Iain Brighton
Chief Technology Officer at Virtual Engine
Greater Oxford Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolIain Brighton is a seasoned End User Computing architect and CTO who founded Virtual Engine over a decade ago and brings 20 years’ experience specialising in desktop virtualisation, VDI, business continuity and EUC optimisation. He combines hands-on delivery—implementing automated Windows 10 and Citrix build-as-a-service offerings and bespoke toolkits like an App-V configuration editor and WorkSpaces management platform—with strategic consultancy and managed services. A frequent presenter and Citrix User Group steering member, he is also an RES Certified Trainer and holds Citrix and Microsoft certifications (CCA, MCSE). Beyond commercial work he contributes to the popular ActiveDirectoryDsc open-source project, adding PowerShell DSC resources and unit tests that improve AD automation and reliability. Based in the Greater Oxford area, he’s known for turning complex migration and automation challenges into repeatable, low-disruption services.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Basingstoke College of TechnologyBusiness Studies, Maths, Information Technology, Business Studies, Maths, Information Technology at Queen Mary's College
Github Skills (7)
unit-testing10
powershell10
active-directory10
dsc10
system-configuration10
autoconfiguration10
test-automation10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dsccommunity/ActiveDirectoryDsc
Sep 2015 - Jul 2016
This module contains DSC resources for deployment and configuration of Active Directory Domain Services.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:69 commits, 13 PRs, 159 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Iain implemented initial functionality for configuring Active Directory groups within the DSC resources. The commits focus on creating new PowerShell modules for Active Directory (xADGroup, xADOrganizationalUnit) and implementing unit tests for their functionality. These unit tests involve mocking and validating different scenarios to ensure the proper functioning of these resources. Further, the user refactored and enhanced the codebase to align parameters with PSScriptAnalyzer rules and to fix bugs within the core functionality.
deploymentdscactivedirectorysccmactive-directory-domain-services
VirtualEngine/VirtualEngineLab
Feb 2016 - Jun 2019
Contributions:96 commits, 90 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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