What is Forcix?
In sailing terms, force six is a strong wind that will make a boat go at maximum performance.It's not yet a storm, but at force six, only experienced sailors rig their boats.
Forcix was created with this idea in mind; To provide your company with a strong wind of new energy and ideas to get your IT projects on track.
What can we do for your business?
Looking to re-design your storage architecture? Need fresh ideas on your data management strategy? Forcix will help you orient your strategy to the future- Data Storage Strategy
Forcix will help you build the best value for money storage environment. Together with you, we will build an architecture that satisfies your businesses storage needs. We will build an overall strategy that aligns requirements for performance, availability, backup and disaster recovery. - Request for proposal
Forcix is independent from the major storage vendors. We will help you create an RFP that focusses on your businesses needs first. - Disaster Readiness Analysis
What would happen to your data if fire struck today? We will analyse the impact of possible disaster on your business and formulate options to mitigate these risks. - Netbackup analysis
Using Netbackup in your business? Not sure if all your data is protected? Having performance issues? Forcix can analyse your current Netbackup architecture, we can help you tackle monitoring and reporting challenges. - Moving to Linux
Whether it's an application you need ported to linux, or just need help implementing the platform in your company? I have the expertise needed to get the job done.
Vision
A business needs a vision, vision is a friend; A simple rule of thumb you can return to when facing challenges. Or just something something nice to believe in.- Add Value Everywhere
Anything you do can add value; be it in work or in life, in business or society. It's easy to add value everywhere if you're willing to. - Your computer has a shutdown button
Press it from time to time, it's good for you (and for the environment too) - IT is there for business
Not the other way round.
Curriculum Vitae
Download my CV here1.Personal profile
I'm positive minded, I see problems as a challenge, and embrace the extra mile to resolve these. I take pride in delivering a project 100% complete and on time. I'm self-motivated and eager to learn new things. I'm creative, communicate easily and function well within a team.
In general, I have a broad knowledge of programming and scripting languages, platforms, storage systems and data protection. I have experience both on the software and hardware side of the data management environment.
2.Recent Projects
2012 – 2013: Design and implementation of a backup environment with a capacity of more than 3PB (frontend).
2012: Design of backup strategy for environments using complex application mixes, such as SAP, Oracle, MSSQL.
2012: SAN redesign
2012: Design and implementation of LAMP environment in a geo-clustered HA environment
2010-2013: Redesign, extension and upgrade of Netbackup environments
2011: Disaster recovery analysis of a >100TB SAN and backup environment
2009: (Development) Assisted with integration of Veritas Cluster Server into Netbackup PureDisk
2009: (Development) assisted with testing and tuning the PureDisk export functionality to NetBackup 6.5
2010: (Development) assisted with conversion of encryption algorithms for the NetBackup 7.1 PDDE functionality.
3.Skills
3.1.Applications
Symantec Netbackup PureDisk 6.0 – 6.6 expert
Symantec Netbackup 6.5 – 7.5 expert
Symantec Netbackup 7.0 PDDE (Deduplication) advanced
Storage foundations Veritas cluster server advanced
Storage foundations Veritas volume manager advanced
Others: Xen, VirtualBox, VMWare, XFS, VXFS, PostgreSQL, OpenLDAP
3.2.Storage systems
EMC Clariion advanced
Fujitsu DX notions
Fujitsu CS800 advanced
Netapp intermediate
3.3.Networking
Cisco MDS SAN advanced
Brocade SAN intermediate
TCP/IP performance tuning strong
IP network design intermediate
Ethernet, Layer 2 switches intermediate
3.4.Development
C++, Java, Python, PHP programming
Others: Unit testing, System testing, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DoxyGen
3.5.Operating Systems
Linux SuSe, RedHat, Debian very strong, other flavors: strong
Windows 2008,2003,2000 strong, others medium
Others: AIX, Solaris, Mac OS X limited
3.6.Training experience
These are trainings I delivered as teacher
NetBackup PureDisk 6.1 Introductory
NetBackup PureDisk 6.1 Advanced / Troubleshooting
NetBackup PureDisk 6.2 Advanced / Upgrading
NetBackup PureDisk 6.5 Advanced
NetBackup PureDisk 6.5 Clustering with Storage Foundations
3.7.Trainings/courses
These are trainings I attended
Cisco MDS engineer training (2010)
EMC Clariion (2010)
NetBackup STS training path UNIX (July 2010)
NetBackup STS training path Windows (July 2010)
NetBackup 6.5.5 advanced OST and troubleshooting (2009)
HP Proliant server hardware (2004)
HP Netserver hardware(2004)
Backup devices (2004)
HP Proliant Blade class server hardware and Remote Deployment (2004)
HP Storage area Network training(2004)
3.8.Certifications
Symantec Technical Specialist Veritas Netbackup 6.5 UNIX
Symantec Technical Specialist Veritas Netbackup 6.5 Windows
Symantec Technical Specialist Veritas Netbackup 7.1 UNIX
Symantec Technical Specialist Veritas Netbackup 7.1 Windows
Fujitsu CS800
4.History
Please review the appendix for detailed job descriptions
Independent data storage consultant (2010 – ongoing)
Software engineer at Symantec (2008 – 2010)
Customer focus team engineer at Symantec (2006 – 2008)
Senior support engineer at Symantec (2005 – 2006)
Server support agent at Hewlett-Packard (2004-2005)
Helpdesk support agent at Hewlett-Packard (2003-2004)
5.Languages
Dutch: My mother tongue
English: Very fluently, both spoken and written.
French: Very fluently, both spoken and written.
German: Moderately spoken and written.
Spanish: Basic, only spoken
6.Education
6.1.Bachelor's degree in hotel management
School: KHBO (Katholieke hogeschool Brugge-Oostende)
Date: 1999 - 2002
Location: Brugge, Belgium
6.2.College degree in Hospitality
School: Hotelschool Ter Duinen
Date: 1996 - 1999
Location: Koksijde, Belgium
7.Other interests
Arts,Water sports.
8.Contact Details
Address: Lijnvissersstraat 10
8660 De Panne
Belgium
Tel.: +32 498 88 15 92
E-mail: symen@forcix.be
9.Appendices
9.1.1.Appendix: Detailed job descriptions of previous experience
9.1.1.1.Symantec-Veritas-Datacentertechnologies
Datacenter technologies was a Belgian software company acquired by Veritas weeks after I joined the company. A few months later, Veritas merged with Symantec.
Date: February 2008 - 2010
Location: Lochristi – Ghent - Belgium
Function: Software engineer
Systems used: Linux: Suse. Programming: C++ and others
Type: permanent
As a software engineer I took responsibility of 2 core components of the PureDisk product. Tasks involve adding functionality, but also improving stability by increasing the number of tests (both unittests and systemtests), gradually replacing untestable or ambiguous code by code that is clear, tested and documented. I also worked on improving the in-house buildsystem (both on windows and linux) and created and maintained a packaging and installation tool for product patches.
Date: June 2006 – February 2008
Location: Lochristi – Ghent - Belgium
Function: Customer focus team engineer
Systems used: Linux: Suse. Programming: Bash, PHP and C++
Type: permanent
The role of Customer Focus Team (CFT) engineer is a last line of defence type support role. Our team of two had 3 main lines of responsibility:
Training: At each release, We visited the support centres to provide training for the more advanced lines of support. We wrote the training sessions and a support handbook for the product.
Firefighting: In critical support cases, we went to customers to troubleshoot problems onsite.
Programming: we debugged software and wrote patches, managed maintenance packs and performed supporting engineering at most layers of the product.
Apart from that I also wrote and maintained a testing framework to simulate high load on the product over longer periods of time. In this position, I developed strong debugging skills and a good knowledge of different programming and scripting languages. I also learned to understand the value of good user interaction and logging
Date: March 2005 – June 2006
Location: Lochristi – Ghent - Belgium
Function: Senior support engineer
Systems used: Linux: Suse, RedHat, Gentoo, Debian
Type: permanent
As a support engineer for Symantec's Netbackup division, I assisted the launch of a new Netbackup product. My role in this position was to test the product for stability, prepare documentation and training for the callcenters who took on support for this product. I also provided support to the pre-merger Datacentertechnologies customers on the DC-Protect backup solutions. These products were content addressed disk-to-disk backup systems running on diverse linux platforms. Not only has this position provided me with a strong and broad knowledge of the linux operating system, it has also taught me the day-to-day use of SQL (postgresql and mysql), bash scripting, PHP and many other open source-related techniques.
9.1.1.2.Hewlett-Packard
Date: March 2004 – March 2005
Location: Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland
Function: Enterprise server support agent
Systems used: Linux (redhat/suse), Windows 2000/2003, HP systems insight manager
Type: permanent
As a server support agent I solved technical problems with HP enterprise hardware (HP Netservers, HP Proliant servers, Backup devices,…) over the phone. Performing this job I’ve gained more in-depth knowledge of server hardware, and the hardware standards (such as PCI,SCSI,IDE). I’ve also needed to use and improve my OS knowledge on a daily basis. In many cases troubleshooting requires going through logfiles, analyzing the boot sequence, checking (driver) modules and kernel configuration.
Date: November 2003 – March 2004
Location: Clonskeagh, Dublin, Ireland
Function: Helpdesk support agent
Systems used: Windows 2000, Active directory, Office,
Type: permanent
As a helpdesk support agent I provided technical support for end users on the windows platform.
Network Administrator
Since 2003 I’ve been the network administrator of my parents’ company (small family business). This involves managing users, backups, mail, firewall security,other network services and end-user support.
9.1.2.Non-IT Experience
9.1.2.1.Sheraton cypress creek
Date: January 2003 – June 2003
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Function: Front desk agent, Service Promise helpdesk agent, Night Audit Manager
Type: intern
9.1.2.2.Novotel Southampton
Date: February-June,September-December 2003
Location: Southampton UK
Function: Front desk agent
Type: intern
9.1.2.3.ZC De krab
1997-2011, I was part of the management team of a local land yacht club. The management team consists of 4-7 people. As a team we promoted the sport in Belgium and encouraged young people to learn it. I was president from 2009 – 2011. We organized several events such as large international regattas, barbecues and parties. We are also proud of being the first land yacht club ever having organised an international regatta for youth only.
This was a fun thing to do, but also a very good way of learning basic management skills, Motivating people, dealing with colleagues, with money, and selling a product.
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