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Hello,
my name is Thomas and this is my resume

About Me

I am dedicated worker, a loyal colleague and I always go above and beyond to make sure deadlines and project plans are met. Team and operational management are my forte and I excel under pressure. I have managed software development projects, virtualization projects, relocation of offices, ERP/CRM/SAP integrations, Business Intelligence collection and integrations with 3rd party providers.

I have a very diverse skillset and I am an exceptionally quick study.

As a leader I focus on positive flat-level communication between team members and departments and optimizing processes and workflows through solid analysis and testing, while meeting deadlines and ensuring expenses are kept within budgets.

Experience

Napatech A/S
2018 - Present
IT Manager
At Napatech I managed a full restructuring and refinement of all solutions, both in-house, outsourced and cloud-based.
This resulted in hefty budget savings, an increase in productivity and an overall upgrade to all user aspects of developing software and hardware.

Projects

  • Automated Email Response Solution
  • Solutions Overview and Management
  • Device and Asset LifeCycle management
  • Server and Service monitoring soltions
  • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery solutions
  • Office relocations
  • Lean investment and financial management of IT
Berlingske Media
2017 - 2017
Application Specialist
BT & MX systems merging and transitional management from Metroxpress to Berlingske Media.
Metroxpress
2008 - 2017
IT Manager
While working for Metroxpress I have completely redesigned and restructured the IT infrastructure, with a focus on business continuity and cost/performance optimization.
I have co-developed and designed a complete workflow solution for pre-press, editorial, ad management and page delivery.
I have cut IT costs yearly, while still growing the services and support provided by IT.
I have completely virtualized the local IT environment, with fail-over to an off-site cloud solution for all services.

Projects

  • Device and Asset LifeCycle management
  • Remote Management Solution
  • Automated workflow design and development
  • Virtualization and Cloud migration projects
  • Storage and 10Gbit network optimization
  • SAP/ERP/CRM/BI integrations and development
  • Editorial and Production software design and implementation
  • Complete infrastructure re-design
  • Server and Service monitoring solutions
  • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery solutions
  • Office relocations
  • Security & Surveillance
  • Lean investment and financial management of IT
NSS
2007 - 2008
IT Supporter
While working for NSS Financials I implemented a solution for remote deployment of software and Operating Systems for all Elgiganten stores in Denmark.
I also setup a building to building directional Wireless solution and streamlined the Remote Support solution.

Projects

  • New store planning and deployment
  • Long-Range wireless installations (Directional, inter-building setup)
  • Distributed software deployment
  • Server Monitoring
Contex
2005 - 2008
QA Technician / IT Manager
While working for Contex I took over the IT department after working as a QA & Test assistant.
I designed test-procedures and instructed technicians in Spain and Holland on the service and maintenance of large format printers and scanners.
I traveled to Spain, England and Singapore to instruct and test installations.

Projects

  • IT Management and development
  • Server Clustering
  • Build-Server management
  • Virtualization Consolidation
  • Off-site Backup and Replication
  • Factory process and workflow optimization
  • International Technical Instructor for Wide-format solutions
  • Hardware and Software Testing
  • Quality Assurance

Projects of Note

Infrastructure Redesign
HPE Aruba, Nimble, FreeNAS
Complete re-design and update of entire infrastructure. Everything from Core network, to hosted facilities, MPLS and virtual setup. All done in-house, without external consultants.
New storage design, with snapshot replication enabling near-instant failover and off-site backup of over 100TB of data.
Virtualization
Hyper-V, VMWare, Azure
Complete migration from Physical to VMWare ESX/vSphere, with automated fail-over for business critical applications. Subsequent migration from VMWare to Hyper-V and Azure Cloud. Done without impact to business processes and daily production. Done without external consultants.
Editorial Solution
REP, PublicationMaster, MPS
Redesign and co-development of a full editorial to print solution, with integrations to sales, printers and web CMS platform. Strong emphasis on ad management and business intelligence platforms.
Office 365
Exchange, Lync, Sharepoint
Complete migration to Office365 and Skype for Business from local Exchange, Lync and Sharepoint. Done without external consultants.

Skillset

Operating Systems

Years of managing several Linux distributions (Debian and CentOS in particular), Windows Server (including 2012 R2 & 2016) and OS X Server installations. Deployment and management of Windows, OS X and Linux in enterprise environments.

Cloud Solutions

Azure, Azure AD, Office365, Skype for Business, Tableau, BigQuery, Analytics, AdForm, Google DoubleClick, AdTech, FreshService

Server Software

SCCM, Hyper-V VMM, Hyper-V, vSphere, vCenter Server, Veeam, Zabbix, Nagios, Adobe Indesign Server, QuarXPress Server, Enfocus PitStop, Callas pdfToolbox, GhostScript, Publication Master, LineUp Adpoint, OwnCloud, Apache, Nginx, Postfix, Dovecot

Client Software

Superuser level experience in MS Office, Adobe CC (Photoshop, Premier, Acrobat, Distiller, Indesign), Gimp, QuarkXPress

Networking

Palo Alto, HP, Dell, Juniper, Cisco

Management

Active Directory, Meraki MDM, SCCM Device Management, LANdesk

Programming

Familiar with PHP, Perl, Python, JavaScript, Shell scripting, SQL & Database design in general

Specific tools

Ritzau MediaNet

Project Management

Familiar with Lean, Agile & Scrum methodologies

Languages

Danish
English
German
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