Nick Prignano

Principal Technical Consultant · Greater Chicago Area

I lead architecture and delivery for Azure Virtual Desktop, enterprise Microsoft 365 and tenant migration, and enterprise AI enablement and adoption.

Experience

Global IT consultancy · Chicago, IL

Principal Technical ConsultantFeb 2020 – Present

Lead architecture and delivery teams for Azure Virtual Desktop, enterprise Microsoft 365 and Entra, and complex migration engagements.

Senior Solutions ArchitectJul 2019 – Feb 2020

Technical team lead on strategic enterprise end-user computing projects across the data center and public cloud practices. Also helped shape business development and go-to-market strategy for the practice.

Specialist Sales EngineerOct 2018 – Jun 2019

Primary presales specialist for end-user computing, helping sales teams nationwide plan migrations to VMware Workspace ONE, Horizon and Horizon Cloud, and Amazon WorkSpaces and AppStream.

Senior Data Center EngineerJul 2016 – Oct 2018

Technical lead for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops consulting, especially in healthcare. End-user computing lead for Amazon WorkSpaces and AppStream 2.0 design and deployment.

National IT services firm · Bannockburn, IL

Solution ArchitectOct 2014 – Jul 2016

Lead delivery architect for Citrix in the national professional services practice, delivering virtualization, networking and mobility solutions across industries.

IT consulting firm · Chicago, IL

Technical ArchitectOct 2013 – Oct 2014

Pre- and post-sales design, implementation and assessments for Citrix and Remote Desktop Services.

Online tech university · Oak Brook, IL

Citrix EngineerOct 2012 – Oct 2013

Lead Citrix engineer for a hybrid-cloud student lab platform, designing a long-term strategy to deliver desktops and apps to a global user base from public cloud.

Government contracting · Tennessee

Systems AdministratorDec 2011 – Sep 2012

Citrix and Windows Server ops.

Earlier roles · Illinois and Tennessee

Citrix consultant, systems engineer and administratorMar 2005 – Dec 2011

Citrix and Windows engineering for healthcare, financial services and small-business clients: XenDesktop builds for remote call centers, 24×7 support for a 25-site medical practice, managed services for 50+ healthcare clients, and independent consulting.

Skills

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