Alexander's Bio

Alexander Ervik Johnsen is a Blogger, Senior Solution Architect, Technology Evangelist, Author and Speaker, based in Oslo - Norway. Alexander has been working with Microsoft and Citrix products since 1997 as a system administrator, consultant, and senior consultant. He now works as a pre-sales for the Citrix VAD Reseller, ArrowECS in Norway as a Product Manager Citrix / Senior Solution Architect. He primarily works as a pre-sale and travel around Norway evangelizing Citrix, Cloud, Virtualization, Thin clients and 3 party solutions.

In 2012, www.ervik.as got a redesign, and with some new features like a Virtualization Community, focused on bringing industry people together in one community.
Ervik.as are all about being Social, and there is a community inside of Ervik.as, so that the users can collaborate with others, find answers, post questions, track events, share videos and much much more!

In previous jobs he worked with both small and large scale Citrix and Application Delivery implementations, both in Norway and Europe.
Alexander is also a speaker, speaking at both Norwegian events such as Citrix User Group Norway , Arrow Inspiration Day and Roadshows across Norway. Alexander has also been speaking at Citrix Synergy events both in the United States of America and Europe.  Alexander is also the author of The GiDWiM Guide, an in depth analysis of Application Packaging,Application Streaming and Distribution. Download it from www.ervik.as

In May 2008, he was awarded Citrix Technology Professional (CTP), which is a true honor for him, since Citrix, Cloud, Virtualization and Application Delivery is his big passion in this industry.
Here is his CTP Awardee page.

Alexander holds a degree in Information Technology from the The Norwegian School of Information Technology(NITH).


Alexander currently hold the following industry certifications:

Citrix Cerfitified Instructor 2012
Citrix Certified Administrator Presentation Server 4.0 ( CCA )
Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer for Virtualization (CCEE )
Citrix Certified Administrator XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2008 ( CCA )
Citrix Certified Administrator Access Gateway 4 ( CCA )
Citrix Certified Administrator EdgeSight 4.5 ( CCA )
Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.x ( CCA )
Citrix Certified Administrator Access Gateway 4 ( CCA )
Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 5 ( CCA )
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix XenDesktop 4 ( CCA )
Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator 3.0 & XP (CCEA)
Citrix Access Essentials(Technical/Sales)
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator Security 2003 (MCSA 2003:Security)
HP Accredited Platform Specialist(APS)
Image Ultra Builder Specialist 3.0 (Lenovo / IBM ThinkVantage Technologies)

Alexander is also a Citrix Certified Instructor (CCI).

Alexander is a Board member of Citrix User Group Norway (CUG)

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