Michael A. Brown
VCP, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator, MCSE, CCEA, ASE, CNE

SKILLS SUMMARY:
More than 10 years of experience in Microsoft infrastructure design, implementation and administration.  Six years of experience in Citrix XenApp (Presentation Server) design, implementation and administration.  Four Years of VMware ESX design, implementation and administration. 

EXPERIENCE:
Devon Energy, Houston TX     7/2006-Present
Virtualization Team Lead
* Team lead of the Intel Infrastructure Virtualization Team which encompasses VMware, Citrix, and Clustering technologies
* Designed and Implemented ESX 3.02 to 3.5 upgrade of 104 ESX servers without taking down or impacting any of the 700+ running virtual machines
* Designed upgrade of 125 ESX 3.5 hosts to vSphere 4.0.
* Designed and Implemented VMware Site Recovery Manager on NetApp and Hitachi HDS backend storage
* VMware ESX and Virtual Infrastructure administration
* Design and Implemented Citrix Presentation Server 3.0 to 4.0 upgrade
* Designed Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 to XenApp 5 upgrade
* Citrix Presentation Server Administration
* Windows 2003/2008 Active Directory Administration
* Design and Implement SQL, Exchange, Print and Generic service clusters using Windows 2008 and Veritas Cluster Services

Stewart Transaction Solutions, Houston TX       2/2006-7/2006
Senior Systems Engineer (contract)
* Design and Implement Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 solution.
* Administer 150+ server Citrix XPe Farm.
* Create scripted Citrix XPe and Presentation Server 4.0 installations for both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003.
* Design and Implement Group Policies to apply our standard Citrix and Windows “tweaks” consistently to every server.
* Package standard and proprietary applications for consistent installation via Citrix Installation Manager.
* Design and Implement Citrix Web Interface and CSG solution for Presentation Server 4.0 farm.
* Administer IIS 6 servers serving .net applications to internal and external customers.
* Administer Windows 2000/2003 active/active and active/passive SQL and file server clusters.
* Team Lead for Disaster Recovery.

CyrusOne, Houston TX       5/2001-2/2006
Senior Microsoft, Citrix and HP OpenView Engineer
* Design, Implement and Administer internal and datacenter customers Windows 2000/2003 environments (Active Directory, Group Policies including security, software rollouts etc., Sites, etc.).
* Design, Implement and Administer internal and datacenter customers Exchange 2000/2003 environments (Front-end/Back-end configurations, RPC over HTTP(S), Active/Passive Clustering, IMF, etc.).
* Design, Implement, and Administer internal and datacenter customers Citrix Presentation Server environments (All current versions including XP, 3.0 and 4.0, Secure Gateway, Web Interface, etc.).
* Design and Implement NT to Windows 2000/2003 and Windows 2000 to 2003 migrations.
* Design and Implement Exchange 5.5 to 2000/2003 and Exchange 2000 to 2003 migrations.
* Design, Implement and Administer a patch management solution for internal and datacenter customers operating systems and applications using Patchlink Update.
* Design, Implement and Administer ISA Server versions 2000 and 2004 used as a firewall, web cache/proxy or both.
* Design, Implement and Administer high availability IIS solutions using Windows Load Balancing and Application Center 2000.
* Design, Implement and Administer SQL server 2000 in clustered and non-clustered environments.
* Design, Implement and Administer HP OpenView environment used for monitoring internal and datacenter customers network devices, servers, operating systems, and applications using Network Node Manager, OpenView Operations for Unix, Internet Services, Reporter, Service Information Portal, OpenView Performance Manager, CalAmp Telalert, OS and Application SPIs, and Service Desk.
* Implement and Administer shared storage solution for datacenter customers using an LSI fiber channel and Infortrend EonStor SATA SANs.
* Served as liaison between customers and our sales teams.

Dayspring Digital Solutions / Estep Doctor and Company, Muncie IN       5/1998-4/2001
Chief Engineer
* Design, Implement and Administer Windows and Netware based networks.
* Worked with clients to determine what they need today in terms of PC/Server hardware, Operating Systems, and networking technologies, while planning for future advances/upgrades/add-ons to PC/Server hardware, Operating Systems, and Network infrastructure.
* Worked with vertical software vendors to determine what the best solution in terms of Hardware and Operating Systems are for the client.
* Designed and Implemented Disaster Recovery Planning and Testing, including backup technologies, server failures, component failures, and entire site losses.
* Provided Internet access solutions using such technologies as Modem Sharing, Proxy Servers, NAT., and Routers.
* Built Custom Workstations and Servers to meet the clients’ needs.
* Implemented and supported remote access using RRAS on NT, & Windows 2000.
  

CERTIFICATIONS:
Microsoft
MCITP: Enterprise Administrator / MCSE 2003 / MCSA 2003 Messaging
* TS: Windows 7, Configuring
* Pro: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator
* TS: Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist
* Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.
* Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment.
* Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure.
* Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure.
* Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure.
* Windows 2000 Server.
* Windows 2000 Professional.
* Administering a Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure.
* Administering a Windows 2000 Directory Infrastructure.
* Designing a Windows 2000 Active Directory Infrastructure.
* Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
* Windows NT Server 4.0.
* Windows NT Server 4.0 in the Enterprise.
* TCP/IP.
* Internet Information Server 3.0.
* Proxy Server 2.0.
* Exchange Server 5.5.
* Internet Explorer 4.0.

VMware
VCP 3 & 4
* VCP410: VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 4
* VCP310: VMware Certified Professional on VI3

Citrix
CCEA
* Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Administration
* Citrix Access Suite 4.0: Common Management Platform Administration
* Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Support
* Citrix Access Gateway 4.2 with Advanced Access Control: Administration
* Citrix Password Manager 4.0: Administration
* Citrix Access Suite 4.0: Build/Test
* Citrix MetaFrame XP, FR2 Administration
* Citrix Resource Manager
* Citrix Installation Manager
* Citrix Load Management and Program Neighborhood
* Citrix Metaframe XP Deploying and Securing Applications over the Web.
* Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, Feature Release 3: Deployment and Support.
* Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager: Introduction.
* Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager: Administration.

Hewlett Packard
ASE
* OpenView Operations I (7.x) for Unix.
* OpenView Operations II (7.x) for Unix.
* OpenView Network Node Manager I (6.x) for Unix.

Novell
CNE
* NetWare Administration.
* Networking Technologies.
* NetWare Advanced Administration.
* Service & Support.
* Design & Implementation.
* Installation & Configuration.
* Integrating Windows NT.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
I am a Microsoft Windows Media Center MVP and active member in the Microsoft Servers, Desktops and the Windows Media Center betas, and various Microsoft, VMware and Citrix online communities.

EDUCATION:
I attended IVY Tech State College in Anderson, IN in 1996 and 1997 taking classes in computer programming and Novell NetWare.