Congratulations to Lewan Technology Solutions Architect, Kenneth Fingerlos, who has been chosen for another very notable speaking engagement - Citrix Synergy 2014. It's a highly competitive selection process and speaks to the credentials Kenneth has in this industry. If you are attending the conference in LA next month, be sure to check out his presentation on XenMobile best practices.
I took a couple minutes to sit down with Kenneth and learn a little more:
What is your industry experience?
"Something like 16 years ago I took my first IT job managing desktops for University of Idaho. In that instance we had some 800 physical PCs and some 300 unique applications we were delivering to a student body of more than 15,000. I moved to the systems admin team and went on to hold other positions around servers, storage, data center infrastructure, and IT management. It was 6 years ago I took a position as an IT consultant with Lewan Technology. My job is to find ways to help customers improve business productivity and agility through the use of technology. Citrix's products have played a large role in those solutions."
What makes Citrix solutions such a great choice for our customers?
"In a word flexibility. There are a lot of products on the market which seek to solve a given problem in a single way. It's like the analogy when you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Citrix provides a suite of options allowing customers to choose the best solution for the problem at hand and to evolve the solution over time. Extending the analogy - it's like adding a screwdriver, pliers, saw, wrench and glue to your toolbox in addition to the hammer."
What will you be talking about at Citrix Synergy this year?
"This year my session is SYN237 – Best Practices for Deploying and Integrating XenMobile. I'll be talking about real-world impacts and choices on existing Citrix deployments when you add the XenMobile product suite. Essentially trying to answer the questions of 'how do I add this to my environment?' and 'what do I need to know in order to do this successfully?'"
What do you enjoy most about attending and participating in Citrix Synergy?
"It's hard to pick just one thing. I love product announcements and hearing the Citrix solution story. I love networking and meeting with my peers to learn about the solutions they've deployed and how it's changed the business landscape for their customers. And I love learning about new technology. I suppose if it had to be just one thing its probably spending a week (or nearly one) immersed in what is possible for our customers."
What can customers look forward to on the horizon at Lewan Technology, as a Citrix platinum solutions provider?
Lewan strives to be the best source of IT related business consulting services for our customers. We want to be a strategic partner, helping to grow and optimize their business. We aren't just a technology reseller, there's a lot more to the core value we bring. Looking forward, Lewan will continue driving strategic conversations with customers about how we can jointly enable and optimize business value from their IT assets and adapt to the ever changing business and technology landscape.
