Dirk Essl

Leading a team of 4 people to manage Windows installations and operations. Design and implementation of the global email system. Defining Hardware & Software Standards. Server procurement. Project member of the Corporate Collaboration and Messaging System Project to define the test bed and the implementation of a global Collaboration Suite. Member of the Storage Task Force to define global storage and backup strategies. Initiator for the use of Virtualization products.

Implementing Small Business Applications for clients, including Microsoft Exchange. Design and implementation of a High Available Web & Mail server cluster. Installation & administration of DNS Servers. Development of CMS based websites. Development of a small php based CMS. Migration of MS-Access applications to Microsoft SQL Server. SharePoint installation and administration.

Designing broadcast server/client architectures for a Raw VBI Data interface. Creating test scenarios to distribute it to testers and collect results. Designing methods to insert Forward Error Correction into mp3 files being sent over a VBI interface. Operating/maintaining the broadcasting servers at NBC Europe in Düsseldorf. Developing broadcasting concepts.