Profile of Larry Owen Citrix, Microsoft, Management

Larry Owen ( Available )

Romeoville, IL - 60446 USA

Expertise :	Citrix, Microsoft, Management
Status :	Citizen
Job Type :	All -
Position :

Resume

Summary
Hands-on and diverse experience in senior-level network engineering and Citrix server management.
Focused efforts on architecture and implementation of servers, development of key strategies and disaster recovery plans and vital troubleshooting and resolution of technical issues.
Accomplished technical professional with track record of success in increasing operational productivity and efficiency while achieving significant cost savings.
Thorough and contemporary knowledge of cutting-edge technology.
Excellent organizational and communication skills coupled with exceptionally strong work ethic.

Employment

2001 - 2009
Senior Network Engineer

REYES HOLDINGS , LLC Rosemont , IL

Oversaw architecture, implementation and management of complete Citrix Server farm of 100+ servers hosting multiple published desktops and applications for food and beverage product delivery company.
Developed and implemented strategy for Data Center Consolidation that involved Blade Servers and Virtualization, reducing costs by $1 million.
Supported development, implementation and testing of Disaster Recovery Plan for both data center and corporate offices.
Assisted with the design and building of Enterprise Data Center, 250 Wintel Servers, VOIP, Cisco core network, IBM iSeries and IBM or Network Appliance SAN.
Successfully implemented Microsoft System Configuration Operations Manager, serving as comprehensive data center monitoring tools to ensure health of Windows computing environment.
Installed and maintained hardware and software, OS upgrades.
Identified and troubleshot problems, advising and reporting to application development team and management.
Provided 24/7 operational support in medium to large environment that included remote after hours support.

1999 - 2001
Technical Support Specialist

VAN KAMPEN INVESTMENTS Oakbrook , IL

Maintained standardized desktop or laptop or Citrix environment, development of load images.
Concurrently served as senior lead technician responsible for resolving escalated issues which included teaming with staff and securing vendor technical support.
As Citrix Administrator, maintained WinFrame or MetaFrame servers, adding and deleting users, incorporating new software packages, updating current software and monitoring activity.
Reduced PC/laptop load time by developing Ghost Multicast server for 256 servers to download image with all standard applications installed.
Partnered with peer designers to implement portable disaster recovery system, allowing simultaneous cloning of 256 machines.

1998 - 1999
COMPUTER ASSOCIATE

PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL , INC or Oakbrook , IL

Held responsibility for inventory control and asset tracking for all new and used computers and peripherals for 9000 - member international staff.
Evaluated incoming lease returns and technology upgrades and performed repairs as needed.
Defined and implemented desktop and laptop computing standards, development of full lifecycle management processes and procedures.
Achieved savings of $600000 by ensuring return of leased equipment in contracted due dates through development of computer recycle center.

Education

High School Graduate

Training

Microsoft 2000Pro , Server and Advanced Server Microsoft 2003 Server and Advanced Server Netware 4.11 Z.E.N. and N.A.L. CCA, Microsoft FrontPage HTML/DYNAMIC HTML Microsoft Certification MCSE - Windows 95 and 98 , NT 3.51 and 4.0ws and Server Compaq Certification Packard Bell Certification Toshiba Laptop/Desktop Certification Terca 8000 , 8100 Series Certification Prot g 3000 7000 , Satellite Series 2 , 3 and 4 Certification M500 Server Certification Citrix Certification

Skills
TCP/IP, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Citrix MetaFrame 1.8, XPe, Presentation Server 4 or 4.5 or 5, Terminal Server, Windows 2000/2003/2008, Beta tester for Windows 7 all versions, Windows 95 or 98, Windows 3.x or NT 3.51 or NT 4.0, DOS all versions, Ghost or Multicasting all versions, MS FrontPage 2003 to 2007, JDE, Manugistic, Syntelic, Adobe Products, Microsoft Office Enterprise 2003 to 2007, Corel Web Suites, Corel Draw, MS Works, MS Publisher 97 to 2007, MS Visio 2003 to 2007, MS Internet Explorer 6 or 7 or 8 beta testing, Lotus 1 - 2 - 3, Lotus Freelance Graphics, Lotus SmartSuite, Lotus cc : Mail or cc : Mobile, Lotus Notes, Trend, MacAfee and Norton Anti-Virus, Microsoft System Configuration Operations Manager, IBM Client Access, Shiva, Cisco, Raid, SCSI/SAS/SATA devices, memory chips, SIMM modules, cache memory, hard drives, DVD/CD ROMs and multi-media, Digiboards, modems, scanners, tape drives, ZIP/JAZ drives, monitors, printers, fiber optical devices