About

My name is Stephane Thirion, nice to meet you!

I’m an experienced IT Architect and CTO / Owner of Activlan a French consulting company specialize in consulting and engineering around all virtulization technologies. Mostly focus on Citrix products (CTP, Citrix MVP, CCEE and CCIA) I likes to design and be involve in complex environment, bring and share my knowledge to deliver the best solution. I’m also an active community member through my blog http://www.archy.net (here) and Subject Matter Expert for Citrix exam building, I tend to share even more by presenting as often as I can during international community events.

Speaking Engagement

Citrix Expert Community in France (Feb 2010)
Citrix Expert Community in France (June 2010)
E2E – PubForum (May 2011)
E2E – PubForum (Nov 2011)
Citrix Expert Community in France (Dec 2011)
Citrix Expert Community in France (Mar 2012)
Citrix User Group in France (Mar 2012)
Citrix TV- Synergy San Francisco (May 2012) – [link]
soon – E2E – Pubforum (May 2012)

Certifications

1Y0-259 – Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2003: Administration
1Y0-A05 – Implementing Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008
1Y0-A08 – Advanced Administration for Citrix XenApp 5.0 for Windows Server 2008
1Y0-800 – Citrix EdgeSight 4.5: Administration, Performance Monitoring and Load Testing
1Y0-327 – Citrix Password Manager 4.5: Administration
1Y0-A09 – Implementing Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 5.0
1Y0-A06 – Implementing Citrix Provisioning Server 5.0
1Y0-A17 – Implementing Citrix XenDesktop 4
1Y0-A15 – Engineering a Citrix Virtualization Solution
1Y0-A18 – Basic Administration for Citrix XenApp 6
1Y0-A16 – Architecting a Citrix Virtualization Solution
1Y0-A19 – XenDesktop 5 Basic Administration
1Y0-A23 – Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2003: Administration
1Y0-A24 – XenServer 5.6 Administration
1Y1-A20 – Citrix XenApp 6.5 Administration

Soon – 1Y0-A25 – Engineering a Citrix Virtualization Solution
Soon – 1Y1-A22 – Citrix XenApp 6.5 Advanced Administration
Soon – 1Y1-A26 – Citrix XenServer 6 Administration

Soon – Exam 70-640 – TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring
Soon – Exam 70-643 – TS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring
Soon – Exam 70-742 – TS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
Soon – Exam 70-669 – TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization
Soon – Exam 70-659 – TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization
Soon – Exam 70-693 – Pro: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator

Paris

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New York

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