Technical Architect Resume

Desired Industry: Information Technology	SpiderID: 14825
Desired Job Location: Frisco, Texas	Date Posted: 8/17/2007
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: 9/3/07
Desired Wage:
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel:
Highest Degree Attained: High School/Equivalent	Willing to Relocate: No

Objective:
To work individually or collectively as a team member.

Experience:
CADBURY SCHWEPPES PLC - Plano, TX 2000 - Present
Technical Architect 2006 - Present

• Design reusable frameworks for infrastructure and application solutions.
• Executed multiple global projects involving people from diverse disciplines such as third party vendors, offshore partners and internal clients, enabling business to reduce costs by outsourcing services.
• Re-architected existing Citrix Infrastructure to accommodate new business model.
• Architect new Active Directory Forest to accommodate upcoming company separation.
• Determine appropriate technologies and assure adherence to development standards; utilize best practices, ensuring quality technical deliverables under specified timelines.
• Ensure architectural design meets scalability, reliability, testability, integration and flexibility requirements of client.
• Make recommendations on incorporating emerging technologies into client’s current architecture to enhance productivity.

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Global Senior Systems Engineer 2003 - 2006

• Led team of eight Citrix Engineers strategically located around the globe and provided mentoring and third level support.
• Architected global enterprise multi-user environment using Windows 2003 Terminal Services, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Secure Access Manager and Web Interface to reduce costs, optimize user performance and leverage decentralized server infrastructure.
• Designed and built a Microsoft Active Directory environment to consolidate legacy systems and standardize on one authentication source.
• Advised management on new products and implementation strategies to reduce costs and enhance productivity.
• Architected the means by which many business critical proprietary applications could be implemented.

Senior Systems Engineer, Snapple Beverage - White Plains, NY 2000 - 2003

• Designed and built a Microsoft Active Directory environment-regional project that consisted of implementing a parallel approach of deployment to minimize downtime in the production environment.
• Designed and built a multi-user environment using Windows 2000 Terminal Services and Citrix Metaframe XP.
• Set up and configured Wyse thin client terminals for local and branch offices.
• Analyzed and made changes to email system, migrating from Lotus CC Mail to Microsoft Exchange 5.5 with Outlook 2000 clients.

ACXIOM / DIRECT MEDIA - Greenwich, CT 1997 - 2000
Systems Administrator 1998 - 2000

• Administrator of Windows NT domains.
• Citrix Certified Administrator-built and maintained Citrix Metaframe environment.
• Configured TCP/IP protocol-set up and maintained WINS, DNS, DHCP services.
• Administrator for Microsoft Exchange Server.
• Troubleshot Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 98, 95.

Support Engineer 1997 - 1998

• Troubleshot end user problems including connectivity problems to the LAN, printing issues, e-mail problems, and answered how-to questions regarding Microsoft Office Suite.
• Problem solved client/server issues, ODBC client.

Education:
Information Technology Certificate
Professional Trainers Computer School - White Plains, NY

* Citrix Presentation Server 4.5
Administration

* Planning, Implementing and Maintaining
Microsoft Server 2003 Environment for MCSE
on Windows 2000

* Updating Support Skills from Windows NT 4.0
to Windows 2000

* Installing and Configuring Windows 2000 as a
File, Print and Web Server

* Check Point Certified - Introduction to Fire
Wall - 1 VR.1

* Lotus Notes-Maintaining a Server
Infrastructure

* Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server
4.0-Core Tech

* Creating and Managing a Web Server using
Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

* Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP on
Windows NT 4.0

* Advanced Windows 95 Support and Networking

* Citrix/Metaframe 1.8 Administration

Skills:
Software:

Networking Operating Systems:
Windows 2003/2000/NT/Terminal Services, Novell
NetWare

Directory Services:
Microsoft Active Directory

Access Infrastructure:
Citrix Access Suite, Citrix Presentation Server
4.5, 4.0, Meta-xp, 1.8

Virtual Infrastructure:
Microsoft Virtual Server & PC

Enterprise Databases:
Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase

Applications:
Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, Siebel, Motts
Mart, Cognos, QAD, TM1, Kronos, Apple System,
IPM, Trucks, Optiva, Hyperion, Progress,
Omtool, Right Fax

Anti-Virus Solutions:
McAfee, Norton, Trend Micro

Messaging:
Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, CC Mail

Virtual Private Network Solutions:
Citrix Secure Access Manager, Juniper SSL VPN,
Nortel

ERP/Billing:
SAP R/3, Siebel/Oracle, ADP

Backup/Recovery:
Veritas/Backup Exec, ARC Serve, Tivoli

Hardware:

Server Technology:
HP

Thin Client Terminals:
Wyse, HP, IBM

Storage:
HP SureStore DLT Libraries

Additional Information:
MCSE, MCSA, MCP I, MCP, CCA

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Paul Harrison
Street: -	Phone: 2143877719
City: Frisco	Fax: -
State: Texas
Zip: -
Web Site: