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About Vera Noest


My name is Vera Noest, I am a Dutch women of 53 years old, who lives in Sweden.
I am a physical geographer, nearly turned into an ecologist, turned into a computer system manager.

Presently, I work as system manager at the County Counsil of Uppland. My job is to take care of the computers at the at the Primary Health Care department. Our network connects Windows 2003 Servers, Citrix Application Servers, SQL servers & Workstations all over the county Uppland.
In my spare time, I'm an enthusiastic bird watcher.

Most Valuable Professional I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003), a Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator and a Microsoft MVP on Terminal Services MCSE CCEA

Exams and courses

November 2007 Exam 70-296: Implementing and Mainainting a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSE Certified on Windows 2000
October 2007 Course TM52ASE: Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4 Implementation and Administration Part Two
September 2007 Course TM50AS: Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation
August 2007 Exam 70-292: Managing and Mainainting a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000
November 2006 Microsoft WorkshopPLUS: Windows Server 2003: Clustering Essentials
November 2005 Course 2288: Using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
June 2005 Course 2208: Updating Support Skills from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003
May 2005 Course 2830: Designing Security for Microsoft Networks
March 2005 Course 2279: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
February 2005 Course 2433: Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition and Microsoft Windows Script Host Essentials
December 2004 Exam 70-228: Installing, Configuring and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
April 2004 Course 2087: Implementing Microsoft Windows 2003 Clustering
October 2003 Course: Implementing Dell Enterprise Storage Solutions
March 2003 Course 2072: Database Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 2000
December 2002 Exam 1Y0-910: Citrix Resource Management Services
September 2002 Exam 1Y0-930: Citrix Security and SecureICA
August 2002 Exam 1Y0-920: Citrix Installation Management Services
August 2002 Exam 1Y0-940: Citrix Load Balancing and Program Neighborhood
December 2001 Exam 70-240: Microsoft Windows 2000 Accelerated Exam
July 2001 Exam 70-222: Migrating from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000
July 2001 Exam 1Y0-218: Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 Administration
June 2001 Course: Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 Administration
April 2001 Exam 70-244 (beta): Supporting and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Network
February 2001 Course: DICOM 3.0 (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)
November 2000 Exam 70-219: Designing Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
January 2000 Exam 70-88: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0
December 1999 Exam 70-59: Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP on Windows NT 4.0
April 1999 Exam 70-73: Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
December 1998 Exam 70-68: Windows NT 4.0 Server in the Enterprise
February 1998 Exam 70-58: Networking Essentials
October 1997 Exam 70-67: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
December 1996 Filosofie Licentiat Examen (M. Sc.) in Ecological Botany. Uppsala University.
Subject: Prediction of phreatic level and plant species occurrence in dune slacks
December 1995 Course: Silicon Graphics - Unix System Administration
April 1991 Exam: Swedish for immigrants (H?skolans rikstest i svenska)
January 1988 B. Sc. (Fil. kand.) in Physical Geography (cum laude). Amsterdam University.

Curriculum vitae

June 1955 Born i Haarlem, the Netherlands
1973 - 1978 School for Physiotherapy
1978 - 1982 Fulltime job as physiotherapist in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1982 - 1988 studied Physical Geography at Amsterdam University
Summer 1988 moved to Uppsala, Sweden
1988 - 1995 Ph. D. studies at the Dept. of Ecological Botany, Uppsala University
1990 - 1995 Parttime job as system manager at the Dept. of Ecological Botany, Uppsala University
1994 - 1995 Managing Editor for the Journal of Coastal Vegetation
Oct. 1995 - Jan. 1999 Fulltime job as system manager at Biology Education Center, Uppsala University
Jan. 1999 - today Fulltime job as system manager at the County Counsil of Uppland, Sweden

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