About Me

I'm a Sr. Consultant/Architect from Belgium, providing clients the best possible expertise on everything related to Networking, End-User Computing & Virtualization technologies.

My Past

In the past I've been employed at Xylos, Centix, Procter & Gamble, Hewlett-Packard, Puratos and Edenred, doing Datacenter and Infrastructure jobs. I've worked my way up through experience thanks to these great opportunities.

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Education

  • Studies Computer Science (2000-2004)
  • Studies Economics - Mathematics (1994-2000)

Professional Training

  • F5 Big-IP (2024)
  • Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 1-4 (2021)
  • Kubernetes (2020)
  • Citrix NetScaler Essentials (2014)
  • Citrix XenApp 6.5 (2012)
  • VMware vSphere 4 (2011)
  • Project Management for IT Projects (2009)
  • Advanced Networking (2008)
  • Windows Vista & Server 2003 courses (2006-2008)
  • Programming C#.Net course (2005)

Certifications

  • Citrix Certified Professional - Networking (2023)
  • Citrix Certified Associate - Networking (2023)
  • Citrix Cloud Certified (CC-XAD-CC) (2018)
  • Citrix on Azure Certified (CC-XAD-MA) (2018)
  • Citrix Certified Professional - Networking (2018)
  • Citrix Certified Professional - Virtualization (2018)
  • Citrix Certified Expert - Virtualization (2016)
  • Citrix XenMobile 10 - CCP-M (2015)
  • Engineering a Citrix Virtualization Solution (2013)
  • Citrix XenDesktop 5 Administration (2013)

Certifications

  • MobileIron Certified Administrator (2013)
  • Citrix XenServer Administration (2013)
  • Citrix XenApp 6.5 Advanced Administration (2013)
  • RES Workspace Manager 2012 (2013)
  • Trend Micro Certified Security Professional (2013)
  • Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration (2012)
  • VMware Certified Professional 5 (2012)
  • VMware Certified Professional 4 (2011)
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (2008)

Experience

  • CoreLayer (2020-current)
    • Citrix NetScaler consultancy
    • Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops consultancy
    • Citrix SDWAN consultancy
    • Fortinet consultancy
  • Xylos (2016-2020)
    • Citrix NetScaler consultancy
    • Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops consultancy
    • Citrix SDWAN consultancy
    • Mobility Solutions
    • Advanced troubleshooting
  • Centix/Econocom (2012-2016)
    • VMWare vSphere consultancy
    • Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop consultancy
    • Citrix NetScaler consultancy
    • Mobility Solutions
    • Advanced troubleshooting
  • Edenred Belgium (2010-2012)
    • Management of infrastructure
    • Management of Belux network
    • Design & deploy vSphere infrastructure
    • Install & implement Document Management System
    • Documentation of new & existing infrastructure

Experience

  • Puratos Group (2006-2010)
    • 2nd line PC & LAN support for Europe using ITIL standards
    • Installation of new desktops & laptops
    • On-site support for European subsidiaries
    • Management of IP & GSM telephony
    • Active Directory & Exchange management
    • Anti-Virus deployment on mobile devices
    • Testing & deployment of roaming solutions
  • Hewlett-Packard (2005-2006)
    • 1st line MPE support for EMEA & AP regions using ITIL standards
    • Monitoring & event detection of MPE systems
    • Managing backups (both automated & requested) of MPE systems
    • ESSII, Maestro & BatchNet application support
  • Procter & Gamble (2004-2005)
    • Management of backup media
    • Media-database administrator
    • Assistance to hardware engineers
    • Access control of the data-center
  • Dewilde CBT (current eXplio) (2002)
    • Stage Assistant Network Administrator

Language Skills

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German

Technical Skills (Platforms)

  • Microsoft Windows
  • VMware vSphere/ESX(i)
  • Citrix NetScaler
  • Citrix XenServer
  • Citrix Cloud
  • Proxmox
  • GNU/Linux (Debian flavors)
  • Microsoft Entra
  • Nutanix
  • Apple OSX
  • GNU/Linux (Other)
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud
  • BSD

Technical Skills (Software)

  • Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops
  • Citrix Workspace Environment Management
  • Citrix Provisioning
  • FortiGate
  • FortiMail
  • FortiAnalyzer
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Igel UMS
  • Ivanti Workspace Control (previously RES Workspace Manager)
  • Omnissa Horizon (previously VMware Horizon)
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Apache Webserver
  • Microsoft 365
  • Parallels Secure Workspace (previously Awingu)
  • Parallels RAS
  • Microsoft IIS
  • Other Linux software (PostFix | Squid | MySQL | IPTables | ...)
  • Paessler Network Monitor
  • Kubernetes
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Ivanti Security Controls
  • Websense
  • Cisco IronPort
This is only a subset of my knowledge.
Contact me for more detailed information.

Technical Skills (Other)

  • Networking knowledge
  • Cabling & network configuration
  • Server assembly & replacement of parts
  • Windows Scripting (PowerShell & WSH)
  • Storage knowledge (iSCSI | FiberChannel & FoE | NFS | ...)
  • Visual Basic/C#.Net
  • Bash
  • TCL
  • PHP
  • Perl
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Python
  • Java

What else?

  • Proud father
  • Equestrian
  • Simracer

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