René Nielsen
    Rte du Port 12A
    1009, Pully, VAUD, Switzerland
    Phone: +41 78 8672502
    E-mail: Rene@Nielsen.Name
    CV in PDF format
      Born 1964 in Denmark
    In Switzerland since September 1999 and married to a Swiss Citizen
    Experienced and driven entrepreneur, project manager, and network engineer.
    Has worked in the IT for over 15 years in a variety of companies from start-ups to established corporations. Roles have included system administration, network engineering, project and group management, business start-up, and technical support.
    Languages: Danish, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, French and some Italian
    Swiss working permit C

    Occupation

    Operation Manager & Senior System Administrator

              

                     

    MobileChannel.Network SA
    Chemin du Canal 5,
    1260 Nyon
    Switzerland

    uB-mobile
    58, rue de la Terrassière,
    1207 Geneva
    Switzerland

Manage ISP, Hosting, System monitoring and security
Operate and manage production and office networks, ISP and all IT suppliers

LAN design & VPN connectivity to/from global systems
Co-ordinate the customer and systems support team
Workstation, server and laptop services & support in mixed Linux/Windows environment
Capacity planning
Computer-related purchasing, asset, and licence management

      Office :
      -       
      Responsible for Mail servers
      -       
      Responsible for firewalls and security
      -       
      Responsible for infrastructure (Active Directory) and company domains
      -       
      Responsible for office networks, ISP and all IT suppliers
      -        User support (Helpdesk) and office automation

      Development Platform Operations:
      -       
      Installed development tools, servers and platforms

      Production Site Operations:
      -       
      Operated and managed ISP and service suppliers
      -       
      Created, installed and tested the productio
      n site (60 servers)
      -       
      Quality / Security monitoring and trouble shooting
      -       
      Managed 24x7 operations (Hotline)
      -       
      Managed the customer support team (Helpdesk)
      -       
      Managed other technicians and planned resources for coverage

Internet specialist & System Development Administrator for Audiosoft / Music Online, 42, Route de Satigny, 1217 Meyrin, Geneva

Office automation with MS Exchange 2000/ Visual Basic and Active Directory
Created and managed company Intranet with RAS and VPN for Europe and US
Technical MIS contact and helpdesk for Europe and US
Constructed main offices in San Francisco, London and Munich from scratch

System Consultant for ComputerMac Inc / Caslon IT., Copenhagen, Denmark

Specialist in operating systems / networking on PC, Mac, Novell and UNIX platforms
The company specialist in Novell systems, LAN set-up and troubleshooting

Production Manager for  IBN Business Network Inc., Copenhagen, Denmark

Co-founding of an ISP (Internet Service Provider) providing Internet/Intranet solutions and Internet access Programming + Server/Domain/Firewall configuration + Management of four employees

Novel network and hardware/software administrator for Peptech (Europe) Ltd and CarlBiotech Ltd, Copenhagen, Denmark

As a computer student, owned and operated a small business PC-SCAN, repairing, and upgrading home & office computers

Memberships

Certified UNIX/Linux System Certified Linux System Administrator
IEEE Computer Society Member: IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Member: IEEE Consumer Electronics Society
SAGE, The System Administrators' Guild Member: SAGE, The System Administrators' Guild
USENIX, The

Member: USENIX, The Advanced Computing Systems Association

Powered by iWith.org Iwith.org's mission is to promote the use of information and communication
                  technologies as a solidarity tool contributing to improve society.
The British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC)

Personality tests: