MASSIMILIANO (MAX) LOI

11 Maulbeerstrasse Phone: +39 347 7735 268

4058 – Basel - Switzerland Email: maxloi@contea.net

General Pro file

Talented and innovative professional with 20-plus years of experience driving IT Systems and Networks and
managing IT infrastructures 24/7. Exceptional technology skills combined with ability to managing people,
team building, DataCenter operations, specialized in building and maintain High Available, Scalable, Secure and
Reliable IT Infrastructures. Realized, oversaw and managed several DataCenter migrations, Infrastructure
technology refreshing, IT migrations (AD, Exchange, Domino, ERP), leading company IT to innovation, Disaster
Recovery standards, scheduling and managing team members skills, duties and responsibilities, documentation
and competence sharing.

Areas of Expertise

 Windows/Vmware/ActiveDirectory  Infrastructure Analysis/Design  Networking Solutions

 Troubleshooting/Resolution  Project Management  Team Leading
 Storage (SAN, NAS, NFS and SMB)  Design and Documentation  MFA, PKI, Security

Professional Experience

VIKING CRUISES AG – SWITZERLAND - BASEL – WWW.VIKINGCRUISES.COM – CRUISES INDUSTRY 2018 – PRESENT

IT SENIOR SYSTEM ENGINEER
 Senior System Engineer in the Infrastructure Team, leading projects for offices infrastructures.
TECHNOLOGIES AND SKILLS USED
 Windows Server 2012/2019, vmware, Hyper-V, Huawei and Dell storages, Linux, O365, Azure, MFA, PaloAlto FW
 China (Shanghai) IT infrastructure refurbishing – led everything from Vendor quotations to implementation

ACI WORLDWIDE – UK – SURREY - www.aciworldwide.com – COMPUTER SOFTWARE INDUSTRY 2016 – 2018

IT SENIOR SYSTEM ENGINEER
 Senior System Engineer in the Infrastructure Team, leading projects for storages, vmware and Servers.
TECHNOLOGIES AND SKILLS USED
 Windows Server 2003/2008, vmware, EMC ScaleIO hyper-converged storage, Hitachi and NetApp storages, Linux
 EMEA Datacenter migration and consolidation – Used to work inside the DC managing hardware
MICRODATA GROUP, CREMONA, ITALY - http://www.microdatagroup.it/en/ - COMPUTER SOFTWARE INDUSTRY 2011 – 2016
IT TECHNICAL LEADER & INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER
 Successfully assumed full infrastructure control in few weeks. Team and Company technical escalation point.
 AD Consolidation from 4 to 1 forest and several child domains, led Company to MS Exchange 2013 email cluster
solution.
 Transitioned company into DFS concept, next generation firewall, real time DR concept amnd Load Balancing
technology.
 Migrated Vmware clusters from 4.1 to 6.0 rising from 5.x for several different physical infrastructures and SAN.
TECHNOLOGIES AND SKILLS USED
 Windows Server 2003 to 2012, Active Directory, DNS, RDP, SQL Server 2005 to 2012, IIS, Backup Exec.
 Vmware, Veeam, Linux, Solaris, Exchange 2013, HP 3PAR, Axiom Pillar, Barracuda Firewall and Load Balancer.
RETI S.P.A., BUSTO ARSIZIO, ITALY - https://www.reti.it/ - IT SERVICE PROVIDER 2010 – 2011
AD INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER
Provided computer-networking solutions for a variety of customers, including ENI, IMI Bank and Intesa Bank.
 Managed large active directory infrastructure with over 500 domain controllers.
 Applied in-depth knowledge on installing and managing DCs on ships across the ocean with slow bandwidth.
 Handled Citrix infrastructure on a Veritas cluster built in a VMware environment.
TECHNOLOGIES AND SKILLS USED
 Windows Server 2003 to 2008, Active Directory, DNS, SQL Server 2005 to 2008, IIS.
 Vmware, Citrix, Linux, Backup Exec.

ELMEC INFORMATICA S.R.L., ITALY - https://www.elmec.com/home - IT SERVICE PROVIDER 2009 – 2010

IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER
Managed IT for all countries associated with Bianchi Vending Group.
 Directed knowledge consolidation efforts using Exchange, Active Directory, Symantec Antivirus, Veritas Backup and
VMware.
TECHNOLOGIES AND SKILLS USED
 Windows Server 2003 to 2008, Active Directory, DNS, RDP, SQL Server 2005 to 2008, IIS, Exchange 2007.
 Vmware, Linux, Citrix, Backup Exec.
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TAVOLA S.P.A., MILANO, ITALY – www.tavola.it – IMPORT/EXPORT COMPANY 2005 –

2009
IT AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER
 Oversaw IT department, including controlling a budget while reducing costs, selecting and handling a
variety of suppliers and IT solution vendors, as well as collaborating with CEO and management board on
various IT topics.
 Improved Data Centre efficiency, reliability and security by projecting, installing and consolidating a new
one.
 Completed implementation of Exchange Server / Blackberry ES and migration of emails and users.
TECHNOLOGIES AND SKILLS USED
 Windows Server 2000 to 2008, Active Directory, DNS, RDP, SQL Server 2000 to 2005, IIS, Backup Exec.
 Exchange 2003 to 2007, BES, SAN Clarion, IBM Blade Servers, 3COM Switches, Vmware, Linux.

PMC INTERNATIONAL SERVICE S.R.L., ITALY – www.pmcitalia.com – IT SERVICE PROVIDER 2003 –

2005
IT ARCHITECT/PROJECT MANAGER/SYSTEM INTEGRATOR
Served as project lead for several key areas within architecture and system integration.
 Led on numerous projects, including successfully migrating Active Directory infrastructures, writing
project briefs, communicating with customers and proposing varied solutions to reach goals.
 Acted as the System Architect on several projects, such as setting up and writing technical solutions
including servers, NAS, SAN, backup, HA and DR.
TECHNOLOGIES AND SKILLS USED
 Windows Server 2000 to 2003, Active Directory, DNS, RDP, SQL Server 2000 to 2005, IIS.
 Exchange 2003, Domino Server, IBM Storage, IBM Blade Servers, 3COM Switches, Vmware, Linux.

ONE ANS, S.R.L., ITALY 2002 – 2003

SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

BANCA MEDIOLANUM, S.R.L., ITALY 2000 – 2001

SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR/CHANGE MANAGER

DEMAX COMPUTER STORE, ITALY 1995 – 2000

OWNER

Education & Training

SCHOOLS & CERTIFICATIONS: Scientific Diploma at “Liceo Scientifico” – 1 year at Torino’s University
MCP Windows 2000 – Solaris 11 Course Base – Hitachi Command Suite – ScaleIO – Paloalto Firewall Administration and Panorama
OKTA MFA – Powershell scripting

NATIONALITY: Italian

LANGUAGES: Italian (Native), English (Fluent), French & Spanish (Basic)

Technical Expertise
MICROSOFT:
Windows Server 2000 to 2019 Exchange 2003 to O365 SQL Server 2005/2008/2019
Active Directory, DNS, GPO RDP Server Clustering & Load Balancing
IIS, Replicas, Security, MFA Hyper-V Sharepoint

LINUX/UNIX:
Centos, Ubuntu, Fedora, Solaris Apache Solaris 11
Mysql scripting MS LDAP integration
Sendmail/Postfix/Exim Iptables SSH/samba/zfs

OTHER:
VMWARE vSphere/ESX 3 to 6.5 Citrix XenApp/XenServer (base) SAN (IBM, 3PAR, Axiom Pillar, Huawei, Dell)
Linux/Windows integration Firewall, Balancer, Spamfirewall ScaleIO, Hitachi, EMC, Simplivity, Nutanix
BackupExec/NetBackup/Veeam Cisco/HP IOS, MFA Switch – VLAN - routing