Esther Barthel
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) - Windows And Devices
Lemmer, Frisia, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolEsther Barthel is a seasoned Solutions Architect and DevOps-focused EUC specialist with over two decades of hands-on experience designing and automating virtual desktop, application delivery and cloud infrastructures. A multi-time Microsoft MVP across Windows, Azure and Cloud & Datacenter domains, she blends deep Citrix and NetScaler expertise with practical Azure, PowerShell and REST API automation to drive Everything-as-Code transformations. Esther writes and speaks for the community—authoring a Citrix XenApp book and presenting at Citrix Synergy and E2EVC—while mentoring peers through Toastmasters leadership roles to sharpen her communication skills. Comfortable bridging legacy on-prem teams to modern DevOps practices, she excels at turning complex, mixed-vendor estates into resilient, automated architectures. Based in the Netherlands, she runs cognition IT and consults for enterprise clients including central banks and large public-sector organizations.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Communication and Leadership programs, Communication and Leadership programs at Toastmasters InternationalIT Courses, Certifications & WorkshopsMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Informatica, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Informatica at University of TwenteCitrix Certificates, Citrix Certificates at Citrix CertificationCitrix, Citrix at Citrix eLearning & Virtual LabsVI4, VI4 at VMware TrainingNLP Practitioner, Neuro Linguistic Programming, NLP Practitioner, Neuro Linguistic Programming at Uptime
Github Skills (28)
nitro10
powershell-module10
citrix9
netscaler9
runner9
api9
rest-api8
powershell8
rest8
github-actions-runner7
automation6
devops6
cicd6
vms3
virtual-desktop3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cognitionIT/AzureWVD
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:112 commits, 112 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year
cognitionIT/ControlUpScripts
Mar 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:15 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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