Laurent’s Blog

BRICHET Laurent (single, 31 years old)

Professional Experience

Citrix Systems, Inc.

05/2008 to now : Technical Relationship Manager

• “This position focuses on building and maintaining a communication channel between CITRIX Technical Support and CITRIX enterprise level customers. The TRM will be the pivotal point of contact between the customer and CITRIX and will enhance the satisfaction of customers utilizing CITRIX products in conjunction with Technical Support Services. The TRM will effectively lead the Citrix account team and develop a close, working relationship with the customer with shared responsibility for their goals”.
  TRM job description

Cofinimmo

10/2006 to 04/2008 : Hardware & Network Engineer

• • Internal infrastructure scaling and support
  • Installation and Maintenance of the Citrix farm
  • Installation and Maintenance of the VMWARE infrastructure
  • Project Management :
    • Active Directory and Exchange Migration (2000 –> 2003)
    • Oracle Migration (8.1 –> 9.2)
    • Hardware consolidation on IBM Bladecenter technology
    • Technical side of the SAP deployment

Easi

07/2005 to 10/2006 : System Engineer

• • Citrix Specialist
  • Linux Specialist (Mailscanner/Spamassassin, Squid, Samba, iptables, traffic shaping, Nagios, …)
  • Microsoft Specialist (Windows Server installations, maintenance and migrations – Exchange installations and migrations)

Dalkia Benelux

2003 to 07/2005 : Hardware & Network Manager

• • Advising for strategic investments in hardware, network and security
  • Supervision of the Hardware and Network team (3 people)

  • • Microsoft Software (MS Exchange, MS SQL, MS Proxy, …)
    • Microsoft Terminal Server 2000 with Citrix Metaframe XP
    • Linux (Samba PDC, CUPS, DNS, Apache, mySQL, …)
    • Installation & Configuration of Network connections between Belgian and European sites
      (V.90-ISDN RAS, ADSL & SDSL on Belgacom BILAN, VPN)
  • Installation & Maintenance of 20+ Windows NT & 2000 servers with :

2002 to 2003 : Hardware & Network Executive

• • Installation & Maintenance of 500 Workstations and laptops
  • Technical assistance for users

1999 to 2002 : IT Helpdesk

Certifications

• 2008 : Citrix Certified Administrator for XenApp
• 2006 : IBM Certified System Administrator – Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5
• 2005 : Microsoft Certified Professional
• 2005 : Citrix Certified Administrator for MetaFrame XP Presentation Server
• 2005 : Citrix Certified Administrator for MetaFrame Access Suite 3.0

Knowledges

Network

• - Used to implement and troubleshoot physical and data link layers (mostly in 10/100/1000baseT and 10base2)
• - Deep knowledge of the IP protocol (and upper layers) in Microsoft / Unix networks
• - Knowledge of other commonly used network protocols

Hardware

• - IBM BLadecenters, SAN and Tape Libraries
• - HP/Compaq APS Proliant Servers Accreditation
• - All about mounting, configuring and repairing x86 systems

Operating System

• - Mastering Microsoft Windows Workstations and Servers
• - Mastering Linux, freeBSD and openBSD

Software

• - Mastering Microsoft client / server applications
• - Mastering Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server
• - Mastering commonly used Linux/BSD client / server applications

Languages

• - Knowledge of HTML, SQL, PHP
• - Knowledge of common scripting languages

Trainings & Exams

• 2008 : Citrix XenApp (Presentation Server 4.5) : Administration (1Y0-259)
• 2007 : SAP : ADM100 SAP Web AS Administration I
• 2006 : Notes Domino 6: Managing Servers and Users (190-622)
• 2006 : Notes Domino 6 : Building the Infrastructure (190-621)
• 2006 : Notes Domino 6/6.5 System Admin Operating Fundamentals (190-620)
• 2005 : Installing, Configuring and administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional (070-270)
• 2005 : Lotus Domino 6 SA I : Operating Fundamentals
• 2005 : Lotus Domino 6 SA II : Building the infrastructure
• 2005 : Lotus Domino 6 SA III : Managing Servers & Users
• 2005 : Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0: Enterprise Edition Administration (1Y0-223)
• 2005 : Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager 2.2: Introduction (CTX-1300BW)
• 2005 : Clavister Firewalls training
• 2004 : Citrix Metaframe XP Presentation Server : Deployment and Support course (CTX-1235AB)
• 2003 : Updating Skills from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to the Windows .NET Server 2003 Familly (MS-2270)
• 2002 : HP/Compaq APS Proliant Servers Accreditation (92%)

Education

• 1999 – 2000 :
  Computer evening classes
• 1996 – 1998 :
  Accounting at E.P.H.E.C. (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales)
• 1995 – 1996 :
  First year of IT license at the Université Libre de Bruxelles
• 1995 : Certificat d’enseignement secondaire
  supérieur at Institut des Ursulines (Mons). Section Physics & Languages

Languages

• French : Mother tongue
• English : Fluent
• Dutch : Very good

Others

• B Driving License
• 12 years in the scouts
• Setting up of LAN Parties
• Self-learner, Self-control, Diplomat