Summary
Allen Derusha is a seasoned Sr. Technology Consultant based in Grand Rapids with 11+ years focused on virtualization, VDI, SAN and cloud infrastructure, and a long career managing blade servers and storage architectures for enterprise environments. He blends hands-on implementation of VMware Horizon, Citrix XenDesktop, NetApp/HP storage, and Cisco/HP blade platforms with consulting-level design and troubleshooting. At Open Systems Technologies he applies deep Windows and SAN architecture knowledge to deliver desktop virtualization and infrastructure projects. Beyond enterprise systems, he is a practical tinkerer—authoring an embedded LCD touchscreen home automation project that demonstrates proficiency in embedded development, UART hardware control, MQTT integration, and remote debugging. That combination of enterprise infrastructure expertise and low-level embedded work gives him a rare full-stack systems perspective.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer