Projects & Activities (excerpt)
The following list provides an overview of my projects and activities over the last years.
| Since 11/2014 | Public Cloud Management (as contractor; Industry: Software manufacturer) Management, operation, optimization of a Public Cloud Infrastructure running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Technologies: Cloud computing - Products: Amazon AWS, several customized interfaces |
| Since 01/2014 | Cloud Management (as contractor; Industry: Software manufacturer) Management, operation and optimization of a VMware based Private Cloud Infrastruktur with several thousand virtual servers running on around 1.000 physical hosts spread over various datacenters around the world - Technologies: Cloud computing, Storage - Products: VMware vSphere 5.x, VMware vcOps, FluidOps eCloudManager, Netapp storage |
| 08/2016 - 11/2016 | Public Cloud Architecture (as contractor; Industry: Energy provider) Requirements analysis, planning, design and implementation of a highly available, scalable public cloud-based web server environment on Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Technologies: Cloud Computing / Amazon AWS - Products: Elastic Beanstalk, RDS Services, VPN, NAT-Gateways, et al. |
| 10/2013 - 11/2013 | Desktop Virtualization / VDI (as contractor; Industry: Education) Conceptual design and Proof-of-Concept for a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) build on VMware Horizon View and VMware vSphere 5.1 - Technologies: VDI / Virtualization - Products: VMware Horizon View; VMware vSphere 5.x |
| 05/2012 - 07/2013 | Project management; technical project management (as contractor; Industry: Pharmaceutics, Logistics) Subproject management and technical subproject and project management within a transformation project; target/actual analysis, conceptual design, coordination, reporting |
| 07/2011 - 04/2012 | Server & service transition; technical project management (as contractor; Industry: Pharmaceutics, Logistics) Technical subproject and project management for transition of servers and services from the previous outsourcing partner, including relocation of the systems into the customer's own data center |
| 07/2011 - 08/2011 | Server & Network administration (as contractor; Industry: Electronics) Backend administration and operation of Novell Netware & eDirectory - Technologies: directory services (LDAP) - Products: Novell Netware, Novell identity management IDM |
| 08/2010 - 09/2011 | Terminal server (as contractor; Industry: IT / Outsourcing) Setup and maintenance of virtualized Windows 2008R2 terminal servers as part of a transition project - Technologies: Terminal Server, Virtualization - Products: Windows 2008R2 Terminal Server, VMware vSphere 4.x |
| 06/2009 - 08/2010 | Virtualization (as contractor; Industry: Financial Services) Conceptual design, development, installation of a virtualization infrastructure using VMware vSphere 4 and VMware ACE - Technologies virtualization - Products: VMware vSphere 4.x, VMware ACE |
| 07/2006 - 08/2010 | Server & Network administration, Desktop Management (as contractor; Industry: Financial Services and electronics) Backend administration and operation of Novell Netware, eDirectory, ZENworks for Desktops and ZENworks Asset Management - Technologies: directory services (LDAP); Printing; Desktop management - Products: Novell Netware, Novell identity management IDM Novell iPrint, Novell ZENworks for Desktops, Novell ZENworks Asset Management |
| 05/2003 - 08/2010 | Client & Software rollouts (as contractor; Industries: various) Involvement in the design, planning and implementation of client and software rollouts, according to ITIL Release Management, for companies with 3,000 - 5,000 workstations - Technologies: desktop management, PXE, Imaging, scripting, Software Packaging & Distribution - Products: including Novell ZENworks for Desktops; Novell ZENworks Asset Management |
| 05/2003 - 08/2010 | Desktop management (as contractor; Industries: various) Several implementations of ZENworks for Desktops (Versions 3 to 7) Implementierungen for companies with 3,000 - 5,000 workstations - Technologies: desktop management, directory services (LDAP) - Products: Novell Netware, Novell ZENworks for Desktops; Novell ZENworks Asset Management |
| 04/2008 | IPP Printing / iPrint (as contractor; Industry: Financial Services) Migration of the printing environment from NDPS to IPP printing using Novell iPrint - Technologies: Printing, directory services (LDAP) - Products: Novell iPrint, Novell Netware |
| 04/2008 - 09/2008 | Radius / 802.1x (as contractor; Industry: Financial Services) Participation in the Proof of Concept (PoC) for the implementation of a radius / 802.1x solution |
| 07/2007 - 09/2007 | Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity (as contractor; Industry: Financial Services) Participation in the implementation of a disaster recovery solution using Novell Business Continuity Cluster (BCC) - Technologies: Clustering, Disaster Recovery - Products: Novell Business Continuity Cluster (BCC), Novell Netware, Novell identity management IDM |
| 01/2007 - 04/2007 | Asset Management (as contractor; Industry: Financial Services) Planning, setup and configuration of ZENworks Asset Management 7 - Technologies: desktop management, desktop & Asset Management - Products: Novell ZENworks Asset Management |
| 01/2005 - 06/2006 | Patch management (as contractor; Industry: Financial Services) Involvement in the conception, development, implementation and operation of patch management processes using Novell ZENworks, according to the ITIL processes Change and Release Management - Technologies: desktop management - Products: Novell ZENworks for Desktops; Novell Netware |
| 01/2001 - 12/2006 | Trainings & Workshops (employed, later as contractor; Clients: various Novell training partners) Several training projects and workshops on Novell NW5.x, NW6.x, ZfD3, ZfD4 and ZfD7, as well as participation in the development and design of Novell seminars and bootcamps for CNE certification |
| 04/2000 - 06/2000 | System support Planning, implementation and operation of the server and network infrastructure of a branch office |
| 08/1999 - 09/2000 | CRM Participation in the rollout and maintenance of a CRM solution (Siebel) |
| 06/1999 - 09/1999 | Software rollout Rollout of a new standard desktops (OS & Office) including planning and coordinating of staff training |
| 01/1998 - 12/2000 | Server & network administration, desktop management Operation, service and support of Novell networks and desktop management systems using ZENworks for Desktops |
| 01/1998 - 12/2000 | Software rollout / training Involvement in several software rollout projects including associated staff trainings |
| 02/1997 - 10/1997 | ISO / Quality Assurance Involvement in an ISO 9002 certification |
| 11/1995 - 01/1996 | Network planning Technical planning (including network planning) and supervision of a move of a medium-sized company to their new location |
| 06/1995 - 02/1996 | Databases Database development and maintenance |