Accomplished Technical Evangelist with 13 years of broad IT experience in project management, IT operations, security and information management, technical support and leading teams. Excellent communicator adept at identifying business needs and bridging the gap between functional groups and technology to foster targeted and innovative solution development. Well respected by peers through demonstrating passion for technology and performance improvement. Extensive practical knowledge of complex systems builds, network design and virtualisation. A proactive member of the Microsoft TechNet community, a technical blogger and a VMware vExpert. Specialties: VMware & Hyper-V Virtualisation, Network Design & Administration (Cisco & HP), Microsoft Server 2003/2008/R2/2012, Active Directory, Remote Desktop Services 2012, APP-V & MDOP, Office 365, Windows Azure, MS Exchange Server 2007/2010/2013 ,System Center 2012, Kemp Load Balancers, SQL 2005/2008/R2/2012 Storage Solutions, Backup & Disaster Recovery, Prince 2, and ITIL. Subject Matter Expert: Microsoft Remote Desktop Services 2012/R2/2016 Certifications: Microsoft MCSE/MCITP/MCSA/MCTS/MS/MCP, VMware VCP-DCV, VCA-DCV/VCA-WM/VCA-Cloud/VSP5.5/VTSP5.5, KEMP, Unidesk, Nvidia, Altaro, Veeam VMTSP, Grandstream, CompTIA A+/N+, Prince2, ITILV3. Personal Awards & Recognition: VMware vExpert 2014, 2015 & 2016 KEMP Champion 2016 - Kemp Technologies, Sales Person of the Year 2015 Kemp Technologies, UK IT Industry Awards 2015 -Young IT Professional of the Year Finalist & Highly Commended Hull Daily Mail Business Awards - Young Achiever of the Year Finalist. IT Technician (RITTech) - Infrastructure Architecture. Company Awards's and Accreditation: Dell Network Security New Partner Award 2015 Hull Daily Mail Business Awards 2015 - Small Business of the Year Finalist KEMP Technologies - KEMP Centre Microsoft Gold Partner SonicWall Gold Partner Unidesk Elite Partner Nvidia - Cloud/Virtualisation - Preferred Partner