Zach Sheppard

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About Zach Sheppard

A highly motivated and experienced Wintel professional with a wide breadth of technical knowledge encompassing most Wintel enterprise technologies involving application streaming and desktop virtualisation. • AppSense - Design, Implement & Manage • Citrix XenApp 6 / 6.5 / 7.6 - Design, Implement & Manage • Citrix XenDesktop 5 & 7.6 - Design, Implement & Manage • Citrix EdgeSight & Insight Center - Design, Implement & Manage • Citrix Provisioning Services - Design, Implement & Manage • Citrix Secure Citrix Access Gateway - Design, Implement & Manage • Citrix NetScaler - Design, Implement & Manage • Microsoft App-V - Design, Implement & Manage • Antivirus – Sophos, McAfee, Symantec, Trend • Backup – Symantec Backup Exec, Acronis, ARCserve • Windows Server 2003 / 2008 / 2012 / 2016 • Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 • Active Directory 2003, 2008 & 2012 • Blackberry BES Server • Exchange Server 2003 & 2010 • Thin Clients – iGel & Wyse • Storage – NetApp, HP SAN’s & EMC • Virtualisation - VMware ESXi 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.7, Hyper-V, XenServer A keen scripter, with good automation experience for Enterprise Management. Professional Certifications; MCP MCSA+M ITIL v3 CCA-XenApp 5/6.5, XenDesktop 5, XenServer 6 CCAA XenApp 6.5 CCEE Microsoft - Active Directory AD, Forefront Identity Manager, DHCP, DNS, Exchange 2003, Server 2003/8 Enterprise Administration, GPO, Windows Build design and implementation, WINS, RIS, WSUS, MOM, DFSR. Windows 95, NT, XP, Vista & Windows 7 & 10. Technologies - VPN, email filtering, security patch deployment, network traffic analysis, Citrix, VMware, MCP, MCSA, ITIL v3, RBAC implementation, Virtualisation, P2V, V2V, Firewalls, IP routing, Desktop Engineer. Non technical skills - I understand the importance of quality and always evaluating myself for enrichment. I have the ability to work as part of a team or on my own initiative. My time keeping is excellent and all my work undertaken is methodical. Good organiser & writing training manuals / documentation.