
▪ Implemented Disaster Recovery Site for Barclays, which involved building Servers on Compaq hardware, mirroring the primary site.
▪ Built 3 new Exchange 5.5 Servers to replace existing servers, and then migrated all mailboxes, public folders to new servers
▪ Technical lead for the implementation of Backup strategy using Veritas product
▪ Designed a new desktop image and supervised the rollout to 400+ users on new Dell hardware
▪ Worked closely with the security administrator to implement security procedures on all servers using scripting.
▪ Designed a NAV infrastructure and Project managed the deployment across the London offices

▪ Responsibilities were to support and improve the network infrastructure at the UK office.
▪ Supported a Server Enterprise on IBM xSeries with Windows NT 4.0, 2000 Server O/S and zSeries with AS400 O/S. Other applications include Exchange 5.5 Server, SNA Server, SQL 7.0 Server, IIS4.0 Server, Proxy 2.0 Server, Veritas Backup Exec 7.2, SWIFT Alliance, Reuters, Bloomberg, IBIS, MSMQ Series, D2 and S2 front and middle office be spoke banking application.
▪ Project managed the deployment of business critical software.
▪ Designed and implemented a disaster recovery solution for SWIFT Alliance Payment System by using Microsoft Clustering.
▪ Designed and implemented a disaster recovery strategy for the entire network Infrastructure.
▪ Maintained and configured network connectivity on the LAN and WAN, supported CISCO hardware.
▪ Other responsibilities include supporting 100+ users in Front, Middle and Back office, resolving technical issues on a dealing room regarding market data applications such as Reuters Triarch, Bloomberg, Excel spreadsheets, Office 97/2000, Outlook 2000, IBM Client Access terminals, CEDEL

▪ My main responsibility was to work Microsoft technology stack such as Windows Server, Exchange and SQL at key accounts in the city.
▪ Work included Windows NT 4 Server deployment and integration, Clustering, Migration, Disaster Recovery Design and Windows 2000 testing, configuring and supporting NT4 Server Enterprise environments within the banking industry.
▪ Other duties included supporting and administrating NT4 multi-domain Enterprise sites and Exchange Server 5.5, LAN and WAN connectivity.

Seconded to the following companies:
Deutsche Bank, City, London
Senior Trading Floor Support Engineer
▪ Worked in Global Markets, as a dedicated support engineer on the Emerging Markets and FX desk
▪ The environment supported included NT 3.51, 4.0, Market Data apps such as Reuters RTW, PTW, Open Bloomberg, other Data feeds, Excel, VBA, Macros, ODBC Connectivity, Sybase, Lotus Notes, Enterprise Administrator Manager and other bespoke applications.
▪ As part of a project team, migrated traders from Bankers Trust to Deutsche Bank infrastructure

Bankers Trust, City, London
Trading Floor Support Engineer
▪ As an equities trading floor support engineer, my role was to support the trading desk applications.
▪ Applications supported NT 3.51, 4.0, Novell, Market Data apps such as Reuters RTW, PTW, Open Bloomberg, other Data feeds, Excel, VBA, Macros, ODBC Connectivity, Sybase, Lotus Notes, Enterprise Administrator Manager and other bespoke applications.
▪ Desktop refresh rollout from Microsoft Windows NT3.51 to NT4.0

Financial Times, City, London
Systems Engineer
▪ Project to implement Microsoft SMS 2.0 site on NT 4.0 Enterprise. This involved server hardware and software installation, configuring SMS 2.0 Server, deployment and providing documentation.

Henderson/AMP Investments, City, London
Support Engineer
▪ 2nd/3rd line support of windows applications on Novell infrastructure.
Projects undertaken:
▪ Implemented an Exchange Server 5.5 Site which included a mailbox migration
▪ MS Windows 2000 Testing

Allied Dunbar, Swindon & Nationwide Feb 1998-Sept 1998
Systems Engineer (contract)
▪ UK wide roll-out of MS NT4 Server, Windows 95, Threadneedle, ISIS
▪ Working on my own initiative, deployed new software, resolved software issues and troubleshooting a Token Ring network
▪ Software supported: MS NT4, 95, 3.11, Office 95, 4.3, Mail and TCP/IP
▪ Hardware supported: Dell, Toshiba, IBM, CISCO Routers and Switches