Andy McDonald

Andy McDonald has extensive work experience in the IT industry. Andy is currently working at Adaptiva as the Director of Support & Solutions for the EMEA & APAC regions, a role they started in June 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Adaptiva as a Senior Solutions Architect for the EMEA region from August 2018 to June 2021.

Before joining Adaptiva, Andy worked at Barclays for over 10 years. Andy served as the Lead Product Engineer - Application Delivery, leading a team of engineers responsible for architecting and developing packaging and deployment solutions within Barclays. Andy held this role from October 2016 to August 2018. Additionally, they worked as a Lifecycle Engineer - Application Delivery from March 2011 to October 2016, a Solutions Engineer - Desktop Build Development Team from November 2008 to February 2011, a Regional IT Manager from November 2007 to November 2008, and a Server Support Team Leader from January 2007 to November 2008.

Prior to Barclays, Andy worked at HSBC as a Systems Specialist from October 2004 to December 2006. Andy also gained experience at HFC Bank as an IT Analyst - Desktop Support from October 2004 to April 2005, at Nestlé Waters as an ITC Support Engineer from February 2003 to October 2004, and at Lufthansa Systems as an IT Support from July 2002 to December 2002.

Andy McDonald attended People's College Nottingham from 2000 to 2002, where they obtained a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computing with a specialization in Software Engineering. Prior to that, they attended Blue Coat from 1985 to 1990, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned. Andy also attended Bromsgrove School, although the duration or any specific degree or field of study is not provided.

In terms of additional certifications, Andy McDonald obtained the following certifications: MD-100 Windows 10 from Microsoft in March 2021, Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate from Microsoft in April 2021, MD-101 Managing Modern Desktops from Microsoft in April 2021, and another Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate from Microsoft in April 2021. Andy also holds a certification in Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager 2007, but the institution or the date of obtaining is not specified.